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kiss me with conviction, love me in rejection by indicanights
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jul 2026
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Will undergoes rejection therapy.
As his biggest challenge, he decides to ask for the most far-fetched thing he can think of: a kiss from his straight best friend.
Mike isn't exactly helpful for this therapy.
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- Part 1 of depollute me, pretty baby
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26 Jul 2026
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"I assume you've already met my son Will?"Mike nodded in Will's direction. It wasn't until their eyes met, just briefly, that Will realized he hadn't taken his eyes off Mike once. It was a purely dissecting gaze, analytical and unsure—but he still felt a subtle warmth spread through his face, as if he'd been caught gawking. He looked away, towards the kitchen where his mother was returning with a clinking glass of ice water, just after catching a glimpse of a smirk from Mike.
"I have," Mike said. He almost sounded smug.
"His full name is William," Jim said, lowering his voice a notch as if it were a secret. Will's attention quickly snapped to him. "Maybe you two can bond over that."
"I don't—"
"William, huh?" Mike interrupted, a stupid half-smile still on his lips. "Anyone else call you that, or just your dad, too?"
Will's brows twitched. "No," he answered, with an air of uncertainty. "No one does."
Mike nodded. His eyes flicked up and down Will again before he responded with, "Cool."
Cool.
Cool?
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the Call Me By Your Name fic <3Bookmarked by jaywritesandwrites
13 Jul 2026
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Love I See You Now (You Found Me Here) by skyrim_rat
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
13 Aug 2026
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It's been almost 5 years since the final battle with Vecna, since they lost El, and 3 years since the party graduated from high school. Now it's 1992, and the party has one more summer break before their final year of college, and they have to enter the "real world".
Over the years, Mike has done everything he can to keep the party together. They graduated from high school together, moved to NYC together, and went to college together. However, change is inevitable, and not only is he scared of the party drifting apart, but he's terrified of the changes he's begun to realize about himself. Mike wishes they could go on one final adventure, and he wishes to have the chance to be brave about his feelings, but you should always be careful what you wish for.
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The party goes on a camping trip with Steve and Robin the summer before their senior year of college and accidentally gets transported into the province of Skyrim, a strange and magical land.
Did they need the adventure, or did the adventure need them?
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05 Jul 2026
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you took my heart (i was sleeping) Comic Adaptation by Kore_is_cool
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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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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04 Jul 2026
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“Do you just not want everyone to know your fantasy is about me?”
Will expected Mike to startle, or jolt away again, or shove him away with his typical shock-annoyance. But he didn’t. He stilled, his eyes locking on the pool where a few more fully clothed people had been pushed into the chaotic waters – but it was an unfocused gaze, and Will knew he wasn’t really paying attention to the scene in front of him.
Mike may not be, but Will is completely sober. Painfully attached to reality. Acutely aware of every point their bodies are connecting – chest to upper arm, chin to shoulder, arm to back, knees grazing. He knows the dangers, knows it’s Mike, knows he might really be fucking up – either by making Mike uncomfortable, or inviting old feelings to resurface. So he really, really doesn’t know why he adds, “Tell me, baby.”
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Mike Wheeler gets told he's going to fall in love by a psychic - which is, of course, ridiculous. Until Will starts calling him pet names as a joke, and Mike realizes he would've much rather been told he was going to die.
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12 Jun 2026
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There's a strange, unfamiliar feeling that lingers in the air between them, with no way of knowing if it's shared. It almost feels like some kind of rift, forcing them apart and then back together.
No – it's something more… real. More tangible.
More terrifying."Hey, um… Mike?"
Will’s voice is distant, muffled by their backs turned to each other. There’s a shuffle of blankets as his weight shifts, but Mike doesn’t turn to face him.
"Yeah?"
"...Were you lying?"
Silence.
"...Mike?"
Or, a s5 rewrite that follows the end of Vol 1.
Mike and Will navigate inconvenient feelings, dangerous misunderstandings, an ultimately manipulated story, and, unknowingly, how to break their curse when it inevitably all comes down to them to save the world -- and each other.
**plot holes and (most) of our grievances will be fixed in this story.
stay tuned, this is something i plan to finish :)- Language:
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07 Jun 2026
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Will Byers lives two lives—by day, a quiet art student chasing meaning through brushstrokes; by night, an electrifying dancer, by the name of Clerica, commanding the spotlight at the Pink Pony Club in Santa Monica. With a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to compete in Paris only three months away, his future feels set—until Mike Wheeler unexpectedly walks back into his world. Old feelings surge, timing falters, and what once slipped through their fingers now hangs in a fragile balance. Three months. One city. A second chance neither of them saw coming—but both may have been waiting for.
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In the span of three fleeting months, Will Byers—a rising dancer on the brink of Paris—and Mike Wheeler—the boy he never quite let go—collide in Santa Monica, forcing them to decide if delayed love is denied, or if fate has finally given them their moment.
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17 Apr 2026
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a little too close (not close enough) by lingeringstatic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Feb 2026
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A quiet weekend. A mostly empty house. Mike’s parents are out of town, and the basement is theirs.
Mike just wants things to feel normal again. Maybe that means a movie. Maybe that means a couple of beers. Maybe that means pretending the way his heart stutters when Will looks at him doesn’t mean anything at all.
“It’s just… us. Trying something...”
(Mike Wheeler, moments before introducing alcohol into an already fragile emotional situation.)Mike’s POV. Set between Season 4 and 5.
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04 Apr 2026
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"When his mom got a call from Joyce inviting him and Nancy to spend Christmas with their family in California, it was an offer he couldn’t convince himself to resist. Still, though, there were moments where he really, really wished he had said no, because since that call there hadn’t been a single moment where he wasn’t at least a little bit terrified for his life."
When Mike realizes he has feelings for Will, the universe is kind enough to give him distance to process, as Will is moving to California the very next day. But when Mike is invited to spend Christmas with the Byers, he is thrust into close proximity with Will before he has time to accept the fact that he is NOT getting over this boy. Now, Mike must come to terms with who he is, how he feels, and WHAT THE HELL he is going to do about it, all before his head explodes right off of his shoulders.
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The “California Christmas” ficBookmarked by jaywritesandwrites
02 Apr 2026
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Where There's a Will, There's a Way by VictoriaInEuphoria
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler doesn’t fall in love all at once.
He falls in fragments—through jealousy and laughter, through heat and hesitation, through moments of safety and moments that hurt like hell. Through Will Byers, who sees him too clearly to let him keep lying to himself.
A slow-burn, cinematic post–Season 4 story about desire, identity, and choosing love even when the world makes it painful.
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27 Mar 2026
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Five years after the fall of Vecna, in 1992, Mike is left behind, unraveling under the weight of grief, guilt, and the lingering sense that something feels...off. As he obsessively rewrites the story of what happened, searching for meaning in forgotten details, cracks begin to form in his memory, and in his reality itself.
Back on November 6th, 1987, after Will’s attempt to tap into the hive mind leaves him comatose, Eleven dives into his subconscious to save him—and discovers secrets he never meant anyone, especially her, to know.
But Vecna sees them too. This time, he uses it to break them.
As past and present blur, and Mike and Will become entangled in ways neither fully understands, the truth begins to emerge: nothing is as it seems, and the story is far from finished.
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A S5 V2 rewrite told from the POVs of Mike, Will, and Eleven. Featuring a slow-burn that aches, mutual pining so infuriating you’ll want to scream (cuz how can these idiots not see they’re in love?), and eventual sweet, fluffy moments that’ll leave you grinning ear to ear, this story rebuilds the ending from the inside out.
It takes its time, but promise. It’s worth it.
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20 Mar 2026
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Set years after the ending of Jane Eyre, a small glimpse into a quiet evening at the restored Thornfield. No plot whatsoever, just a vignette featuring our favorite pair.
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18 Mar 2026
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New York City in the 80s is loud, filthy, and unforgiving. Everything Will Byers is not.
As an exhausted art student, Will thinks he’s lucky to have Mike Wheeler by his side, his only "safe space" in a world that constantly tries to break him.
What Will doesn’t see is the cold, calculated stare following him from the shadows. He doesn’t see the way Mike meticulously dismantles anyone who dares to get too close to Will. To Will, it’s a friendship. To Mike, it’s a necessity. Because in Mike’s world, Will doesn’t need anyone else. He just needs to be protected at any cost
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10 Mar 2026
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WILL:
I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that.MIKE:
No—I'm sorry.
(They sit there, breathing heavily, faces close. WILL's hand is on MIKE's chest. MIKE places his hand on top of WILL's)MIKE (cont.):
(Quietly): Do you want to stop?(WILL looks like he might start crying. He shakes his head)
OR: Four years after ghosting Will, Mike writes a script about what went wrong. He has one last chance to fix things when he learns that Will has been cast as an actor in the play.
“Is this fucking play about us!?” - Will Byers, 1993, probably
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08 Mar 2026
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Excited to see where this goes next!
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that's me in the corner / that's me in the spotlight by psychescribbles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jul 2026
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Approaching the end of his time at NYU, Will Byers is a mess. It wasn't supposed to look like this, wasn't supposed to hurt like this. The life that he crafted from his dreams has splintered apart, leaving him coasting towards a future that he doesn't know.
Mike Wheeler knew little outside his life with Will in the city, until the past seven months forced it on him. He's been building himself back up, though it may never feel the same.
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A past/present journey through the post-epilogue story of Mike & Will in NYC, circa 1989-1993
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The year is 1999; a decade after the Party’s graduation and dissolution. Will Byers has travelled far from his hometown of Hawkins, running from his past whilst chasing the future. Now living in the cultural heart of Montreal, he has carved out success as an artist and illustrator, but finds himself devoid of everything that made him truly happy.
Socially isolated and haunted by ghosts, he takes life one day at a time. On a whim, he asks about the most influential of these ghosts—the man he once called his best friend. Expecting nothing, he is caught off guard when his inquiries lead him down a path he never could have predicted.
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- Part 1 of Strangers When We Meet
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18 Feb 2026
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Mike is stuck in a constant internal war with himself about his true feelings about a certain someone...
Will is going through rollercoasters trying to wrap his head around the mixed signals not only from the past but the ever-increasing frequency of signals from Mike.
For some reason, Will keeps finding himself in Mike's personal vicinity and at the Wheeler house. Maybe it used to be normal when they were younger, but now it's just different. Little does he know Mike secretly can't get enough of it, even if Mike can't admit it to himself while trying to avoid this very confrontation.
And yes, the title is a Gigi Perez album reference, love that album as much as those boys yearn for each other. Many music and other refs in this fic trust.
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17 Feb 2026
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Finally, super excited to see where this goes
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Vecna was dead. Hawkins had shuffled back into an uneasy quiet. El was gone. Mike had graduated alongside his best friends. Everyone was making the best of the wreckage, trying to begin their lives now that they were out from under the ever-present darkness that had haunted them for the last 7 years.
Nothing was… abnormal. In the sense that Vecna really was gone. The Upside Down vanquished for good.
The now-jagged piece of nail caught on Mike’s tongue and he scowled in the dark of his room. The alarm clock on his bedside table was tilted away from him so he couldn’t decipher the time. The red digital light glared off the wall. His pulse was still too fast. He felt sick. And alone.
In his vision, he’d been little. Small hands fumbling with an orangey yellow crayon. Everything was so visceral. He could smell the warm dust from the air vents of the living room he was settled in. The carpet was a little itchy under his soft, short legs. The room was familiar but distantly so. It was the Byers’ living room, but the furniture was different.
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Vecna's parting gift to Mike: an indissolvable tie to Will’s despair.
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15 Feb 2026
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Now I would do most anything to get you back by my side. by Sn0wy12
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jan 2026
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Set after the season 5 Epilogue!!
“Friends? No thanks,”
A heavy pause sat between the two boys,
“Best friends.”
The memory stuck in Mike’s mind, echoing in his ears despite the time that has passed; almost as if it were taunting him, punishing him. A quiet, melancholic laugh escaped out of Mike’s mouth. He should be out celebrating, one of his books had finally been published out of state, yet all he could think about was the boy he missed.
The boy who got away.
The boy who he would never forget.
Will.
Oh... Will...Or, Mike never got over Will, no matter how hard he tried. Will, however had a new life. So after his mom and him have a meaningful conversation, he does the reasonable thing and flies to New York to see Will.
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12 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)
19 Mar 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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10 Feb 2026