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I don’t know if many people will see this,
but I’m using Byler as an anatomy study and as practice for NSFW stuff.
I’ll update whenever I can and feel inspired.Simplifying: it's just gay sex !!!
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01 Feb 2026
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i'm outside the door, invite me in so we can go back and play pretend by acarnivalbear, angelsfizz
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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Logically, Mike knows what he’s doing is weird. Somewhere, deep in the back of his mind he knows it. Still, he tells himself that it’s normal. That he is normal. That stealing a box of his best friend’s clothes labeled ‘donate’ in black marker and keeping it firmly hidden in the back of his closet was something any normal person would do. It wasn’t weird, anyone else would do the same!
And who could blame him? Mike has been surrounded by Will for as long as he can remember. They’re close! Mike cares about Will, always has. The urge to protect him, to take care of him, was so instinctual even before Mike had presented as an alpha. They were a pair, always together, attached at the hip until… well, until recently but Mike was going to work on that! He really was!
And now the Byers have moved to Lenora. To fucking California and Mike feels like he’s lost a limb.
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- Part 1 of lenoraverse
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01 Feb 2026
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The times Mike Wheeler and Will Byers tried hiding their relationship, and the one time they couldn't. by TheYilingPatriarch1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jan 2026
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There was something on both their minds, as it turned out. So when Will brought up the topic of the party and their family, Mike agreed completely with his fear.
They’re going to keep their relationship a secret so they can work things out themselves, and because they can’t afford for their relationship to get out. Not now, not while they’re only thirteen and living with their parents. No one will know, not until they’re older and can handle the problems that come with having a relationship like theirs.
No one is going to find out.
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Mike and Will start a relationship, its not like their friends are attentive enough to every pick up on it.
Or are they?
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23 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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15 Jan 2026
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Mike and Max spend a rainy Sunday afternoon getting stoned and getting off.
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Bonus chapter for ‘take me down’ but works as a standalone smut fic as well :)
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- Part 4 of Mad World
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11 Jan 2026
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It should be him kissing Will. Holding and doting on him. Mike can feel something ugly stirring in his chest. His nails dig crescent moons into his palms, and he comes to the terrifying realization that he won’t rest until it’s true.
Mike really, really doesn’t like Will’s new boyfriend.
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04 Jan 2026
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Will thinks this was what he’d been anticipating all night. Sure, he doesn’t feel an actual need to scent-mark, or to experience it… but he thinks he’d like to with Mike. And if Lucas’ smell was bothering Mike that much…
“Okay, fine. Let’s do it.” Will flicks up the sleeve of his shirt on his wrist and holds it up.
Mike’s expression wavers.
“Or, if you want to back out…” Will asks worriedly, letting his hand fall.
“No, I—I guess I just assumed. The neck’s the best place to do it, right?”
On the cusp of presentation, is Will really ready for the changes heading his way? Especially the uncertainty regarding his... friendship with Mike. Or was friendship even the right way to categorise them, anymore?
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03 Jan 2026
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will byers’ guide to advanced concepts in painting by falloutboi
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Dec 2025
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Dustin hums in agreement while he swallows his bite. “It’s like, against his factory settings to say no to you. What do you need him to do, model for you or something?”
Will shoves his face back into his hands. “I’m going to fail.”
Max rolls her eyes. “You’re not going to fail, you’re going to paint Mike.”
Will lifts his head up from his hands, eyes wide, and shakes his head. “You don’t understand.” He pleads with his awful, awful friends, voice low. “He’s been, he’s using my-he came out of my bathroom in just a towel last night.”
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Studio art major Will Byers has a study of the human body due before the semester ends, is in desperate need for a model, and has a huge, life-altering, heart wrenching crush on his best friend.
Enter: Mike Wheeler, his broken shower, and his collection of plaid-print boxers.
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- Part 1 of devotion | Indiana University
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29 Dec 2025
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Mike dares Will to play a game of chicken with him.
Will, like most things, goes along with it.
---“Chicken,” he said finally.
Will blinked. “Chicken?” He frowned, trying to picture it. “Isn’t that the one where you get up on someone’s shoulders and try to knock the other person off?” The image flashed so suddenly and absurdly that a laugh almost escaped him. He caught it halfway, feeling stupid.
Mike shook his head quickly. His pale cheeks flushed, covering his freckles in a faint pink like he was embarrassed, or maybe warm. Will told himself it was probably just the basement lighting. Or the heat.
“No,” Mike said. “Like… the other game.” He rubbed his thumb against the edge of the blanket, not looking at Will now. “The one where you dare each other to do stuff. And you have to keep going until someone backs out.” He swallowed. “Chicken.”
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- Part 1 of truth or dare
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28 Dec 2025
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The Byers’ new house is closer to Mike’s.
This is a Development.
Mike sees Will on the weekends. Mike sees Will on occasional school nights. Mike sees Will like he’s living with them again, stuffed into Mike’s back pocket, comfortably, reliably close.
Turns out, this is a problem.
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or: Will is lovely, and Mike is in love. Maybe. Probably. Definitely.
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26 Dec 2025
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“Don’t worry, I’ll do it,” Mike protests weakly, but Will ignores him. “You need to rest, yeah,” he continues softly, swallowing audibly at the thought of Will’s fingers on him again.
“I want to take care of—” Will mumbles, fumbling for gauze and bandages, his focus wavering. Mike notices the flush creeping up Will’s cheeks, bright and vivid against his otherwise pale, tired skin. And it warms something inside Mike, just a little, because Will wants to take care of him.
or; Mike is confused, and maybe Will offering to take care of his wounds after their encounter with Vecna only makes things worse.
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26 Dec 2025
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one year older (somehow i feel younger) by nicysworld
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Dec 2025
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"'You know you can talk to me, right? I mean I know our birthday is coming up, and it’s completely normal for you to be worried' El told him.
'Oh my god, El I promise I will tell you if something is seriously wrong, okay? I just would rather not talk about it' Will said while feeling his cheeks flush.
'Of course. I just- I want you to know that I’m always here for you' El said. Will really truly appreciated it, and he would tell her if something was happening. But that was the exact problem, nothing was happening he was still just Will, and no presentation meant he was a beta. The idea of talking about his disappointment was scary, and the idea of telling anyone, even his sister, how much he longed to be an omega seemed painful, like he was actually admitting that he was never meant to be an one, and that all of his instincts had been wrong."
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Will Byers is turning 17 very soon, and for him that means he is a beta. He's made it this far without presenting, but still is holding out some hope that he will present as an omega. Being an omegas always made the most sense for him, and best of all if he were an omega he may have a chance with his best friend.
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24 Dec 2025
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By all measures, Mike is a good alpha. He checks all the boxes, really. Protective without being overbearing, quick to step in when someone’s in trouble, careful but not patronizing. He’s loud and boisterous, sure, but he’s also earnest, and sweet, and so goddamn chivalrous it’s stupid.
It’s all so horribly infuriating, and so infuriatingly endearing.
That’s the thing about instincts. They make everything so confusing. Will knows, rationally, that all of these things are just Mike’s way of being a good friend and packmate. And yet, there’s still a part of him—a decidedly omega part—that relishes in the attention in a way he knows he shouldn’t.
Navigating teenage relationships is hard enough. It's even harder when instincts get involved.
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23 Dec 2025
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Will and Mike have a ritual of messing around late at night during the eighteen month time skip.
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22 Dec 2025
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"Is Will your boyfriend?" Holly asks, and Mike immediately chokes on the lettuce in his mouth.
"Wh- what?" he gasps, dropping his fork and swallowing back the salad that suddenly feels like cement in his throat. Holly's looking at him with a strange expression, like she's trying to figure something out.
"Will. Is he your boyfriend?" she repeats, even though Mike very obviously heard her, and the question doesn't feel any less shocking the second time.
"No!" He yelps. "No, why would you think that?"
Holly shrugs, taking another bite of spaghetti like this is a normal conversation and she is not slowly killing him. "Nancy calls him your little boyfriend sometimes, and Mom says he's your person, which basically means the same thing, and you live together and act like a couple and unpack groceries together, and- I don't know. Seems like it could be a thing."
holly visits college roommates mike and will, and has a few important questions for them
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22 Dec 2025
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take me down (to the underground) by Plumsfromyouricebox
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Feb 2024
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“If you weren’t living in Chicago in the ’90s, you didn’t just miss out on some great basketball — you missed out on life.” –Edward McClelland, Chicago Magazine
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Mike and Max navigate their twenties, college, first jobs, shitty apartments, and a whole lot of weddings in this decade-spanning sequel to "this is what it sounds like (when doves cry)"
aka Four Weddings and a High School Reunion
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- Part 3 of Mad World
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20 Dec 2025
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WB: nathsn and i broke up amd its your faukt
MW: Where are you?
WB: the beach
MW: I’m on my way now. Don’t go anywhere else, please. And don’t go in the water, it’s too cold, it’s too dark out, and you’re drunk.
WB: ok whateberOr:
Will gets sloppy drunk after a break up with his boyfriend and sits very sadly on the beach. Mike meets him there to find out what happened.
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19 Dec 2025
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this is what it sounds like (when doves cry) by Plumsfromyouricebox
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jun 2023
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Max leaned with one foot against the wall and headphones on her ears as she smoked a cigarette, resting her head back and exhaling a cloud of smoke into the air.
Seeing movement out of the corner of her eye, she whipped her head towards him, eyebrows knitting together in confusion when she realized who had interrupted her smoke break. She lowered her headphones, letting them rest around her neck as he approached her cautiously.
“What’s up stalker?” she asked flatly, raising an eyebrow as he came to a stop in front of her.
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When Eleven dumps Mike before his spring break visit, he finds himself turning to a former friend for solace.aka Mike and Max are depressed loners together—hijinks, drama, and romance ensue!
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- Part 1 of Mad World
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16 Dec 2025
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“Keep it down, baby,” he hears Mike whisper. “Don’t want to wake anyone up, do you?”
Little fucking late for that.
Or, the worst thing that can happen to Jonathan Byers happens to Jonathan Byers.
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15 Dec 2025
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All Will ever wanted was everything, and he wanted it with Mike.
Or, Will’s first heat after defeating Vecna and losing his powers might be the best, worst thing to ever happen to him.
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15 Dec 2025