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Deep blue(but you painted me golden) by Mike_wheelers_curls
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2026
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Dual perspective;mike and will
Most things have gone back to normal. The party has just graduated and mike is reluctant to do to the party but goes with one important condition ,they play dnd the next day no matter what.
Getting ready is tense but mike and will surviveAt the party things take a turn as mike and will get drunk
One thing turns into another and mike punches troyThey get home where they struggle to sleep in the same bed.
The next day the dnd campaign turns intest, the party leaves shortly after leaving mike and
will alone.The mood shifts,who will confess first?
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Drunk mike and will struggle to not confess just to confess the next day turing into a sloppy make out or
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18 Mar 2026
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Will Byers doesn't need Mike Wheeler to ruin his wedding or his happy relationship. He's twenty-five now; he can ruin everything himself, and he doesn’t need Mike’s help, thank you very much.
or: it's the '90s, and Will Byers is going to get married to Carlton; it's more of a promise because it's not legal, of course. Yet Will is happy, and so is Mike. They're best friends after all. Until Will overhears a conversation and discovers that Mike has been in love with him for ages. It shouldn't change a thing (especially on his 'wedding day'). It changes everything anyway.
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18 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler and Will Byers were childhood best friends who lost contact after the Byers' departure to California. Four years later, they both end up working right next to each other in Hawkins; Mike at Scoops Ahoy and Will at Surfer Boy Pizza.
Thus, a summer of reconnecting, secretly hooking up, and falling in love again.
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18 Mar 2026
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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17 Mar 2026
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It’s time for the party to head off to college, from Hawkins, Indiana all the way in sunny California!
What was supposed to be a 3-day road trip turns into spontaneous, last minute adventures that end up taking them off the road and delaying college life. Between shared motel beds, a dive into possible world-ending powers, and embarrassing childhood memories, all ideas of “platonic friendship” between Mike and Will are slowly being dismantled.
The lifelong crush Will Byers tried to keep buried is beginning to catch up with him as Mike Wheeler grows bolder and bolder with testing the bounds of their relationship, despite his pathological struggle to deal with his feelings…
Or, Mike and Will’s feelings for each other are building faster than they can keep up and things start getting a little… fluffy, angsty, and super smutty.
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- English
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- 24/?
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16 Mar 2026
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November 10th, 1988, Will Byers is taken into the Upside Down. The Party & Co. come together to try and save him, all the while Will is fighting to save himself. New monsters emerge and love flourishes. Will hides and Mike finds.
Together, even across dimensions, right?
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16 Mar 2026
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Mike and Will cut contact in 1990 after a fight that left their friendship hanging by a thread. Six years pass and Mike finds himself in the city of New York, and somewhere along the way, he reunites with his long lost "best friend". In an unexpected turn of events, they find themselves in the same prison cell under the influence, and have to catch up after so much lost time. In a whirlwind of emotions that eventually lead to a week-long stay in Mike Wheeler's hotel room, Will tells his boyfriend it's for a "friendly reunion".
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16 Mar 2026
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Mike just had to survive one summer.
One summer of shared rooms.
Shared clothes.
Shared glances.
Shared touches that lasted one heartbeat too long.
How hard could it be?
Will was his best friend. His best friend. Nothing more. Nothing he should want more than that.
No matter what his gut whispered, no matter how his pulse stuttered every time Will smiled at him… that was who Will was. That was who Will had to be.
And nothing—nothing—could be allowed to change that.- Language:
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16 Mar 2026
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Two ghosts (standing in the place of you and me) by porcelaindoee
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Jan 2026
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It's been a year and Mike Wheeler decides he needs change. Real change.
Ever since becoming an adult he's been chasing a high that he hasn't had since he was back in that basement. All the nostalgic memories it held.
And what is a better place to find what he's chasing for than in the bustling city of New York, where he and his new writer friend Elaine impulsively decide to move to.
No matter how cliche that sounds, in Mike's search for something new, he finds himself ending up right back to his roots, when he is unexpectedly reunited with the boy who was supposed to be a character of the past, the boy he met on that blue and yellow swing set who began everything.
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16 Mar 2026
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I didn't mean it (but please don't forget) by a1most_as11eep
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Feb 2026
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When Mike Wheeler wakes up one day everything seems normal. When he wakes up the next day everything seems normal too, or at least it would be if he wasn’t living the same exact day over again. Every morning Mike wakes up to the same exact day, that is until he realizes he can do whatever he wants… no consequences. When he repeatedly relives his same interactions… something shifts. Maybe he’s less afraid to do say what he wants- to do what he wants, until one day it doesn’t reset, and he finds himself much deeper than he could have imagined.
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Mike Wheeler wakes up in a time loop where every day he finds himself closer and closer to Will byers.
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16 Mar 2026
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The deer is in the target, but not on my watch. by Maxuuu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler somehow travels back to the past, to the day Will was supposed to be kidnapped by a demorgogon. So, he decides to change it, kidnapping Will himself to keep him safe.
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15 Mar 2026
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Mike goes to confront Will, but after he finds out Will has been abused he just fucking kills Carlton instead.
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READ THE TAGS. PLEASE GOD READ THE TAGS. THIS IS A VERY ANGSTY, HEAVY FIC WITH A LOT OF DARK THEMES. READ THOSE TAGS. THANK YOU.
Slow updates possibly, because I have trauma with DV myself. This fic started as a project to help me work through my trauma, but after I got a little tipsy and decided to post it on TikTok a lot of people wanted to read this fic. I hope this finds someone who will enjoy reading as much as I will enjoy writing, but due to how close to home the abuse aspect is, it might be a while between chapters. But I promise I won't abandon it, and will still post as regularly as I can. This fic is too important for me to just abandon 🤗 Y'all just might have to bear with me.
Also some of the chapters are REALLY long lol so it takes a while to edit them.
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- 7/?
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15 Mar 2026
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Hawkins High, 1996.
Will Byers teaches art. Mike Wheeler teaches English.
Their classrooms are next door.
It starts with blank paper. -- (Or. ARTLIT BYLER IM OBSESSED)Bookmarked by simpleemaries
15 Mar 2026
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It’s 1992, and Will is at the tail end of his second-to-last semester of college. Stuck in a dead-end relationship with a final project looming over his head, his anxiety is reaching a record high. Stopping for a coffee on his way to class was intended to provide only a small amount of comfort, but when he sees a familiar face in the shop, that comfort grows into a feeling he can’t quite name. His stress becomes an afterthought, and he realizes a visit to the café might be the best damn decision he’s ever made.
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Mike and Will lost touch three years ago, but a chance meeting in New York could change everything—and reveal the secrets they’ve kept hidden from each other for so long.
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15 Mar 2026
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Twenty year old Will Byers - trying to build a new life with his best friend Lucas Sinclair in a three bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York as far away from home as possible. He thought he could leave (almost) everything behind, specifically one person.
Everything changes when Mike Wheeler shows up and changes every single thing in Wills life.
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- English
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- 89,762
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- 13/16
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13 Mar 2026
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"Does he speak?" Will asked, his eyes lost in the pool's clear, cool water. His right leg swung, making small waves against his skin, and his eyes never met Mike's. He was giving him the cold shoulder; in fact, his body was giving him the visual of his back, but Mike could see it all.
He could see the turmoil growing on his body because, just like him, he was feeling the tension they had built up over the past couple of days. Those warm touches on the skin, the secret shared looks, and the usage of a flirtatious tone any time they had a chance.
"Better to speak, she says…" Mike whispers, playing with the book in his hands. The same book his mother read to him just a day before."But she's on her guard, she senses a trap somewhere."
Will stays silent, because he knew the insinuation of Mike's words, a quiet call out of their behavior recently. Obviously not ready to have this conversation.
"So… Does he speak?" William slowly let the words out, with a slight hope in his tone.
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Mike Wheeler meets a new international student who will stay in his cottage for six weeks, and, without knowing it, he will open his heart to new experiences of acceptance, summer love, and lust.
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13 Mar 2026
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Mike and Will stop being friends when they both go to college, but they both still yearn for eachother. Mike think Will hates him, and Will think Mike despises him. But one unexpected phone call will change everything.
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12 Mar 2026
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
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- 81,842
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- 13/?
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12 Mar 2026
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we thought this place was haunted (it was just us) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Mar 2026
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Two years after his husband’s death, Mike Wheeler lives quietly in a cliffside mansion with his eight year old daughter and more ghosts than he knows what to do with. He doesn’t talk about the past.
Will Byers isn’t looking for love when he takes the live-in cook job at Rosecliff Manor. He's just trying to start over in a new town, with a new job and with the walls carefully built around his heart.
Living under the same roof wasn’t supposed to mean anything.
But grief recognizes grief.
And sometimes healing looks a lot like falling in love.
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11 Mar 2026
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touch me with a kiss, feel me on your lips by jeaanmoreau
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Mar 2026
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“Is it cause you used to have a crush on me?” Mike asked, abruptly.
“What!” It was Will’s turn to blush harder, giving him a glare reserved for Mike Wheeler and Mike Wheeler only. “No. God. That was ages ago. I’ve been past that for a long time.”
Mike motioned like he’d made his point. “See? So? It wouldn’t be weird.”
So, Mike likes guys. Fine, Will can live with that. Except now Mike's worried about having fallen behind and would really like some help practicing how to kiss a guy from his also-into-guys best friend. And Will is trying really, really hard to be a good mentor to him, so what is he going to do, say no?
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- English
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- 80,002
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- 17/?
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10 Mar 2026