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In the smoldering ruins of the MAC-Z, Will Byers unlocks a dark, latent power during a desperate bid to save his friends from certain death. In doing so, a door is opened that can never be shut.
Corruption creeps in with every use, twisting his mind and body, turning him into the perfect host for a monster that had claimed him as a child. Terrified he’s unraveling from the inside out, Will fights to hold on—even as the line between boy and monster begins to blur.
But there is one person who can see him, the real him. There is one person who still knows exactly who he is, and that person refuses to let him go.
Or: a story about power, possession, and devotion. A story where victory comes at a terrible cost, and a story where even in victory, the shadows in Hawkins hide something far, far worse.
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Hold the Line, Love isn't always on time by heavenlyofficialsmut
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Jan 2026
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"Does he love the mage? In the end?"
He can't open his eyes, he can't because if he has to look at Mike as he says yes he's going to - he might punch him. He might actually punch him. Why did he agree to this? Why did Mike have to come here and be beautiful and loving and make him think just for a moment all over again.
"You'll have to read it and find out?"
Excuse the fuck out of yourself Michael. What.
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Mike finally starts getting his life together again just before they're all ready to leave after getting all of his feelings out into his writing and he goes to will for help in finishing it. Together they paint and write a new ending for the story whilst rediscovering themselves along the way.
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22 Jan 2026
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this is one of the sweetest fics ive ever read, reread to smile like an idiot at your phone in public
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Mike returns to Hawkins after his freshman year of college, riddled with regret and eager to make up for the biggest mistake of his life - hurting Will. He quickly learns, however, that his estranged best friend is being kept behind a locked door. A locked door named Keith.
Now, Mike finds himself in a race against time to locate the key, desperate to free the boy he loves from the prison his abuser created just for him.
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19 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler and His Inability to Be Normal About Will Byers by r0twaifu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Dec 2025
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Mike Wheeler has a lot of nicknames for his boyfriend. The Party learns this against their will.
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05 Jan 2026
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Cutest lil quick read fluff fic ever, definitely reread when feeling down
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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13 Dec 2025
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Mike’s expression softens. “No but—seriously, Will. He’d be stupid not to like you.”
He hopes the sincerity lands, because he means it. He just hates the thought of sharing Will with someone else. Hell, even Dustin and Lucas get on his nerves sometimes when they hog Will’s attention. Mike knows it’s a personal problem. He knows he should work on it. He just… hasn’t.
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Mike and Will are best friends—like, best, best friends. And Mike cares about Will so much that he can’t help getting irrationally angry anytime Will pays attention to literally anyone who isn’t him- in a purely platonic way. Obviously.Bookmarked by quietimprints
05 Dec 2025
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best byler fic maybe ever, for the characterizations alone. Soft and sweet will being soft and sweet and Mike loosing his dumb mind over it for 6.3k words straight