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at the risk of feeling dumb (check in) by julienbakergf
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Apr 2026
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“Can you talk to me, please?”
Mike shrugs before tilting his head further into Will. “I don’t know why I feel like this,” he replies, voice dull and nasally.
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Mike Wheeler is feeling down.
Will Byers gets him through the day.
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even in the silence, i love you all the same by julienbakergf
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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Will just wants to be seen. The only person who sees him for who he truly is, is Mike Wheeler. His best friend. And he feels horrible that he’s never spoken a word to him.
Which is why, today, he decides he is going to try.
To talk to Mike.
The first time he’ll ever try speaking to someone other than his mom and Jonathan.
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Will Byers has Selective Mutism, and Mike Wheeler is his safe place.
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As the party were all leaving the basement to go upstairs for dinner, Mike stopped Will for a moment. A brief interruption to ask him to stay a little longer so they could talk after having lasagna? He wanted to know... Something.
Even though they'd spent time together after everything ended, Mike felt there was something unresolved between them, and he always wanted to fix it, but he was never able to do so until he saw that they were both going to grow up and drift apart at some point. He couldn't just let him go like that. Will nodded, even when he looked a little hestitan to do so.
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Mike would've explored. :)
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- Part 1 of they would've explored together
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28 Apr 2026
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Trying to Float Underwater, You’ve Been Calling Upstream by kiera_wesley
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Feb 2026
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Fifteen minute family dinner wasn’t just a fifteen minute family dinner– it was a concentrated version of everything that was wrong in Mike’s house and in his family and in himself. Some days it felt like the whole house was underwater, blue and heavy and dark. Every day was a balancing act of what to say, what not to say, how to act, when to push, and when to shut up. It was one giant game of pretend, and it was completely exhausting.
His friends would tell him he didn’t have to pretend, that he didn’t have to hide, but he knew better.
He had so much to hide. He had so much to lose.
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After a fight with his dad, Mike seeks comfort at Will’s house.
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17 Apr 2026
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No one seems to really care (They're just wholly unaware) by paperlungs21
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Apr 2026
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“What’s wrong, Mike? Why are you scared? Isn’t this what you wanted?” Mike backed up from the bed. He couldn’t breathe. Tears beaded in his eyes. What on earth? Will got angrier. He shouted. “Isn’t this what you wanted?” His spit hit Mike’s cheek. He lunged for Mike, who just barely managed to dodge the hands reaching for him and ran around the bed to the door. He ripped it open and slammed it behind him, backing away slowly until he bumped into someone.
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Mike gets Vecna'd in his dream. That is.. essentially it. Anyway, enjoy!Bookmarked by julienbakergf
17 Apr 2026
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Prepare For an Aching (The Rest of Your Life) by CaptainFairyGodmother
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Apr 2026
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Mike swung, aiming to punch this Angela girl, but forgetting in the heat of the moment that he had carried his skates onto the rink.
Static.
Mike blacked out. Or, more appropriately, he saw red. Not in the sense of him being angry, but in the sense that all he could see was blood. The skates had fallen from his grip immediately, clattering against the floor, blood splattered. His hand was covered in the blood that seeped from Angela's nose and forehead.
The floor was red. The people were red. The blue-yellow lights were red. Everything he saw was red.
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OR; When Will intervenes in Angela's bullying at Rink'o'Mania only to become subject to her comments himself, Mike reacts aggressively instead of El, leading to a spiralling of situations for everyone involved.
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17 Apr 2026
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no storm can out-rage the turmoil of the conflicted heart by Arsenic_Laced_Dreams
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Apr 2026
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Mike was not afraid of thunderstorms. He never has been and he assured himself that he never will be. Because if - hypothetically speaking - he were, then there were unending amounts of other - much scarier - things - such as interdimensional demons who were presently holding his sister hostage - that Mike would, therefore, be scared of. But he wasn't afraid of those things, so it only made sense that Mike would not be frightened by scientifically explained weather phenomena.
Mike was not afraid of thunderstorms. He couldn't help himself in charging down to the basement that night.
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17 Apr 2026