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They’d already made it to the end of the world. There was no point in waiting, not anymore — Will was almost certain that if he waited any longer, the words he wanted to say would be his dying ones, melting on his lips with warm blood and his last breath.
Will loved Mike.
And now he was going to kill him.***
will's been taken by vecna. he's killed mike hundreds of times, and he has no idea which one is going to be real.
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23 Jun 2026
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When he realised sat in a meeting that felt like for the millionth time, he knew it would be for the better. But it seemed everyone else was in denial. It seemed like no one would let themselves believe that if they wanted to live, then he, Will Byers, would have to die first. And so what? He hasn't done anything important in his life other than be an inconvenience to others. If it wasn't for him, so many people would still be living. But he could change that. He could be the reason why so many people lived.
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or; Will Byers realises that if they want to close the gates that have ripped open Hawkins, they need to break all connections to the upside down. including him.
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23 Jun 2026
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“Will’s hand can barely clutch his neck, his now hazel eyes reaching up to the sky and his body screaming in pain.
Denial, anger, depression, acceptance. The stages of grief fleet through his mind and hit each end of his heart before he can even process them.
He’s missing one, he realises. Bargaining. He’s never been one to do that. Ever since he was a kid, Will Byers could never say no. Whatever makes them happy, he’s always thought. Whatever keeps me quiet, hidden, invisible.
He’s dying right now, the stage of acceptance forces him to realise. Dying with the love of his life begging, screaming at his face to say something, anything, ‘stay with him’, Will’s blood sprawled all over his hands.”
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Possessed Will Byers tries to kill Mike Wheeler at Vecnas command, but real Will refuses to do so and in turn sacrifices himself for Mike.
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23 Jun 2026
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Laughing & Crying (Feels Like I'm Dying) by PobodyNerfect
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Nov 2025
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His head pounded, his chest ached, and his heart was beating too fast for someone that hadn’t done any running in at least five minutes.
Will tried to reach out in front of him, to grab onto something- anything- but his arms refused to move. And when they finally did, they felt numb, detached from his body like they’d been brutally cut off. He had to check his limbs to make sure.
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The clip of Will passing out in the S5 trailer
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23 Jun 2026
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nobody knows my lover is buried underground by dreamingcostsmoneymydear
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Dec 2025
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“how did i look?… i mean… did i scare you? did i look like him? ”
Mike felt his brows furrow, etching fine lines into his forehead - his lips parted slightly, the bitter wind slamming into his teeth.
How could he ever think anything like that?
Will, Will who had saved his life - now comparing himself to the embodiment of sin?
His hand reached to brush away the moist, slick hair clinging to Will’s forehead.
“How could you ever scare me? Will, you looked divine. ”
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in which Will sacrifices his own life to save Mike's
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23 Jun 2026
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i'll tell you my sins (and you can sharpen your knife) by foxandfate
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Dec 2025
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The ticking of a clock. It’s not like the clock in the basement at Mike’s, more like an older one. He can’t place the exact clock until he sees it, stuck in the wall to his right.
The chime echoes and fades away, but only because Dustin is looking at him with a worried expression, not unlike Lucas’s from the day before.
“You zoned out there for a second. You good?”
“Yea, it’s just…” Will peers over at the wall again, and feels sick to his stomach when he doesn’t see it. “You didn’t see that?” Didn’t hear it?
“Uh,” Dustin turns around to follow Will’s gaze. “No?”
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23 Jun 2026
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Mike with nowhere to go, plants his hands on the counter still facing Will whose standing still in the doorway, “Get the fuck away from me Will.”
“God are you even- are you even Will? Your scaring the shit out of me right now.”
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Will finally wakes up from his coma after the attack on Vecna. Luckily, Mike is there to watch over him in the meantime.
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23 Jun 2026
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"I can see the future, William," Vecna had whispered. "There is no scenario where you are out of my control. I will always know your every move, and I will always make you and your loved ones suffer. There is no future for you beyond being my spy."
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Vecna abuses Will’s connection to the hive mind, possessing him and forcing him to hurt Mike.
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23 Jun 2026
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“I’ve been—” Will’s voice is hoarse, and he takes a moment to clear it. “I’ve been thinking, if I can take over Vecna, it’s reasonable to assume that he can do that to me. He can take me over, too. And with the Mindflayer, I didn’t know…”
Will trails off. He felt the Mindflayer. Everywhere. It felt like a second skin, just under his. Something invisible, something constantly squirming, like it was trying to get comfortable amid his insides. He still feels it under the flesh on the nape of his neck, a writhing sensation, like something trying fruitlessly to escape.
“But I don’t know if Vecna— if he’s in there. If I can tell, this time. No one knows what he’s planning— the extent of what he can do. What if he’s in me now? What if he’s watching us?”
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Or, where Will's powers are a two-way street and Mike vows to help sever his connection to Vecna. Only, Will has his own plan.
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23 Jun 2026
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Falling on your head like memory (like a new emotion) by FoggyGreen
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
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In his ears, the distinct chime of a grandfather clock rings. He jumps, spinning forward but Mike and El are gone too. Where the Mind Flayer’s body was sprawled out just seconds ago is now just an empty plot of land. Will keeps turning, but it’s as if no one else has ever been there at all. The barren and hollowed land stretches for miles and miles, as far as he can see and he’s completely alone in it.
He swallows thickly as the clock rings again. Goosebumps spread alight on his skin causing him to shiver. “Mike?” He calls out, knowing there will be no response.
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Or, Vecna's plan have reason, Will gets lost in the hive mind, and Mike has to reach through.
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23 Jun 2026
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I slur a plea for you to come home (But I know it's too late) by Bonfirefly
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Feb 2026
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When Will finally made it to Castle Byers, he fell to his knees in despair. In his haste to getawaygetawaygetaway, he’d completely forgotten that he’d destroyed Castle Byers last summer in a fit of anger.
There was nothing left to save him from the shadows that overtook him.
Like the saying goes: if there’s no one in a forest to hear a tree fall, does it really make a sound?
There was no one around to hear him scream.
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Or:In an alternate universe of season 4 where Max and El move to California instead of the Byers, that leaves Will left alone, abandoned by his friends and family as they move on with their lives
And where does that leave him but at the mercy of Henry?
How long does it take for someone to notice that Will isn't Will anymore?
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- Part 14 of stranger things
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23 Jun 2026
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Except he wasn’t truly alone in the garden.
Will tore his eyes from the paper and looked over at the frog: it had not moved an inch, all the while Will had filled the page and got lost in his thoughts, found his way out and got lost anew.
The frog blinked slowly at him. Will lowered his sketchbook. It was definitely staring.
or; Mike gets cursed a little too often.
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- Part 1 of Beneath The Willow Tree
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20 Jun 2026
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"Tell me, Sir Michael, do they ever let you out of that suit? Or do you sleep in it to hide the fact that there's nothing underneath but duty?"
Mike doesn’t blink. "I sleep in it so that if someone like you tries to sneak into the Prince's quarters at night, they find six inches of steel instead of a door."
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Jealous personal knight Mike Wheeler will shatter anyone who dares to touch his prince. That includes slimy Lords from the South who want to court him.
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20 Jun 2026
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Only when they had reached the gardens did the grip finally release. He rubbed his wrist as he looked up to find none other than Mike Wheeler looking at him in frustration and worry. Will could tell it was mainly in worry. His eyebrows were drawn tight, the line of his mouth firm, eyes glowing in the lantern’s gold light.
“Your Highness,” he said quietly, trying to steady his breathing, “what were you thinking?”
A tremor slipped into his voice. “You could have been hurt.”
In the golden kingdom of Istathia, princes are meant to marry for politics, not for love. But when Prince Will is forced into an alliance marriage to end a war, he finds himself torn between the duty he was born into, and the boy who took his heart the moment Will saw him.
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19 Jun 2026
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Will swallows down his fear and stares at the door unblinkingly. Kill the monster. Take the risk. Cast fireball. Shoot the gun.
Of course, he hadn’t expected it to come from behind him.
The light burns bright into his retinas. The whole room shakes, wood paneling nearly busting at the seams.
A rolled seven. An unrewarded risk.
The beast’s got him.
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Stranger Things re-telling, but make it byler.
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- Part 1 of i know the end
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19 Jun 2026
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19 Jun 2026
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In a desperate, last-ditch flail of an effort to salvage the situation, Mike grabbed Will’s arm.
The silence veered from heavy to charged. All of Mike’s attention surged into his hand. He felt like the entirety of his consciousness was suddenly located in the place where his skin touched Will’s.
What the fuck, thought Mike for the second time in ten minutes.
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After first using his powers, Will falls unconscious—and stays that way. Refusing to leave Will's side, Mike reflects on the last year and a half while he waits for Will to wake up.aka mikewhatthefuckdidyoudogate, FEATURING: wound cleaning, bed sharing, disco, Jealous!Mike, queer literary analysis, & the most horrifying eldritch specter of all (gay panic). Canon compliant through S5 Vol 1.
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19 Jun 2026
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“Polar bear.”
Will is truly flabbergasted. He can barely process the words, they're so unexpected.
“What?”
“Your favorite animal is a polar bear.” Mike reiterates, “ Or was…anyways you really like them and I always thought it was so weird. Since that’s not a typical favorite animal, usually kids say something like lion or elephant or wolf but you didn’t. Yours is a polar bear and you said it was because of some documentary you saw about how the mother’s raise their cubs and protect them by themselves in the arctic and it really stuck with you. And every time I see one I think of you and that moment. But the quick trip came out with these new slushies that have a polar bear logo and the guys would always want to go after class and stuff and I would make up some dumb excuse about hating the flavors but it was a lie. I like blue raspberry, you know I like blue raspberry. It was just…every time I went into the fucking place all I saw were polar bears and all I could think about was you .” Mike finishes and his ears are tinted red and his nose keeps twitching.
Will doesn’t know what to say.
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A walk through of Will and Mike coming back together with heavy flashbacks toward childhood memories.
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18 Jun 2026
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follow the sparks (i'll drive) by astrobi for wiseatom, andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Mar 2023
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“Will? Will Byers?” The edge of a face comes into view as the car’s obnoxiously tinted windows get rolled down, all black hair and wide eyes and confused, furrowed brows.
Will, to his dismay, recognizes the face immediately.
“It’s Mike,” Mike Wheeler adds, rather unnecessarily. “From camp.”
From camp, as if Mike hadn’t–
“Hi,” Will says anyway, because being wet and soggy and stranded on the side of the road kind of limits his leeway for snark. He shifts in his soaking wet shoes, glances up at the thundering sky, and thinks about how much he hates his life. “Yeah. It’s me.”
Will's a good person, really. But apparently the universe thinks otherwise. Why else would it send him a broken down car, a dead phone, a thunderstorm, and Mike Wheeler (and Mike Wheeler's horrendous Tesla) all in the same afternoon?
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- Part 2 of in the quiet of the night
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18 Jun 2026
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Will raises his eyebrows. “Is that why you came in here?” he repeats, looking back down at the blue flannel. “To ask me about the weather in Lenora?”
“Kind of,” Mike says, and then, “well no, not about the weather specifically. I just– I wanted to talk to you.”
“Oh.” And Will looks a lot more surprised at this, actually, than the idea that Mike might have just wanted to come to his room to make small talk about unseasonably frigid California winters. “Okay. What about?”
“Anything.” The response is embarrassingly immediate. “Everything. I don’t know. I missed you.”
Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.
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18 Jun 2026