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Give Me One More Hour (I Don’t Want to Land Yet) by Flora_byler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jul 2026
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Mike Wheeler is one of the biggest actors in the world. He’s used to people staring, asking for pictures, pretending not to recognize him. A eighteen-hour flight to Auckland is supposed to be the one place he can finally get some peace.
Will Byers is leaving everything behind. One-way ticket. Two suitcases. No real plan except to start over somewhere no one knows his name.
When everything that can go wrong does—and a broken seatbelt earns Will the last available seat in Business Class—they end up side by side for the longest flight of their lives.
Mike expects another fan. Will has no idea who Mike is.
Somewhere over the Pacific, between awkward silences, shared meals, sleepless hours, and conversations neither of them expected to have, two strangers begin to realize that maybe the person sitting beside them is exactly who they needed.
Or: a celebrity, a runaway, one accidental upgrade, and eighteen hours that change everything.
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you took my heart (i was sleeping) Comic Adaptation by Kore_is_cool
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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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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let's watch a movie (i can kiss it better) by warmvanillacandles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Apr 2026
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“If I wouldn't like it. Don’t people say try it before you say you don’t like it?” Mike looks at him again; his eyebrows raised with a small grin on his face.
“Um… Yeah, I guess. Where is this coming from?” Will asks, turning his body to fully face Mike.
He shrugs.
“Just been thinking about it.”
“About kissing guys?” Will fires the question quickly, wanting to get to the bottom of this.
“No.”
Will tilts his head.
“Okay, then what were you thinking about?” Will laughs dryly, Mike pulling his lips into his mouth.
“Well… about trying it, but not like… guys.” Mikes face starts to flush.
“Okay, then what? A specific guy?” Will laughs, letting one leg stretch over the couch cushions, his other still held to his chest.
“You could say that.” Mike whispers, his eyes darting over Will’s face.
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Mike becomes extremely affectionate with Will out of nowhere aka domestic Mike and Will.
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Will only wanted air.
Mike only followed because he noticed Will was gone.
Neither of them meant to say the things they said on the porch, but once the truth is out, there is no putting it back where it came from.
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“I—I would tell you.” He says reflexively, but he doesn’t take it back. The words are true. He hears Mike’s breath catch and his hand twitches. “I just wouldn’t want you to– to pity me. Or see me… differently.”
“I would never.” The response is instant. “You’re strong. I’d never pity you. I… god, how do I explain?” Mike turns his body to face Will head on and grabs his hand properly. Will feels a shiver run through him, but he squeezes back all the same. “I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry, for what you’ve been through, whatever it is. But it would never, never make me look at you differently.”
“Promise?”
“I promise."
Or: Will breaks down after the events at the MAC Z and trusts Mike to help him pick up the pieces.
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hold me, console me and then i'll leave without a trace by LCRSF
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jun 2026
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"That I'm nothing. And I'm nothing to you. I'm not even Mike to you, I'm just some fucking Tammy, right?"
"What do you want from me now? What does it even matter?"
"It meant everything to me."
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Will goes to Montauk for his winter break.
And unfortunately for him somehow Mike is here too.
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you don’t have to be alone, just come on home by finnwolfhardlover
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Apr 2026
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Mike turns to face Will, their faces close together in the dim light. “It was because- you were everything to me. You are everything to me. Will, I don’t know how to exist in a world without you. And I don’t want to learn.”
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a oneshot in which mike awakens from a nightmare about will’s body being dragged out of the quarry. he confesses to will that he jumped off the cliff because he couldn’t have lived without will and they make a promise to each other: they’re staying.
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Being away at college is easier than Will expected in some ways, and harder in all the others. As old wounds from the past resurface and familiar routines fall into place, Mike becomes the person he keeps turning to without meaning to.
It's probably nothing.
Until the lines between friendship start to look a little blurred.
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Feelings of dread consumed Mike. He ran over to Will, shaking him in an attempt to wake him up, but he was out cold.
“Will!” Mike screamed, tears forming in his eyes. “Will, wake up!”
Joyce was suddenly by his side, trying to pat Will’s cheek in order to get his eyes to open. “Will!” She called, her voice breaking, “My boy… please….!”
And then it all hit Mike.
All the feelings that he had been trying so hard to suppress. All the thoughts that pounded at the back of his mind. It all came rushing to the forefront of his brain. There was no denying it now, not as Will held on to life by a fraying thread.
It all rushed through him as he clung to Will, his sobs unable to be stifled. There was no sign of him waking up, and maybe he never would again.
“Will, please,” he cried, “I can’t lose you again. You can’t leave….”
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Or when Mike has an epiphany that forces him to confront all the feelings that he had done so well to bury down throughout the years, causing him to rethink the events that occurred throughout the many months that the Byers lived at the Wheeler residence between the events of season 4 and season 5.
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"What exactly are you calling for, Nancy?"
There was a moment of silence before she continued. "I'm living in Paris—for work. I can't… they won't let him leave the country, and I can't move back fast enough for it to matter."
Will felt his face pale. "What about your parents?"
"They don't want anything to do with him, not after—"
"Yeah, I heard. What about…"
"Will, there's no one else. I've tried."
"Nancy, I can't… I can't just—"
"Please. I wouldn't be asking if there was another option."
Will bit the inside of his cheek. "Okay."
Or: Mike is on house arrest for 6 months and has no choice but to stay with Will, even though they haven't spoken in three years.
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Mike is not in college.
Will is.
That should not matter as much as it does, but every time Mike visits Will’s dorm, he feels like proof that everyone else is moving forward while he is still stuck in Hawkins, living with his parents and pretending he is “figuring things out.”
Then Mike finds Will’s sketchbook.
It is full of him.
Not a better version of him. Not a prettier, easier, more impressive version. Just Mike, drawn with a tenderness he does not know how to accept.
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Mike searched his eyes. “Will, I’m right here. I’m here.”
“I know.” Will said, too quickly, as though he was compensating for something. He knew that Mike was with him, yet something was deeply, seriously wrong.
“I know.” He said again, quieter.
A beat. Will was breathing faster now, eyes focusing and unfocusing at what seemed like an uncomfortable speed. The air suddenly felt thicker. His eyes dialed in on the corner of Mike’s mouth.
“I can’t see you.”
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The Mindflayer's death (and by extension, the Hive) left Will Byers without sight. As he tries to navigate this new existence, Mike wrestles with his identity and love for Will.
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“I'm glad you're here.”
Mike sniffled.
“I don't want to leave.”
Will's hand reached out, wanting to brush the hair away from Mike's forehead, but it fell short, stopping by his shoulder. He squeezed it lightly.
“You don't have to leave,” he whispered instead. Then, quieter: “Please don't leave.”
Mike and Will find comfort in each other, trying to hold on despite the ghosts of their past haunting their lives.
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The Byers are living at the Wheeler house, which is making it a lot more difficult for Will to push his feelings down for Mike. And when Mike notices he is feeling jealous over certain events, the proximity makes it a lot more difficult for him to push down his feelings for Will.
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Nightmares prevent Will from sleeping. Mike seemingly prevents nightmares.
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Her gaze dropped to Mike’s hand on Will’s wrist. “Don’t hurt Papa!” she begged desperately.
For a split moment, Will didn’t understand, the thought so far-fetched, improbable, and ridiculous that it didn’t even cross his mind, but then the realization hit him like a bucket of cold water being dumped over his head.
She thought Mike was going to hit him.
Mike must’ve understood it at the same time, because his hand fell away, quick, like he’d been burned.
.........or: When Will and Mike’s four-year-old daughter walks in on an argument, she mistakes raised voices and hands for something far worse: she thinks Mike is going to hurt Will.
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and do you feel like you should by tellthatbrokebitch
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Dec 2022
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Will Byers has a big heart, his mom always said. He loves and he loves and he loves. He gives it away because it’s too much to be contained inside one small human organ, too full to bursting. It’s always been this way, his whole life, giving away love; to crying girls in sandboxes, to loud boys on swing sets, to uncaring fathers who yell and break things and force him to change, only to leave anyway. By the time he realizes the love isn’t infinite, it’s too late to fight his nature, and his heart bleeds out, year by year, until he’s drained and tired and empty.
He cries into his hand and wonders what will happen to him when he’s truly empty. Wonders if that day is rapidly approaching. Wonders if it’s already here.
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a hypothetical s5. they're back in hawkins now and will's friends and family are ignoring him. meanwhile he's having dreams he can't remember and everything feels like it's falling apart
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"Time cast a spell on you, but you won't forget me."
When Will Byers comes out in the middle of the apocalypse, Mike Wheeler is forced to come face-to-face with his own identity.
In the following years, Mike isolates himself from The Party and becomes wrapped up in a cycle of grief and shame. When he finally returns to Hawkins, he is forced to face the consequences of his self-isolation.
Set over a decade of missed opportunities (read: angst) and snapshots in time, Mike has to learn to forgive himself and find his way back home.
(I suck at summaries, I promise the fic is better)
(Also, warning for period typical homophobia and angst. It will get better in the end, I promise.)
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When Will Byers comes out to the group, it sends Mike Wheeler into a decade-long spiral.
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Three Options (Suicide, Acceptance, Escape) by haunting_ur_fandoms
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has reached his breaking point. Just as he prepares to jump Will Byers, covered in blood, grabs him by the arm and changes everything.
Aka: The finale is Mikes Vecna vision and with the help of Will he attempts an escape, traveling through his worst memories and unveiling deep secrets.
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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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From the other side of the door he can hear Jonathan’s voice. Low, careful, cracking around the edges.
“Will, come on. Just a little, okay? You don’t have to finish it.”
The silence isn't anything new. Will’s been quiet all day, but he's been quiet for months before that.
I-... I'm glad you asked, Mike. I'm glad you're my best friend. I know it's silly, but- sometimes I think God let me have you as a best friend to make up for everything else. Or that maybe I just got so lucky meeting you that everything else needed to be evened out somehow.
Mike squeezes his eyes shut, jaw tightening. He couldn't shut down right now.
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“I heard you talking to Jonathan,” Mike murmurs instead, not letting himself hide away this time, not when Will was withering away in front of him. “About eating.”
Will’s lips press together. Mike tracks it like a hawk. It’s just them here. He’s allowed to care. It’s just them.
“I’m not hungry.”
"You haven't been hungry in days. You're never hungry."
Or, a small post season five fix it fic, because depression doesn't just disappear, and Mike and Will need each other now more than ever.
Bookmarked by sstarcheaser
05 Mar 2026