gleefulbrie
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me & my ghosts (we had a hell of a time) by gleefulbrie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jan 2026
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"People were shocked to hear that a murderer was being released back into society. Mike didn't have much to say to that, though. Most people, he thought, did not know the whole story."
➺ When Mike Wheeler is released from Pennhurst Asylum in 1997, he is thrust back into the unresolved mysteries of his past, with danger looming over both his life and the lives of his friends. As two decades collide, Mike must recall his final year at the Welton Academy for Troubled Youth, where he found himself tormented by a horrifying supernatural creature and the complicated feelings he held for his best friend, Will Byers.
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- Part 3 of in every universe (au series)
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"For Will Byers, he would do anything. Bend the cords of time. Move mountains to make room for a home. Overcome his shame. That was the heart of Mike's existence now. He was in love."
Or, with the fate of the world uncertain, Mike decides that it is finally time to be honest about his feelings for Will.
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a goddamn blaze in the dark (and you started it) by gleefulbrie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Aug 2025
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"Perhaps I am a gentleman in sinner’s clothing... but I know my love is not a crime."
➺ When William Byers is commissioned to paint a portrait for the wealthy soon-to-be-weds, Michael and Jane, he finds himself upon the Massachusetts coast, entangled in a messy web of family secrets and an unexpected love that changes his life, for better or worse.
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- Part 2 of in every universe (au series)
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"His own words came circling back to him—a twisted boomerang-blade that aimed to slice and ruin as it recoiled. The acidity of what he’d said to Will hurt twice as hard, and the cruelty of it just ricocheted and spat back in his own face."
Or, what could have happened if Mike went to the Byers house alone after the rain fight, and found Will in Castle Byers alone, too (from Mike's POV!)
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"I wish I could have told you all of this when you were here. I can’t bear holding it inside. But if I can’t tell you, then who do I tell? I just want you. I want you back. Please, come back."
Or, when Will doesn't survive the final battle in the Upside Down, Mike regrets not being honest about his feelings. So, he talks to Will in the only way he can now - through letters.
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the rain fight (from the speak now vault) by gleefulbrie
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Aug 2023
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an alternate ending of the season three rain fight ♥
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twelve different parallel universes where mike and will find each other and fall in love (because they are quite literally the definition of soulmates). every fic is named & (loosely) based on a taylor swift song from each album! all fics can be read as stand-alones!
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