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baby i can't fight this feeling anymore by peskeynonbinary
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Dec 2025
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In his almost 17 years being alive, Will has learned many things. Very high on that list is that there’s a fine line between “best friend” and “something more.”
Michael Wheeler uses that line like a fucking jump rope.
“You… wish I had saved just you?”
or; Mike and Will chat after the Mac-Z
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29 Dec 2025
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and if you wanna cry or fall apart (i'll be there to hold you) by strangerangels
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Oct 2022
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“Thank you, Mike,” Joyce says with as much sincerity as she can in her kind-of-fucked-up state. “Thank you for being there for Will, too. I think—” she hiccups, and Mike wipes her eyes with the sleeves of his jacket. “I think you’re the bestest friend he’s ever had.”
The younger boy smiles back at her. “He’s the bestest friend I’ve ever had, too.”
Or, Mike Wheeler and his relationship with Will Byers, as told by Joyce Byers.
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- Part 2 of there's something happening here
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22 Dec 2025
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take a little moment (find the right words) by astrobi for wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 May 2023
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“Wow,” Will breathes out, just on this edge of teasing. “You sound very confident about this.”
“Well,” Mike shrugs, swallowing hard in a desperate attempt to soothe his very, very dry mouth, “I don’t know why someone wouldn’t be interested in you.”
“Oh?” Will says, and it’s definitely teasing now, enough for Mike to feel himself turning warm, all down his neck and to the tips of his own – sadly unpatterned – socks. “Someone?”
“Yeah.” Mike nods. Oh, god. This is fine. “In a very arbitrary sense of the word. Just– people. Someone.”
Mike is approximately ninety-eight percent sure that his feelings are requited. That last two percent, however, has really been throwing him for a loop.
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21 Dec 2025
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It’s a wondrous thing, knowing he’s been saved by some mysterious power. Although Mike isn’t sure if it is that mysterious. Because if there’s anything Mike knows, it’s the work of a sorcerer.
Mike should’ve known Will Byers was never one to let a little effort scare him off.
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Or, in the direct aftermath of unlocking his powers, will keeps protecting mike, and mike learns to let himself be taken care of.
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17 Dec 2025
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be that attached (to the person I'm holding) by mikeslawyer
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 May 2023
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Will thinks he’s dreaming. Mike decides to think it’s because of Will’s fever, when the idea of his best friend being convinced it’s more likely that he’s imagining it than for Mike to touch him makes Mike’s stomach drop uncomfortably.
“Sleep, Will. I’m here, I’ll always be here.”
Mike takes advantage of the half-unconscious state his best friend is in and lets his heart spill just a little, just enough for a few drops of what he feels for the boy in his arms to drop and land on his tongue.
“Love you.”
Will mutters, right into Mike’s chest, right over his heart - making it stop beating for a few long moments, when Mike’s world drops on its axis.
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Will is sick and confesses to Mike while out of his mind due to the fever. Mike has a breakdown about it.
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14 Dec 2025