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He slid his free hand, sticky with fruit blood, up the column of Will’s neck. He gripped it. It was tighter than a friend should grip. It was possessive. He wrapped his fingers around Will’s throat, his thumb pressing into the pulse point.
The eye contact was insane. It was a physical tether.
"You want…" Mike’s voice was a wreck. A rasp. "… a strawberry?"
The tension in the room was high enough to shatter glass. And then, Will let out a wet, breathless chuckle.
"You’re an idiot," Will breathed.
The dream always starts the same way: with the weight of steel and the rustle of silk. In his sleep, Mike is a Paladin and Will is his light. In reality, Mike is an almost divorced academic from Indiana and Will is a cynical artist with wine stains on his chin and a cigarette between his lips. A weekend in the city was supposed to be a goodbye to the past. Instead, it becomes a messy, strawberry-sweet surrender to a hunger that seven years couldn't starve.
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06 Feb 2026
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The Rawest Desire (In It's Friendliest Form) by vecnabutworse
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Nov 2023
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"I mean, friends kiss, right? Max and El do it all the time." Mike said, his gaze bouncing across Will's features frantically as if he was looking for his next line somewhere between the freckles that lay on the bridge of Will's nose. Will tried to ignore just how often Mike's eyes fell down onto Will's spit-slicked lips.
Will wasn't sure if they were going to overlook the fact that Max and El have actually been dating for almost a year now. But Mike didn't mention it, so neither did Will. Instead, Will inched his face a little closer, so close that their noses brushed and he could practically feel the heat radiating off of Mike's flushed cheeks.
"Yeah, friends kiss," Will said simply.
"Yeah?" Mike asked.
"Yeah," Will confirmed. Mike nodded, almost dumbly. His eyes stayed steady on Will's lips now.
"Okay." Mike shuddered.
"Okay," Will whispered.They kissed again.
Logline: While home alone in Mike's bedroom, Will and Mike realize just how much they've been hiding from each other and themselves. Who knew their deepest secrets were hidden behind their lips and beneath their clothes?
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21 Jan 2026
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It's like Will's body moves before he can even process what he’s moving to, like his senses know when he’s near and pull him there before he can realize what he’s doing. His former well gripped want is bleeding though his fingers. He feels as if everyone can see it in the way he blinks, can smell the desire pooling out of his pores.
“—definitely overreacting, I mean, he’s as oblivious as they come!” Robin’s voice cuts through his thoughts.
“I don't know... I think even Steve could have picked up on what was going on in my head,” he squeezes his eyes shut at the onslaught of aftershock anxiety rushing back at the memory.
“I whimpered, Robin!” he pulls his hands to cover his face, to try to ground himself.
“You’re probably right... Steve could have picked up on what was going on,” she’s facing him on the couch, her knees leaning further to press up against his legs as she moves further into his space. “But Mike wouldn’t know sexual electricity if it was shooting from his own dick.”
OR: Will's been in love with Mike Wheeler since before he can remember, it was bound to slip out at some point.
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19 Jan 2026
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Set in the future. Everything from the show happened, except they fully defeated Vecna. Will moved on, moved into the city, started a new life, got a boyfriend… things were great, until they weren’t. But maybe, just maybe, Mike, his first love, can pick up the pieces. Endgame Byler.
Ages are never explicitly said, but both are over 21.
TW: Non-explicit descriptions of domestic violence and SA.
Rating changed to E for the final chapter, which ended up being way smuttier than I'd originally intended.
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17 Jan 2026
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your heart’s too big for your body (you pour it out where everyone can see) by willbyershandmoles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Feb 2024
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The thing is, Will’s a pretty crier.
And that was the source of all of Mike’s issues.
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16 Jan 2026
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Max dares Mike to kiss Will at a party.
It all goes downhill from there, or... maybe not?
AKA. Mike doesn't realise how down bad he is for Will until he's dared to kiss him. Luckily Max and Eleven are there to help him get the boy™
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14 Jan 2026
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“So what else is there?”
“What?”
Mike paused and shifted uncomfortably, like his legs were falling asleep or something. He squeezed at his own calf. “That guys do, that makes them gay.”
“I—hah—I don’t know, Mike, like, suck each other off? Probably?” Fall in love, he avoided saying.
“Do you wanna do that?”
Will raised his brows. “To each other?”
(OR: part two of Fence Sitter wherein after their one-off sexual encounter, Mike and Will continue to trip over their feelings and desires until everyone is confused, but at least they get off)
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11 Jan 2026
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"I get what you mean," Will speaks when Mike goes quiet. "It is scary. Being different, I mean. But it's okay to be different sometimes."
"I know that. I just don't know if it would feel right."
"If what would feel right?"
"Being with a boy," Mike says, his gaze drifting down to his hands in his lap, feeling a bit embarrassed of what he's admitting.
"Do you want to find out?" Will asks. Mike lifts his head to look Will in his eyes.
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Mike is confused about his sexuality, and Will offers to help him clarify some things.
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09 Jan 2026
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“We have a plan.” Robin says casually.
Will straightens from the cabinet like it just shocked him. “A what?”
“A plan,” she repeats, too casually, like they’re talking about redecorating or what to make for dinner, “A get-Will-laid-by-Mike-plan.”
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Mike Wheeler has a habit of walking around Will's and his shared dorm room in nothing but a towel. A small one. Too small. And it's driving Will absolutely crazy. So when Mike and Will go over to Robin and Vickie's place one night to watch a movie. They tell Will their plan. Have Will seduce Mike, and then have him get laid by Mike.
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08 Jan 2026
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Mike reached down and grabbed something. He was seated on the edge of the bed, curled towards him with his knee resting near Will’s pillow. He had a carton of freshly washed and cut fruit in his hand. “I already went to the grocery store and got, like, a million things. We could probably shelter in place here for a month and a half.”
Mike said it in a way that was not remotely sexy, but it still made something in Will’s stomach heat. He almost felt like purring, kneading his hands into the mattress with satisfaction. [My alpha got that for me. My alpha is making sure I’m healthy and hydrated. My alpha is taking such good care of me.]
A record scratch went off in Will’s head. Christ alive, Mike was NOT his alpha.
(A/B/O AU… And they were roommates!)
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06 Jan 2026
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He catches a look of something in Will’s eyes, and suddenly he sees the ceiling tilt above him as he falls backwards onto the bed. He’s so surprised all he can do is let out a confused “bwuh?” and then nothing more when, in one swift movement, Will pulls himself onto Mike, one solid thigh on each side of Mike’s skinny torso.
The boy above him gives him a timid smile, and it’s so unfair how he can look so shy when he’s effectively pinning Mike down with his naked body and god, he’s so cute—
Will huffs out a soft laugh as he reaches down to close Mike’s gaping mouth with one finger.
“Let me?”
aka Mike’s always taking care of Will, and Will decides to return the favor
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05 Jan 2026
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You're a tease, Will. by grumpy_otter
Fandoms: Byler - Fandom, Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 May 2022
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After his boyfriends return and long lasting conversations about work and college and whatnot, Wills hand holding Mikes underneath the table started moving, his fingers tapping light patterns onto Mike's thigh, a habit of Wills that Mike had come to learn and love. Will was bored.
Okay, maybe it could've been his nervousness, he always got nervous in overly crowded places, but as Wills hand started stroking Mikes thigh gently, up and down, getting dangerously close to Mikes crotch, Mike knew Will wasn't nervous.
Or - Will teases Mike. Mike has enough.
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04 Jan 2026
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“Okay, I don’t ‘like to be manhandled’–”
Will sat suddenly, bracketing Mike’s legs between his own and using two hands on his shoulders to flip them until Mike was lying horizontally on the sofa with Will on top of him. Mike gasped, the breath knocked out of him, and was once again rendered speechless.
“You were saying?”
“Okay fine!” Mike acquiesced, “But it’s not my fault you got so strong all of a sudden!”
Will rolled his eyes fondly.
“I didn’t ‘get strong’, Mike. I’ve been like this since Cali. You just chose not to notice,”
“Yeah, well, it’s sorta hard to hide your feelings when you’re daydreaming about your best friend’s biceps every other minute,”
Will flushed then, eyes widening. His heart did a funny little jump, and he felt tingly all over.
“My biceps?”
“...Among other things,”______________
Or, Mike has been acting weird since Will realised he had powers. Will thinks it's because he's scared. In reality, Mike is just whipped.
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- Part 1 of Love You to the End
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04 Jan 2026
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i'll keep you my dirty little secret (dirty little secret) by winterz77
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jan 2026
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"No…" Will whispers, coming to stand steady again, a few feet from the door.
He approaches again, cautiously. The person knocks again.
There, in the small view through the peephole, stands Michael Wheeler. In his nerdy, kind of ugly, depressed state. He looks almost nervous, fidgeting with his hands as he looks at the plain wooden door. He has on those stupid glasses, a blue sweater, skinny jeans, and beaten-up Converse. He looks like his father. Besides the skinny jeans, Will hasn't a clue who told him to wear those.
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Michael Wheeler shows up on Will's doorstep, desperate and sorry for all that he's done. Will has fun with him.
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03 Jan 2026
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i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this). by burgundyshirts
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Aug 2022
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The first time it happens, Will classifies it as a little accident.
When he wakes, the morning sun is burning through the window onto their faces, and Mike’s cursing as he stands to close the curtains, stumbling all the way.
“Scoot over,” he grumbles, voice dry, and for a second Will can’t do anything other than sigh like a lovesick idiot. It’s a second too late for Mike, because he grumbles more words Will doesn’t catch under his breath and then physically pushes Will towards the wall to lay beside him, arm over Will’s middle. A second of silence passes, then Mike sighs, only to whine: “Fuck, my head hurts.”
Will can’t help it: he breaks down laughing, much to Mike’s offense.
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Alternatively: five times Mike kissed Will, and one time Will kissed back.
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02 Jan 2026
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I wrote this at like 3:00am based on a dream I had. So.
.Mike was touchy, it was just in his nature.
Maybe that's why, when Mike reached out, hands cupping his own, leaning in close, a murmur of “I miss you, Will. I miss us,” all Will did was squeeze back, the way he always had.
It started off the same as always, something unintentional that Will could brush off, accident touches that slowly grew into something friendly, platonic, normal. The occasional nudge of an elbow to his side, a long look and a hand reaching out to grip his shoulder. Simple. Friendly.
But now?
Now Mike couldn't seem to be able to keep his hands off of him.
It was driving Will crazy.
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31 Dec 2025
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“I can show you the real thing, if you want me to.”
“What?”
“We could practice. I mean, actually kissing. I wouldn’t mind.”Or Will is getting ready for a date and looks defeated, before it even started. Helping him practice might be just the thing to help Mike make sense of his own confusing feelings.
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23 Dec 2025
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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22 Dec 2025
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It was because he was imagining what those teeth could do. He was imagining Benrey's teeth sinking easily into his neck, his shoulder, his stomach. Imagining the slight danger of Benrey's teeth as they wrap their mouth around his dick. Gordon swallowed and then choked on his own spit, coughing into his fist and face beet red.
"Yo, bro, you, uh, you good?" Benrey asked, head tilting not unlike a puppy—which sent more unhelpful thoughts into his traitorous brain, thank you—and Gordon can only give them a thumbs up as he caught his breath, arousal crawling up his spine.
God! What the fuck is wrong with him! He literally never thought about Benrey's teeth like that before, what the hell? He had to admit, however, that it's really hot. And that he… may… want Benrey to bite him. Maybe. Definitely.
Gordon really likes Benrey's teeth, all the sudden. Like, to the point where he's envisioning them biting him. Oh, oh god, he really wants Benrey to bite him.
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02 Mar 2025
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would you hold it against me by sad0chism
Fandoms: Half-Life VR But the AI is Self-Aware (Web Series)
04 Jan 2024
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Benrey gets snowed in while visiting Gordon, and ends up spending more time with him than originally intended.
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02 Mar 2025