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“You want us to foster a kid?” Mike finally asks, disbelieving. Will is half convinced that El will laugh in their faces, clearing up the misunderstanding with a, “No, silly. I want you to water my plants.”
“It doesn’t have to be forever,” El says. “Just until I can find another home for him. I can’t stand him living in the shelter anymore. Not right now. He needs emotional support. And don’t lie to me— I know you two have been wanting kids. This can be a trial run.”
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Will and Mike are tasked with fostering an emotionally distant, judgmental, sassy twelve-year-old boy from El’s shelter. As hard as they try to win his heart, they seem to be making no progress. After all, how could two strangers earn the trust of a boy who’s been hurt time and time again?
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- Part 1 of Broken Mirror: a collection of us
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12 Aug 2026
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Two adults stand on the Bridge of Progress, each with the full intention to jump. The void calls to them, yet somehow through her bellows, they hear one another.
The pendulum swings, neither heed her call.
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Domestic Violence AU that started as a thread on twitter. At the end of his rope, Viktor prepares to leave this life, taking his newborn daughter with him. Jayce interrupts and becomes not only a man that Viktor can lean on, but a father figure to his daughter and eventually, the love of his life. A nontraditional omegaverse story that transverses abuse, mental illness, healing, and falling in love.Beta read by @Kotamadaa
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- Part 1 of Pendulum
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- English
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- 207,713
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- 24/?
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12 Aug 2026
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Public Bookmark 124
Mystery Work
Part of Private00001
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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11 Aug 2026
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“Don’t leave me,”Mike wraps his arms around Will’s shoulders, desperation seeping into his voice. The fabric of Will’s vest is soaked with tears where it muffles his words. “Please, Will, I love you.”
“It’s gonna be okay,” Will squeezes his arms tighter around Mike’s waist, pulling him closer. “One day you’ll understand.”
Mike struggles in the aftermath of Will's sacrifice. Seven years later, Will walks back into his life, turning his world upside down once again.
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07 Aug 2026
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Mike Wheeler has survived monsters, alternate dimensions and the literal end of the world.
Unfortunately, he has no idea how to survive Will Byers in New York; confident, teasing, and somehow making Mike's dick develop a mind of its own.
A list. A rating system. Zero self-control.
It's just an experiment.
Definitely not a way to avoid admitting he's in love with his best friend.
Or: Mike Wheeler gets hit with the world's worst gay panic, and Will Byers has been waiting years to enjoy the show.
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06 Aug 2026
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Not even two months after his presentation as an omega, Will realizes he's experiencing the very symptoms they warned about. Headaches, dizziness, bleeding, the same nightmare repeating itself every night.
After weeks of uncertainty about his next move, with the town devastated and the group blinded by grief, he begins to think this might be it. That it's his turn, that he’s his next victim.
It doesn't take long for him to realize that Vecna isn't hunting him, he's claiming him.
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- 2/?
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06 Aug 2026
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College roommates Mike and Will find themselves in a friends-with-benefits routine of mutual masturbation while watching porn together on VHS, mostly under the guise of “bonding.”
Obviously nothing derails and changes the trajectory of their lifelong friendship forever. Obviously.Bookmarked by grapedseed
05 Aug 2026
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“You do like it,” Mike teases. “I can tell.”
“Obviously,” Will huffs. “You know what I like.”
Mike does. What a surreal feeling it is, to be the one who knows what Will likes. What makes him blush, or shy away. What turns him on. To be the only one who knows these things.
“Yeah,” Mike says softly. “I know.”
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Will becomes the patron saint of pretending to sleep with guys to help them come out of the closet. Mike isn’t exactly thrilled with the situation.
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- English
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- 113,309
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- 9/10
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25 Jul 2026
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No, there was no way. Like seriously no way. He’d just been thinking about Will a lot recently. Will was far too shy to pose for pictures like this. He just… wouldn’t do that. Not his Will. Mike would just find the page again and prove it was someone else. He would open the magazine and see a stranger on the page, and everything would be fine.
As he flipped back, he prayed to a God that he didn't believe in. Please, let that model be a stranger.
How gay is it to jerk off after stumbling across a suggestive picture of your old best friend? Maybe it’s excusable. Suggestive is suggestive, after all. And everyone can agree that Will is a stunning dude.
But joining an AIDS coalition, getting a lap dance from a drag queen, spending the night in a holding cell, and accidentally finding a place in Chicago's queer community?
Yeah, that’s… pretty gay.
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17 Jul 2026
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What happens when you accidentally overhear your best friend getting banged left and right? Naturally, if you're Mike Wheeler, you jerk off to it.
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Mike Wheeler realizes he's mega-attracted to William Byers, his best friend of fifteen years. They live in a shoebox apartment in NYC, where he can hear every thrust and moan through the cardboard walls. Mike runs to Max, who helps him to devise a plan to get into Will's pants. If he doesn't manage to do it by the end of a ten-day period, he forfeits his love, pride, and a lump sum of money. Mike is incredibly awkward, but he's a stubborn man with a journal and a dream. Will he secure Will's affection, or will he be relegated to the cuck chair for all of time and eternity? Only time will tell.
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- English
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- 5/12
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15 Jul 2026
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What initially begins as Mike and Will calling each other exaggeratedly cheesy pet names to mess with Max and Lucas starts spiralling into something a lot more intimate and dangerous. Will isn't really sure where they managed to lose the plot, or how far they can go before there's no turning back.
Or: Max and Lucas go through a late honeymoon phase. It's excessive. It's gross. Mike and Will (well, mostly Mike) decide to engage in exaggerated bouts of PDA to demonstrate how disgusting the couple are being. It starts to get out of control pretty quickly.
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- English
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- 8/8
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12 Jul 2026
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“And what about you?” Will asked, blowing a strand of hair away from his face. His fingers twitched where they lay on Mike.
He couldn’t look away. “What about me?” It was nothing more than a breath of air.
“Are you figuring anything out?”
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Will needs a distraction from his breakup with Carlton. Mike is accused of monkhood. Somehow these facts lead to the two on opposite sides of a computer screen making plans to hook up, not aware that the person on the other end of the conversation is their best friend.
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Mike and Will enter a friends with benefits relationship, steamy rom-com style.
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11 Jul 2026
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"No," Will said quickly. "It's okay. He's going to be okay."
Nancy turned, the shock freezing her features into something horrifying. "He doesn't have a pulse."
Will held up his hands as he shook his head. "I know. But it—he—will be fine. You'll see."
Nancy choked on a sob. "He's dead! How is he going to be okay?"
Or: Four years after graduation, they're back in the Abyss, where a failing fight leads to Mike being bitten and losing everything about himself, except his love for Will Byers.
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- 51,279
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- 12/?
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11 Jul 2026
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while you're still here (i don't want to count the days) by skolioza
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Aug 2026
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“Well, maybe you should drive next time, if you’re such an expert!” Mike whines, jabbing Will’s side with his index finger.
Will yelps and smacks Mike’s hand away. “As if you’d let me drive, or just lift a finger in general.”
“I let you do plenty of things!”
“That’s so kind of you. Thank you for letting me.” Will shakes his head, but he fails to hide the smile blooming on his face.
“Why, you are so very welcome, my liege.” Mike snickers, his nerves finally settling down now that they’re back to their usual squabbling. “I can be reasonable.”-or-
In exactly one week, Will Byers is leaving Hawkins for college.
Mike Wheeler is handling this development very normally.
Unfortunately, "very normally" apparently involves becoming physically incapable of spending more than five minutes away from Will at a time, aggressively avoiding any discussions of the future, and slowly failing to keep his hands to himself.
How long can he keep pretending everything's fine?Bookmarked by grapedseed
07 Jul 2026
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As a wedding planner, Will adheres to five rules for every new contract:
1. Never skimp on floral arrangements,
2. Make sure all lighting is up to par,
3. Use cake testing as positive reinforcement,
4. Don’t get involved in family drama,
5. Remain as professional as possible.These rules have never posed a problem for Will, until he’s hired to plan the biggest endeavor of his career: the wedding of New York Times bestselling author Mike Wheeler, his estranged best friend.
What could possibly go wrong?
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07 Jul 2026
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“... I want you to bitch me, Mike.” His eyes dart between both of Mike’s. “...Please?”
Mike makes a noise that almost sounds like a groan, but it’s swallowed up by the sound of movement. All of a sudden he’s in Will's space, maneuvering his head to the side to gain access to his neck. To his scent gland.
He seems to suddenly realise what he’s doing, as if his body moved without his permission. “Uhm. Like–” His breathing is heavy, “Like… Right now?”
Will never wanted to be an alpha. There might be a way he can change it, but... He's going to need some help.
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- 8/11
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06 Jul 2026
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900-XXX-XXXX call 4 a good time <3
"And what does God do?" The Reverend leans forward, gripping the edges of the pulpit. One hand raised towards the crowd, others reaching forward with pained expressions, lips moving in urgent whispers—pleading, begging, some of them crying.
Mike watches them pray for salvation.
They can’t all be saved.
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Will Byers is a phone sex operator, and Mike Wheeler is his favorite caller.
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- 110,281
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- 10/?
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06 Jul 2026
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Every Friday night, Mike Wheeler gives advice to strangers on his college radio show. When a caller asks what to do about their feelings for a friend, Mike tells them to test the waters. He never expects Will Byers, his best friend, roommate, and biggest weakness, to take that advice as well.
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05 Jul 2026
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I don't know how to want (anything else anymore) by byleringouttt
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Aug 2026
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One thing Will knew for sure was that he wasn't going to turn Mike. Absolutely not. Never.
Will remembered waking up dead and he would never willingly give that to someone he loved.Especially not Mike.
Or: That was what Will had thought two weeks ago.
Now, standing in a hospital hallway, he couldn't help thinking about how life didn't care much about his plans.
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05 Jul 2026
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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
- Language:
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- 239,399
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- 9/12
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05 Jul 2026