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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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21 May 2026
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Will is junior in college when his friends notice a quiet, nerdy boy who keeps staring at him and they dare Will to ask him out. The date goes very well and Will's friends don't believe him until they accidentally overhear the pair.
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20 May 2026
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touch me with a kiss, feel me on your lips by jeaanmoreau
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 May 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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- Part 1 of heavenly
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- 149,086
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- 30/30
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16 May 2026
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07 May 2026
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don't let me ruin it (again) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Mar 2026
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Graduation is supposed to be the start of Mike Wheeler’s future.
Instead, it’s a loop he can’t escape.
As the same day repeats endlessly, Mike is forced to face the questions he’s spent years avoiding. And soon, he’ll have to realize the way out isn’t in saying the right thing.
It’s in finally learning how to listen.
Or: the universe ships Byler harder than any of us do.
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- 10/10
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27 Apr 2026
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"Have you talked to him today?" Jonathan asked, gesturing to Will, who was now approaching the sink. Mike didn't need Jonathan to explain who he was talking about.
"No, he's been in the basement all day. I thought he was just painting or something," Mike replied, shaking his head before lowering his voice. "I think he's having an episode."
Jonathan nodded. "I mean, maybe, but he hasn't had one in a long time," he said, voice growing softer.
Mike knew Will was still recovering from everything, still adjusting to being back home. Everything that had happened in the past couple of years certainly hadn't been great, but Mike thought things were getting better, or at least easier.
"I know," Mike whispered, looking back to Will, making sure he hadn't left the kitchen yet. Will was finishing up rinsing off his plate. Mike turned back to Jonathan. "What should we do?"
"I don't know. I mean, you were always the one that he wanted. You always knew how to talk to him and knew what he needed," Jonathan said, pausing before continuing. "Honestly, I think he would probably just want you."
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Will had an episode, and Mike was there to help.
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20 Apr 2026
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Will Byers is forced to relive the worst day of his life - March 22nd.
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- 6/6
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07 Apr 2026
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
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- 5/5
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29 Mar 2026
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You Were on the Run, so You Took My Last Name by epilogueboyfriend
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jan 2026
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Will touched his cheek in concern. “You okay, Mike?”
Mike managed a jerky nod. “Yeah, fine. You’re just…” He broke off to clear his throat and finally lifted his hands to place them on the small of Will’s back. His skin was smooth and warm. Mike’s thumb moved with the dip in his spine, tracing along the curve. “You know.” Hot and on top of me.
Will smiled, pleased at that. “I do know,” he said loftily, and Mike got the sense he really did, and frequently used it against him to get his way. “But I like it when you tell me.”
Mike wakes ten years in the future, a successful novelist and in a committed relationship with Will.
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24 Mar 2026
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Mike decided since this would be the last summer the whole party was together before leaving for college, they should do something different - something special...
and so The List was born.
Set in the summer of 1989, straight after the series finale. All seasons canon.
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12 Mar 2026
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spit swear by poorlittlegreenie for rosetilley
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)
27 Mar 2026
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Will bites his lip and nods, looking down at his shoes again so Richie won't see how hard he's holding back a giddy smile.
Everybody in the party knows everything about him. Maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing to keep a secret from Mike for a little while.
It's kind of exciting. Sneaking in a boy Mike hates.
Will shakes his head, trying to clear Mike from it for the night. Only when he looks back up at Richie, Richie has this conspiratorial smile on his face, like maybe Will isn't the only one eager to piss off Mike Wheeler.
OR: the concept of Richie Tozier being Will Byers' dirty little secret and Mike Wheeler being so jealous he can't breathe. Byler endgame.
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- 10/10
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23 Feb 2026
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In the midst of the apocalypse, things are tense between Will and Mike. The worst part is Will doesn’t even know why. It just feels like Mike stopped caring about him. That is until a future version of Mike turns up on their doorstep and turns Will’s whole world upside down.
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20 Feb 2026
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In the summer of 1989, the Byers family moves to Montauk, cutting short Mike and Will's last summer together before college. Certain he'll never see his friend again, Will confesses his love on their last night together, rocking Mike's world entirely. As the tear-filled goodbyes draw to a close, however, Mike is suddenly offered the unexpected opportunity to travel with the Byers family and help them move.
They have five days out of state together to address Will's confession, learn to communicate, and maybe, just maybe, say a few things they should have said all along.
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19 Feb 2026
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Twenty-two years after leaving, Will travels back to Hawkins to face his past. Only Mike now lives there, too.
Or, ‘He might as well have carved 'Mike' into his thigh. It would have been more honest.’
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13 Feb 2026
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I’m in love with you, do you think it shows? by apateangle (dm3rv)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 May 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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09 Feb 2026
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you took my heart (i was sleeping..well not really) by monachopsis_22
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore, despite living under the same roof. Will is avoidant and spends most days in the basement, and Mike has never felt so alone.
Then the power goes out, and Mike desperately wants to understand what went wrong, and to know what that damn painting means.
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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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- 8/8
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09 Feb 2026
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“So walk me through the plan again?”
Max huffed, lifting herself up to sit on the kitchen counter next to where Will was brewing a pot of coffee. “Seriously? We’ve been through this about a dozen times already.”
“I know, I know! It’s just—I don’t know, I’m feeling a little nervous about it.” Will anxiously tapped his fingers on the countertop, staring at the slow drip of the coffee. “I don’t love the idea of lying to Mike–what if he completely freaks out?”
“Isn’t that kind of the point?”
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Max & Lucas devise a plan to make Mike jealous by pretending to be in a polyamorous throuple with Will when Mike comes to visit over Spring Break.
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- 41,188
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- 9/9
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08 Feb 2026
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A polaroid lies face down, stark white against the carpet. Will crouches, breath already unsteady, and turns it over. His breath caught in his throat as the image came into focus, sending a jolt straight through him. Mike's jeans strained visibly against the thick bulge at his crotch, the denim stretched taut over an unmistakable erection.
Dear Will,
If you wanted to see me with a boner, you could've asked instead of drawing it.
Love, MikeOR
Will accidentally gifts Mike an erotic drawing of him, Mike returns the favor by sending him polaroid evidence of what his boners really look like.
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08 Feb 2026
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05 Feb 2026
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Did I ever tell you about the time I went backpacking through Western Europe? by Levi_Fuckerman
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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"I'm actually so excited to have you live with us," Will said giddily.
"You are?"
Mike hoped it didn't sound as pathetic to them as it did to him.
Will grinned at him. "For sure. I can finally do something about that hair of yours."
Despite himself, Mike laughed out loud, cherishing the taunting.
It was going to be fine. If he could have this Will by his side again, he could take other men having their way with him a thin wall away from Mike. Couldn't he?
Or: Will gives Mike a little bit of tough love, encouraging him to stop wasting his life. Mike moves in with Will and Dustin in New York only to realize that Will has a very - very - active sex life. Mike is okay with it for about three nanoseconds before he loses his mind, regretting every choice he ever made and desperately wishing it was him there with Will.
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- 28,140
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- 4/4
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03 Feb 2026