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Mike and Will get summer jobs as lifeguards at the Hawkins Community Pool during college break. Will just wants to forget about his first failed relationship. Mike wants to make it an unforgettable summer.
CPR training gets complicated when you're hot for your "straight" best friend and he keeps wanting to practice his mouth-to-mouth technique.
"Should we… practice again?" Mike said finally. "Now?"
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16 Feb 2026
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All this time, he’d thought El was penance, for his failure to protect Will. That being with her was atonement, for wanting the wrong things, for feeling the wrong way. But it hadn’t helped— Will kept leaving. And El did, too. Mike keeps losing people, and nothing he does brings them back.
Each time Mike thinks of Will, he feels the weight of cosmic responsibility.
He's doesn't know what he feels for Will anymore. But he knows for certain that it isn't allowed.
non-linear series retrospective, from mike's perspective. (aka: the mike pov we all deserved)
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12 Feb 2026
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gently kills myself why do i relate to mike wheeler and why is the answer because we’re both autistic and maybe slightly bpd coded. Oh lord have mercy. I love you, author, thank you for filling my heart a little. And ripping it a little.
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Mike and will drunkenly sleep together after Stacy’s party.
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He’d thought he was over Mike. He’d told himself he was. He’d accepted that Mike would never feel the same way. Mike wasn’t like him. Untouchable. Unavailable. A dead end. He’d made peace with that over 18 months ago when the world was ending.
But now Mike was here. And he was touching him. Looking at him like this. Like he wanted him.
And Will was too drunk, too raw, too undone to shove the feelings back down where they belonged.
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12 Feb 2026
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ethel cain title. taking me out. somebody kirk me oh my god this made me cry. im crying. oh my god.
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I hope nobody catch us (but I kinda hope they catch us) by tbh_noidea
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 2026
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"I liked it when you called me your angel," Will whispered, his fingers digging into Mike’s shoulders. "But I liked it better when I was alone in my room, thinking about how you’d look if you finally stopped being a pussy and took what you wanted."
Mike’s jaw tightened, a flash of pure, territorial fire hitting his eyes. "A pussy? Is that what you think?" He gripped Will’s hair, pulling his head back to expose his throat. "I’m going to make you forget you ever had to use that fucking toy, Will. You’re going to scream my name until the neighbors call the cops."
"Then do it, Mike," Will challenged, his voice a filthy, desperate rasp. "Fucking do it. Stop talking and show me how much I belong to you."
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Mike abandons his nonchalant act for a raw, possessive devotion, admitting he heard Will’s private moments and intends to claim him completely. Tangled together on the sofa, they trade filthy confessions and heated kisses, finally acknowledging that they belong to each other.Bookmarked by mudleefs
11 Feb 2026
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ooc. i dont even care. this author needs to write romance books. please.
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Feb 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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Bookmarked by mudleefs
07 Feb 2026
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"Will," Henry sighs, "I helped destroy the neural lattice of an entire dimension. I’m not solving for X."
"Wow. So you can annihilate timelines, but Algebra II’s where you draw the line?"
"Frankly, it’s beneath me."
"Yeah? You say that, but I bet you don’t even know what a logarithm is."
Henry’s quiet for a beat. And then—
"…What is a logarithm?"Will laughs under his breath before he can stop it. The kid next to him gives him a weird look. Will pretends to cough and returns to staring at the graph paper like it personally offended him.
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07 Feb 2026
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AAAHHHHH OHHHHEJSH ANANGHAHA AHHHHH AHHHHHHHH AHHHHHHH OWWWWWWWW IT ALL HURTS IT HURTS OH MY GOOOD. HOOWN. MMA. AAAAHHHHHH. AHHHHHHHH AH AH HHAHHOOWWWW OWWIEE. AWW. AHHWHW AHHH OHB. WJB AW W W MKEJSHDHD. AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH. HAHHHHH. AHH AHHHHH. AH. AOOENRN. ASH. D F. AAHHHHW.
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SweetBunny22 by finncandrownmeandillsaythnx for shouales
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Feb 2026
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He looked at the charcoal smudge again. It was so distinctly Will. It was like finding a fingerprint at a crime scene, only the crime was Mike’s rapidly disintegrating sanity.
He should close the tab. He should absolutely, one hundred percent close the tab, clear his browser history, burn the laptop, and maybe move to a monastery in Tibet where the wifi was spotty. He should walk into Will’s room right now and say... what?
Hey man, sorry to wake you, but are you spreading your cheeks to pay for our electricity bill? Because if so, thanks, but also, what the fuck?
In which, Mike Wheeler thinks he knows everything about his roommate and childhood best friend, Will. He knows Will likes his coffee black, hates the texture of anything remotely slimy, and is surprisingly good at keeping secrets. But when Mike stumbles upon a cam model named 'Lee' who films in a room that looks suspiciously familiar, he realizes he doesn't know Will nearly as well as he thought. And God, does he want to learn.
OR simply: a camboy!will AU
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Bookmarked by mudleefs
07 Feb 2026
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Jesus FUCKING christ i cannot put into words just how good. How juicy. how incredible. How instaioable. jaio. hwo. shk. i. am. going. To. Kiss the wriiter.Yes you. You are so fuking amazinf dude. I swear to god ill buy you a house. No. A car. A mercedez benz. I dont care. You have my utmost respect and devout devotion. I swear to god.
Sure. Man whatever. I hit the Jonah Hill 50 times during chapter 5. -
The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during Nancy’s graduation dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV (with a season five rewrite because what the fuck!)
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve "the ally" Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
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Bookmarked by mudleefs
24 Jan 2026
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best characterization ive read im going to kill myself holy moly its 4:41 i started reading at like 1:45 ummmm. jesus christ. oh my god. i need the updates now now now now now now now. so good. now now now. now. i hope authors cant see notes
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Will’s expression smoothes out then, and he’s looking at Mike in consideration, like he sees him in all the ways Mike does not want to be seen.
“You were jealous,” Will offers it like it’s a fact, simple as that, and Mike nearly doubles over with the shock of it, an immediate blow to whatever unbothered facade he’d been attempting to put on for Will.
“Was not,” but his voice is so weak that he nearly collapses in embarrassment, an omission of guilt clear as day.
Mike is in love with Will. He tries very hard to love him quietly.
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22 Jan 2026
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Something Inside Me to Keep You Bedside Me by paper_star
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jan 2026
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“A nice little heart to heart,” Mike repeats quietly. “About my dead girlfriend.”
“And his dead sister,” Dustin adds, unperturbed.
Or: Post-canon fix-it, from graduation. Four summers, four winter breaks, and four spring breaks in which Mike Wheeler needs to figure his shit out.
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22 Jan 2026
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“We are more similar than you realize, Will. Both of us were...sensitive children. We were different. Seen as freaks. But we are special. You are special.”
Will takes a shallow breath, tries to swallow his nerves. He speaks flatly. “And?”
Henry blinks, seemingly surprised by Will’s coldness. “I chose you that day, you know.”
And Will sees himself, small and alone, riding his bike through the darkness. He sees the silhouette of something tall and not-human. He sees himself crashing his bike. Running home. But the creature unlocks the door. It follows him into the shed. It gets him.
“It was you,” Will whispers, a hand coming up to the back of his neck. The monster that took him. The possession. The visions. “It’s always been you.”
(or the one where will’s connection to the upside down is a crucial part of season 4 instead of him getting sidelined, and how it changes everything)
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- Part 1 of darker in the day than the dead of night
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21 Jan 2026
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Will pressed his face to the glass, wishing that he were closer. The man’s cheeks were pale, having thick eyebrows and lips. His nose was long, though it didn’t disrupt the harmony of the man’s features. His eyes were the most captivating part of his face: wide and brown, reflecting the moonlight.
In other words, he was beautiful.
Will found himself blushing, feeling foolish for swooning over the knight, who clearly was just doing his job. He couldn’t help but itch for his parchment and ink, to see the man up close, take in those eyes when they weren’t forced to remain a disciplined neutral.
AKA: Fantasy/DND inspired byler AU!
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12 Jan 2026
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red light, yellow light, green-a-light go by goldenasteri
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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IAN! @poppytuft: someone write fic where they all go to the party that night after their campaign and mike and will make out in the bathroom bc Will says I hate your hair like this. please let me fix it. and he’s running his hands through mikes hair and he goes oh. OH. don’t give a fuuuuck
IAN! @poppytuft: Dustin henderson kat stratford ten things i hate about you dancing on the kitchen table moment while mike and will are dry humping in the bathroom. Who cares anymore
IAN! @poppytuft: I'm doing it myself
(or: the party DOES go to Stacy’s party, and mike and will get so gay off that vodka)
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04 Jan 2026
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At first, Mike was unsure how to approach him when he got like this. But they’ve been living together for months now, never further than five feet apart in their dorm beds, so Mike’s learned what works and what doesn’t.
It works when he wakes Will like this, with gentle hands and words, telling him he’s safe. It works when he climbs into Will’s warm bed, turning him on his side and curling up against his back, an arm over his waist and his cheek pressed against his shoulder. They lie together like that until Will’s hiccupping gasps soften into steady breaths, until Mike feels him go limp in his arms and he knows he’s fallen back asleep. It always works.
or: Will has nightmares and Mike is the only one who can console him. Not even Will's boyfriend can. Mike takes great pride in this fact.
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Bookmarked by mudleefs
02 Jan 2026
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will throws mike off the radio tower they were climbing at the beginning of the finale. the finale pissed me off so i had to kill mike.
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01 Jan 2026
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He’d stared at Will without really seeing him, so caught up in his own thoughts—a constant, monotonous beat of oh my God, I’m alive. Oh my God, Will has powers. Oh my God, he saved me.
And then—
Oh my God, he’s beautiful.
The thought had stopped him short, had landed with a soft and devastating clarity.
Beautiful.
That single word had broken something open within him, something he’d spent years reinforcing with lock and chain and prayer and denial.
After Will saves Mike from the demogorgon at the MAC-Z, Mike finally lets himself acknowledge a truth he's been running from for years:
He is in love with Will Byers.
Now all Mike has to do is come to terms with that truth—especially when Joyce sees it too.
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30 Dec 2025
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The Duffers are evil by tojomatsu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF
27 Dec 2025
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“IsraelGPT, generate the most horrible coming-out scene in media that will humiliate our actor, ruin our character, and make any queer person stay in the closet for the rest of their life.”
What?
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29 Dec 2025
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The Byler Bait by wolfandsnap
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF, Real Person Fiction
01 Jan 2026
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“We’re gonna queerbait all we fucking want. It works, right? That’s the job.” — Ross Duffer.
Or: Noah is not a fan of how season five is shaping up.
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27 Dec 2025
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beep beep (so let's ride) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF
27 Dec 2025
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I shift my car into drive and rev the engine once, then twice. Their backs are to me, so just like every poor, unsuspecting fan who was forced to witness the absolutely abysmal writing of Season 5 Volume 2, they won't expect what happens next.
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vol 2 is so bad that the only way i can cope is by running over the duffer brothers and shawn levy with my car. and foah is there, i guess.
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Bookmarked by mudleefs
27 Dec 2025
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“Dude,” Dustin says, sounding kind of horrified but also kind of delirious with elation. “Oh my God, you like him. You like Will. Will. As in, our Will. Our best friend Will.”
“I do not–” Mike tries, even though he’d kind of just admitted to accidentally kissing Will Byers, a little, so maybe that’s an entirely fruitless road to go down.
Listen. No one should ever let Mike make decisions right after he wakes up from a nap, okay? Especially not decisions where Will is concerned. This is so not his fault.
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Bookmarked by mudleefs
24 Dec 2025