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“I need like– actionable steps. ‘Act normal’ is too vague.”
Will sighs and reaches over to turn the radio down even quieter.
“Ok for one, stop staring at my mouth,” Will says.
Mike glances over at him automatically.
Will laughs. “See? That’s exactly what I mean. You’ve been doing it for years, but now it’s like…it’s a lot, Mike. People are gonna notice.”
“But I wanna kiss you,” Mike whines.
It’s been a week since Mike and Will got together – one blissful week, like a honeymoon before the wedding. Now they’re in Montauk for Joyce and Hopper’s, surrounded by friends and family, and trying to fly under the radar. Somewhere along the way, Mike realizes he doesn’t want to hide anymore.
Or, two horny idiots in love struggle to keep their relationship hidden.
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- Part 2 of don't dream it's over
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16 Mar 2026
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What happens when Mike's roommate asks Will out?
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12 Jan 2026
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answers you seek will never be found at home by miwiheroes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jan 2026
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Will’s not supposed to be hiding in corners, forcing a fake smile when Mike asks him if he’s okay. He’s not supposed to brush off insults like they're jokes. He’s not supposed to vanish for six hours during a school day, leaving Mike feeling like he’s slipping away all over again.
Whoever said that beating Vecna’s going to fix Hawkins’ problems, Will’s problems, Mike’s problems—they deserve an earful. They deserve to feel this weird, hollow dissatisfaction chewing away at their chests.
aka mike begs will to escape their small town after too many run-ins with homophobic small-town bs. he knows will's meant to find himself elsewhere, but he never expects to find an answer to the age-old question of his own fate. prom, gay bars, sleazy hotels, train stations, two lesbians and their not-so-legal marriage - they aren't the traditional sources of wisdom, but he can't complain.
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12 Jan 2026
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Will and Mike become friends with benefits. Which is a totally reasonable arrangement that they’re both completely content with, obviously.
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12 Jan 2026
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Brand me with your hands so everyone can see. by sunniesdoll for elenarowan
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Mar 2026
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Max arches a brow. “Carlton, though? You two are dating and you don’t even kiss? Is it just a preference thing?”
Will sighs, resigned. He drops his hands. “Okay. Honestly?” He hesitates, then shrugs. “He was a bad kisser. And I just… couldn’t get excited around him. At all.”
The reaction is immediate and merciless. Dustin makes a dramatic gagging noise. El gasps like she’s been handed gossip gold. Lucas high-fives Max, shaking her hand in his.
Mike doesn’t say anything. He just watches Will, watches the way he shrugs it off, the way he laughs a little too loud, the way his ears go red.
Or, Will's new boyfriend is a bad kisser. Mike thinks it's a crime that no one has kissed Will properly. He's on a goal to change that, Carlton be damned.
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Bookmarked by meltingcandy
09 Jan 2026
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For Mike Wheeler, Hawkins was always high-stakes and loud.
Now, at college, he’s desperate to find the chance at a normal life. Whatever that means.
But between a failed relationship with El and the chaos of freshman year, Mike feels untethered. He’s searching for a grounding wire to keep him from drifting away, only to realize that the one constant, clear transmission in his life has always been Will Byers.Series
- Part 2 of The Observer Effect
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06 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler has spent the last four years of college wandering aimlessly through life. He'd followed Will to California, only for Will Byers, his best, most trusted friend, to slowly phase himself out of his life. And frankly, he'd seemed happier without Mike. What was he supposed to make of that?
But then, Mike discovers some things about himself. He starts to find the pieces that he was looking for. And... what is Will supposed to do with that?
(aka: a post-canon "mike finds his way back to will eventually" 90s college fic, in which will byers gets to scream at mike a lil like he deserves, and mike gets to prove himself in return)
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02 Jan 2026
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New City. New School. Same Old Heartbreak.
Will Byers thought sharing a dorm with Mike Wheeler would be a dream come true. Instead, it’s a front-row seat to Mike’s awkward attempts at moving on from El. But when a messy night ends in a kiss that feels anything but accidental, the rules of their friendship are rewritten overnight.
Will is happy to play the role of the secret lover, the placeholder, if it means keeping Mike in his life. He’s prepared for the breakup. He’s prepared for Mike to find a "real" girlfriend. He’s prepared for everything... except the possibility that Mike isn't pretending at all.
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Will does not realize he and Mike are dating.Series
- Part 1 of The Observer Effect
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02 Jan 2026
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Everyone was always supposed to go their separate ways. Mike knows that. But he's been in college for three years and he hasn't put down roots, and he's starting to give up on the fantasy of finding himself.
Depressed, alone, self-hating, Mike Wheeler books a flight to Boston.
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“Hey.” Mike sets his paper cup of coffee down on the workbench.Will blinks.
“I’m sorry,” Mike says. “I should’ve called.”
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02 Jan 2026
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44 year old, divorced and newly bisexual Mike Wheeler reconnects with his now gorgeous childhood best friend Will Byers in 2013 after years of not speaking. New feelings emerge.
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28 Dec 2025
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“What? No! I mean — I just meant—“ said Mike, struggling with the words, “I… I mean… who is it?” he turned back to Hugo, “Can we know their name? It might be somebody we know already.”
Will frowned, “I hope it’s not,” he said, “I don’t like anybody we know enough to marry them — except our friends, obviously, but that’s different.”
Hugo, if it was even possible, looked somehow immensely more excited by these words, “I can’t tell you who it is,” he giggled, “That’s a really big spoiler.”
Mike Wheeler’s son arrives in Hawkins with no explanation, snapped back in time entirely by accident — and he latches on to none other than Will Byers. If only they all knew why.
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28 Dec 2025
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Mike reached down and grabbed something. He was seated on the edge of the bed, curled towards him with his knee resting near Will’s pillow. He had a carton of freshly washed and cut fruit in his hand. “I already went to the grocery store and got, like, a million things. We could probably shelter in place here for a month and a half.”
Mike said it in a way that was not remotely sexy, but it still made something in Will’s stomach heat. He almost felt like purring, kneading his hands into the mattress with satisfaction. [My alpha got that for me. My alpha is making sure I’m healthy and hydrated. My alpha is taking such good care of me.]
A record scratch went off in Will’s head. Christ alive, Mike was NOT his alpha.
(A/B/O AU… And they were roommates!)
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27 Dec 2025
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Will is at peace with being a beta. It isn't what he wants necessarily, but it makes life easier. Like accepting that his friendship with Mike will never amount to anything more. It works. Until an incident forces him to reevaluate everything he thought he understood about himself and what he desires.
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27 Dec 2025
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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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22 Dec 2025
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When Eleven saves Will from Vecna she gets more than she bargained for when they wake up in the wrong bodies. Now to prevent Vecna from infiltrating the mind of his most perfect host the two of them must pretend to be the other.
Will grapples with the feelings that he’s trying to push away.
Mike wonders why it feels like he’s falling in love all over again.What will become of everything when Hawkins finally falls?
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- 26/?
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Bookmarked by meltingcandy
16 Dec 2025
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After the events of 1986, everything’s finally fine.
Mike and Will are living together—great.
Will’s bonding with Holly—adorable.
He’s suddenly popular with girls at school—sure, why not?Max is still in a coma, El won't write back to Mike, and there's no end in sight to Vecna's plan, but hey... things are just fine.
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06 Dec 2025
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Love From the Other Side (I Guess You Can Say Things Are Getting Pretty Serious) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Aug 2025
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“I’m sorry,” Steve said. “I tried to make her wait until you woke up, I really did.” He tossed something in Mike’s direction, which Mike caught without thinking. “Happy birthday, by the way.”
Mike blinked. He’d completely forgotten, between Holly going missing, frantically searching for a way to get her back, and being possessed by Vecna himself. “Uh, thanks,” he said awkwardly, running a hand through his hair and looking down at what Steve had tossed at him. It was a Kit Kat bar. His favorite. He wondered how Steve knew that.
“Oh, right!” Robin darted forward and hugged him before he could react. He met Will’s eyes over her shoulder, but Will still had a hand covering his mouth and his expression was unreadable, aside from the red on his cheeks. “Happy birthday! There’s a surprise waiting for you in the kitchen. Anyway—mind reading. Totally a thing now, right?”
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Through "the power of best friendship," as Robin puts it, Mike and Will develop a telepathic connection when Vecna tries to take Mike. Neither of them are really upset by it, especially when it gives them the opportunity to finally destroy Vecna once and for all.
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- Part 1 of You're In My Head (And I'm In Yours)
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03 Dec 2025
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At first, it was subtle; a buzzing sound, ominous but distant. Then the sound rumbled louder, closer, and urgent. But before anyone could react, the floor lurched sideways, a sound like metal tearing through bone. The world tilted; the table slid; reports became a storm of white paper.
A shadow crossed his vision, Shen Wenlang’s arm pulled him down, and then the ceiling gave way.
Shen Wenlang gets injured and loses six years of his memories.
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27 Nov 2025
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In a town terrorized by the Great Dragon, everyone believes Gao Tu to be cursed and evil.
It is the Dragon’s fault, as it insists on hoarding anything and everything Gao Tu touches, and keeps harming anything and everyone who touches the omega.Bookmarked by meltingcandy
09 Nov 2025
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To My Darling O, Love Your Loyal A by Poppylocks (CottonOtter)
Fandoms: 垂涎 | ABO Desire (TV 2025), 垂涎 - 弄简 | Desire - Nòng Jiǎn
12 Sep 2026
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Shen Wenlang has had a bumpy love life. Although he even has a child, his pursuit of Secretary Gao has been full of bumps and has not yet resulted in any result. According to unofficial news, before this Chinese Valentine's Day, Shen Wenlang had proposed to Gao Tu seven times, and lost seven times, but he never gave up.
After finally finding Gao Tu after all this time, Shen Wenlang is determined not to lose him again. He is determined for Gao Tu to know he is loved.
Follows on from the events of the novel and the extras
Final Chapter of Arc 1 delayed due to life commitments, not abandoned.- Language:
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06 Oct 2025