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Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.
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23 Feb 2026
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Your morning smile of torture (Holds Me In It’s Grip) by shinsdandruff
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2026
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“Why did you paint this?”
The words pierce Will’s ears, though not fully registering in his half asleep brain.
Mike is standing in front of the door, absolutely drenched with zero jacket in sight. His clothes are dripping wet, his hair equally soaked. He looks like a mess.
The rain sounds like hail hitting the ground, the sounds making Will’s abrupt awakening so much worse.
Mike is gripping a paper in his hand, closely resembling something that Will is familiar with but he just can’t pinpoint what it is. It’s hard to think with the pouring rain outside. A pop of color inside the color peeks through the hard, off-white paper.
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Mike shows up to Will’s house, completely unannounced in the middle of the night, the night before he’s supposed to leave for college. In the pouring rain. He needs to know why Will painted it after all, because it turns out, he can be a little smart sometimes. Only when it matters.
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18 Feb 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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16 Feb 2026
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bury me in metamorphoses (with galatea, my sweet) by hiscleric
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Sep 2022
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It’s been seven years since Will Byers vanished from Hawkins for the second time; seven years since he picked up his life, moved across the globe, and finally settled. He had found himself in a small town outside of Dublin with no desire to be anyplace else. He was happy. Ireland was great — beautiful sights, decent weather, and it was far. So, so far.
But when past feelings bubble from under the surface and start to poison his creative endeavors, he doesn’t think things could get any worse.
Seeing Mike Wheeler at his local grocery store quickly proves him wrong.
OR: Running away and the reunion of a lifetime.
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01 Feb 2026
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I never ever felt so cool (disguised in your sheets) by wheezingwheeler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
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A post-canon (with some small tweaks) road trip full of tension, nightmares, gay panic, and a very long drive toward the truth.
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Will just wanted to bring his brother home. He didn’t plan on sharing motel beds, surviving Mike Wheeler’s jealousy spiral, or confronting feelings he’s spent years burying.
Mike thinks Will likes girls.
Will thinks Mike will never love him back.
Both of them are wrong.Or
Water dripped from Will's hair, ran down his jaw, caught on his lips.
Mike stared at it.
Stared like he'd forgotten where he was.
Then, slowly he lifted a towel and pressed it gently to Will's mouth, wiping the water away. His hand didn't even shake. He was steady.
Will's breath stuttered. Tingles tremored all the way up his spine.
He didn't move. He couldn't. He was too aware of Mike's hand, of the way his eyes kept dropping back to his lips.
That look again.
The one Will had seen a dozen times now and never understood.
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01 Feb 2026