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a cruel summer with you by andiwriteordie, astrobi, wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Mar 2026
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“Oh, come on,” Will says, struggling to keep his voice neutral in a different way. His mouth is dry, and he hates Mike for it even more. “Is this what it’s going to be like this summer?”
Mike looks back at him, considering, lips pursed in an effort to shut down the smirk that Will knows is fighting to break free. Will doesn’t dare to let his gaze catch there, focusing instead on holding Mike’s stare, because this, too, is a game.
Five years into a rivalry with bittersweet origins, the only thing Mike and Will want is to beat each other at this summer’s camp counselor competition. But being back at camp is dredging up old memories, and as Mike and Will lose momentum and gain something else entirely, it becomes increasingly clear that one summer can change everything.
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- Part 5 of in the quiet of the night
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- English
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- 371,633
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- 13/17
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02 Jul 2026
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Left His Heart There in the Sea by Concerned_terrapin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jul 2024
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“Mr. Byers! I was hoping to catch you. This is Dr. Owens, from Hawkins National Laboratory.”
Will pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, already feeling a headache beginning to form in his temples. "I’m kind of in the middle of a lecture here, can this wait?”
“I’m afraid it can’t. We need your assistance urgently.”
“And why do you need me?” Will was unable to suppress the bitterness in his tone, “You’ve got plenty of experts and doctors on your staff. I’m just a grad student, and I’m halfway across the country. What could I possibly do that no one else could?”
Dr. Owens cleared his throat on the other end of the line, “You’re the only one who’s been there and made it out alive. Honestly, we could use your expertise. We’ve caught a specimen. A live one. And you’re definitely going to want to see this.”
Or, it's 1998 and the Upside Down is still alive and kicking, and something new just came out.
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- 133,989
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- 22/22
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Bookmarked by herbylerface
25 Jun 2026
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“That’s not my favorite.”
“Oh.” Will blinks. “What is?”
Mike’s tongue darts out to wet his lower lip. “O negative.” Will feels a flush move across his entire body. His magic hums inside of him, excited. His fingers twitch against the carton. Maybe Will was wrong, maybe this is different than having a favorite kind of pizza. More personal. O negative sits differently in Will’s head than double black olives with extra cheese does. More intimate.
“Oh.” Will blinks again. And maybe O negative sits differently in Will’s head, because it also flows through his veins. He feels obligated to tell Mike. “I’m O negative.”
Mike’s pupils widen again. “I know.” His voice is low, gravelly.
Will’s breath hitches again. “You know?” He flinches when Mike’s fingers graze his, peeling the carton out of Will’s hand.
Mike takes a deep breath. “I can smell it.”
Or, five times that Will offered Mike his blood and the one time that Mike accepted.
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- Part 1 of take me as you please | vampwise
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- English
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- 16,845
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by herbylerface
25 May 2026
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"Can we go home? Like right now?"
Changbin finally looked up at him, confused. "Why? Are you feeling alright?"
"No—I mean, yes! I just—Listen, can we go home?"
Hyunjin tried, he really did, to somehow convey the meaning of "I want you to fuck me silly" with just a pointed look, eyebrows drawn high on his face to emphasise the urgency of the vague request.
Changbin's study date with Hyunjin goes awry. Neither of them complain.
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11 Apr 2026
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Will can’t allow himself the luxury of a wet dream tonight, so he wills for Mike to stop moving.
Mike does not stop moving.
Will frowns, mustering up more focus, sharpening his control.
Mike still doesn’t stop, but he lets out an annoyed whine. “What’s fucking tugging at me right now?”
What.
“I’m—trying to stop you. Stop.” Will’s voice comes out warped and distant, unused to being spoken out loud in the dreamscape.
Mike stops moving, as instructed, breathing heavily against Will’s open mouth. “Why? Isn’t this—isn’t this just a dream? Come on.”
Huh?!
What is Will’s subconscious trying to achieve right now?—or—
Will's powers have been acting up lately, thanks to the stress of college and a part time job.
He finds solace in his usual lucid dreams. Except, suddenly — they get clearer. More vivid. More out of control.
Will assumes it's just his subconscious working through some very obvious problems.
Mike assumes he's just having weird sex dreams about his best friend because he's stressed and pent-up.Neither of them realizes they're sharing them.
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- English
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- 48,817
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- 7/7
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11 Apr 2026
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The Things We Never Said (we spoke with our hearts) by midnight_mems28
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 May 2026
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“You’re—hard again.” Will breathed, as he ran his fingers down Mike’s stomach. Mike stopped him, grabbing his wrist and bringing his hand back to his chest.
“I don’t care, let me hold you.” Mike whispered into Will’s hair, kissing the top of his head.
“I—I don’t think I’ve ever come that hard in my life.” Will smushed his face against Mike, almost like he was embarrassed.
A smug satisfaction pooled in Mike’s gut at that. He’d never even done that before. He didn’t pry though, didn’t taunt Will with the words resting on his tongue. What? Wes can’t fuck you like that? Can’t make you come that hard?
It had been seven years since the party ended in Mike Wheeler’s basement after graduation. He was drowning in a sea of conformity, grasping at the only lifeline that ever made sense to him, his imagination.
Or-Mike ends up in New York, feeling aimless, until he sees a painting of his younger self hung in a gallery, a plaque next to the frame reading, “First Love-W.B”.
Mike is finally faced with the reality that he’s always been too scared to admit. He had to find Will.- Language:
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- 12/14
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11 Apr 2026
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Dating apps aren't Mike's thing, until he finds out Will is using one. He can't let a bunch of trashy guys go after his best friend; he'll just make a fake account to scope out the situation. What could go wrong...or right?
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Mike creates a fake persona on a dating app to unknowingly flirt with Will.
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- English
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- 15/15
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11 Apr 2026
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For their senior year spring break, the Party sets sail on a 7-day cruise to celebrate the next chapter of their lives. Not much has changed since their last reunion, as long as you don’t count Mike and Will breaking up two years ago, which fractured the friend group permanently and made it so neither of them could stand to be within ten feet of each other.
It’ll be a trip they never forget - that much Will is sure of.
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- English
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- 142,596
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11 Apr 2026
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Will Byers doesn’t consider himself brave. He considers himself a HD student with a low tolerance for vodka and a talent for leaving early. But bravery, it turns out, isn’t always loud. Sometimes it's handed out like permission slips at crowded college parties: permission to drink too much vodka, to flirt badly, and take a hit from someone else’s cola flavoured vape.
Or; College AU, Will "Ivy League" Byers/Mike "Teenage Dirtbag" Wheeler
(Vodka bottle fic)
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- English
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- 68,814
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- 23/23
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11 Apr 2026
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The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 May 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
Season 5 Rewrite to follow WHILE THIS IS A COMPLETE WORK, THE SEASON 5 REWRITE IS A WIP
Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.
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- Part 1 of Do You Want to Know a Secret?
- Language:
- English
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- 328,136
- Chapters:
- 45/45
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10 Apr 2026
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touch me with a kiss, feel me on your lips by jeaanmoreau
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 May 2026
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“Is it cause you used to have a crush on me?” Mike asked, abruptly.
“What!” It was Will’s turn to blush harder, giving him a glare reserved for Mike Wheeler and Mike Wheeler only. “No. God. That was ages ago. I’ve been past that for a long time.”
Mike motioned like he’d made his point. “See? So? It wouldn’t be weird.”
So, Mike likes guys. Fine, Will can live with that. Except now Mike's worried about having fallen behind and would really like some help practicing how to kiss a guy from his also-into-guys best friend. And Will is trying really, really hard to be a good mentor to him, so what is he going to do, say no?
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- Part 1 of heavenly
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 149,086
- Chapters:
- 30/30
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- 6,345
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10 Apr 2026
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i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) by sunsetozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 May 2026
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Silence. Hungry, carnivorous—or maybe cavernous, vast and lined with teeth, ready to bite. The quiet before the storm, the gasped breath in before the heart stops. Tragedy tastes bitter. Blood tastes like pennies. Both are in the air, promises coating the tongue. Something bad is about to happen.
From beneath the bed, something reaches out—a mass of darkness, a shapeless nothing—and it grabs Mike by the wrist, yanks him forward. Mike chokes on a yelp and flails his arm free, blood dripping from where the shadows grabbed him, like the touch of darkness has split him open. He tries to scramble away, unfolds his legs to kick himself back but only makes himself easier, more vulnerable. The unidentifiable mass encircles Mike's ankle, and he screams something agonized, terrified—and then it pulls Mike, clawing at the carpet with his bloodied fingers, under the bed.
This time, the silence isn't hungry. It's satisfied.
will starts entering the mindscape in his dreams on the same night that mike gets taken by vecna. this is probably the least confusing part of everything that happens after.
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- English
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- 101,949
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- 13/13
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08 Apr 2026
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Good Enough by coloursflyaway
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV), The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics)
05 May 2024
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It’s quite flattering, definitely special, having someone like Edwin love him.
But most of all, it’s fucking terrifying.
Because no matter what he does, Charles cannot fuck this up.Series
- Part 2 of Dead Boy Detectives fics
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04 Apr 2026
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PB&J, Heatstroke, Vomit, and David Bowie by 98z
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King
23 Jan 2024
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Will Byers thinks it would be better if he just vanishes from the face of the earth, so he does…kind of. He meets a lost soul on his journey to disappearance, an awkward but somehow extrovertedly obnoxious, free-spirited character with dark secrets to rival his own.
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- English
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- 56,093
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- 20/20
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04 Apr 2026
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“Hyunjin is dead,” Jeongin breathed. He looked up to see the others stare back at him with wide eyes, Hyunjin towering over them at the back, the light from the window in the hallway lighting up his figure. “They told me he was dead.”
Hyunjin's dark eyes found Jeongin’s tearful ones.
“Not dead,” Hyunjin said with a poisonous smile. “Just gay.”
Or: Jeongin has spent years mourning the loss of his first love, a love he was told by his church was sinful and wrong, but one he just couldn't stop from blooming in his chest. Now, years later, Jeongin meets Hyunjin again, very alive and also very different from how he used to be back in their shared church.
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- Part 1 of We Strive For The Forbidden
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 157,471
- Chapters:
- 24/24
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- 1,386
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04 Apr 2026
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Mike and Will get summer jobs as lifeguards at the Hawkins Community Pool during college break. Will just wants to forget about his first failed relationship. Mike wants to make it an unforgettable summer.
CPR training gets complicated when you're hot for your "straight" best friend and he keeps wanting to practice his mouth-to-mouth technique.
"Should we… practice again?" Mike said finally. "Now?"
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- Part 1 of Super Soaker Series
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“Do you know what you’re painting?” Mike asks. Maybe if they can figure out what Will is painting, they can unlock his memories.
Will pauses, considering the painting, then his eyes light up and he smiles.
“That’s the boy I love,” Will says, looking at the painting. Then he turns to Mike. “Thank you. I couldn’t remember.”
“Do you know his name?”
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Soon after they enter the Abyss, Mike realizes that Will is possessed, and he's forced to confront the Mind Flayer. Then, Vecna dies, and so does Will—and Mike will do anything to get him back, even if that means going into a trance and entering a new mindscape, where he finds a Will who has lost all of his memories.
An alternate ending to the series finale, starting at the 42:18 mark.
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Will finds an old spellbook and decides to try out a spell with no name.
It backfires almost immediately.----
Will drops his hand from Mike’s shoulder, mouth opening to answer, but before he can speak, Mike’s own hand shoots out, clutching Will’s firmly.
Will freezes, mouth dropping open. If his face wasn’t already a little pink, it definitely was now.
“Don’t leave me, Will…” Mike murmurs, pulling himself closer against Will before he can even stand properly.
Will hears Lucas mutter something incomprehensible– something like, “Dude, what the fuck?”- but it barely registers. Mike’s entire weight is pressed against him, sucking up any coherent thoughts.
“M-Mike, what are you doing?” Will asks, voice tight, panic creeping in and heart hammering in his ears.
Mike doesn’t answer, he just buries his face into Will’s neck, sighing shakily.
Will’s mind races. What kind of spell could have done this? What had he actually just cast?
“Love spell,” He says into the air, unsure if anyone was still listening.
“I hit him with a fucking love spell.”
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25 Mar 2026
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basically I thought it was a funny idea to see Mike ABSOLUTELY PANIC when he sees Will and just get really flustered, and it’s a plus bc I adore Smug Will Byers.
but here’s an actual summary-
Will Byers only wanted a midnight snack, and Mike? Well Mike forgot why he left his room as soon as he laid eyes on Will. I mean you can’t blame him really, his best friend since kindergarten was standing in his presence without a shirt on.
Mike is unwell and it’s really not his fault when he startles Will into accidentally cutting himself.
And we all know kissing is the best healing method so why not add a bit of sexual tension? What can go wrong?
Well not much but things happen.
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19 Mar 2026
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jul 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 127,065
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- 16/17
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Bookmarked by herbylerface
19 Mar 2026