pocketzful
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hey sugar, what you got to say? (it started with a whisper) by pocketzful
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 May 2026
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What initially begins as Mike and Will calling each other exaggeratedly cheesy pet names to mess with Max and Lucas starts spiralling into something a lot more intimate and dangerous. Will isn't really sure where they managed to lose the plot, or how far they can go before there's no turning back.
Or: Max and Lucas go through a late honeymoon phase. It's excessive. It's gross. Mike and Will (well, mostly Mike) decide to engage in exaggerated bouts of PDA to demonstrate how disgusting the couple are being. It starts to get out of control pretty quickly.
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Will has been running for months — from Hawkins and feelings he swore he'd gotten over. Now, winter brings him back home to his family and friends, but the problem is, suddenly everything seems closer to the surface. Unfortunately, some things don't disappear just because you leave.
(or: Will returns to Hawkins for the winter break and is forced to confront his old feelings for Mike, though they may not be as old — or unrequited — as he tries to claim)
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I’m in love with you, do you think it shows? by apateangle (dm3rv)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Jun 2026
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An accident leaves Mike without four years of memories. He wakes up convinced that it's 1989, that Bush is the new President, and that his time at college in Boston has only just begun.
But it's 1994. There's a new President. He lives in New York.
And somehow, he shares an apartment with Will Byers.
Or: An Amnesia AU.
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- Part 1 of I'm in love with you
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- English
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- 15/15
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Bookmarked by pocketzful
21 May 2026
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dare i say my favourite byler fic? so wonderfully evocative and one of my favourite portrayals of will i've read so far. seeing them build their relationship back up was so gorgeous and heart-wrenching. this fic was such an emotional journey,, wish that i could forget it so i could read it again like it's the first time
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Mike and Will find themselves trapped in an escape room the first time they meet. Everything that comes after that is rather unexpected.
Bookmarked by pocketzful
01 May 2026
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SCREAMING CRYING SOBBING such a beautiful and tender story portraying love and grief,, no fic has made me cry as hard as this one (one scene in particular, you know who you are). gorgeously written and a must read! especially if you love an emotionally mature mike wheeler ;)
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better watch that pretty mouth (you’re rolling the devil’s dice) by slowklancing (notanannoyingfangirl)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jun 2026
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“So,” Will prompts, when Mike still doesn’t offer up any information on the mysterious stack of papers tucked under his arm. “Are you having a party?”
“Oh, no,” Mike says, sounding like it might be the first time ever in his life that he is genuinely disappointed about this fact. He shifts and grabs the stack of flyers, sort of waving them through the air. “These are just for this game I play?” The inflection on the end of what should be a statement makes it sound more like a hesitant question.
“And in this one, you act like you’re… vampires?”
Or: To get out of the sexual rut he’s stuck in, Popular!Will gets dared to ask out Nerd!Mike and ends up attending a Vampire the Masquerade LARP where they proceed to put the ‘role-play’ into ‘live action role-play.’
Bookmarked by pocketzful
13 Jun 2026
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tension is fantastic, characterisations of will and mike are to die for, i loveee how mike and will's respective insecurities are addressed and how they help each other through them. oh my confident will and loser mike <3 love love love ALSO COMMUNICATIONNNN SO SEXYYY
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Dating apps aren't Mike's thing, until he finds out Will is using one. He can't let a bunch of trashy guys go after his best friend; he'll just make a fake account to scope out the situation. What could go wrong...or right?
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Mike creates a fake persona on a dating app to unknowingly flirt with Will.
- Language:
- English
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- 69,196
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- 15/15
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Bookmarked by pocketzful
10 Apr 2026
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one of my favourite fics of all fucking time, the writing style was so so unique and the whole fic was absolutely hilarious!! seriously, i haven't laughed so hard at a fic in so long. that being said, the author really knew how to balance humour with emotional/angsty scenes because i was both bawling like a baby and laughing during the last chapter. it was not pretty. my sweet stupid mike, i love him so much in this
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a collection of lawless byler art