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“What helped you do it?” Mike breaks him from his thoughts.
“So much, but I guess the biggest thing was people believing in me.”
“Am I… one of those people?” Mike asks quietly, but his voice betrays him. Will can hear him smiling.
“In what world would you not be?” Will laughs and their elbows brush, so his brain goes fuzzy with static.
Mike and Will flirt on the walk to Hopper's cabin.
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gonna make a heartthrob out of me (just a bit of minor surgery) by stardustandswimmingpools
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jan 2026
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Will shakes his head. “No, I mean. I mean I— I do like girls, just not like you. Not like that. I mean.” He groans, frustrated. “It’s not just that I don’t like girls—”
“You like…boys?” Lucas offers, and Will’s head snaps up in surprise. “Um, not to step on your moment, and I’m proud of you and all, but…Will, I already knew that.”
“You— you knew?”
“C’mon, man, you’re one of my best friends. Yeah, I knew,” Lucas says. Relief hits his bloodstream like a drug—of all the somethings, this is the best possible outcome. “You like Mike, right?”
Will stammers, jaw dropping. “Wh— what? No! I don’t— I don’t like Mike. I mean I…I did, I used to, but I don’t anymore. I swear.”
“Dude, it’s cool,” Lucas says slowly. He smirks. “I mean, I don’t get why you’d go for Mike when you have a much better option right here—” He does a gratuitous shimmy, and Wills snorts a laugh, “But I guess there’s no accounting for taste.”
(Or: Will patches Lucas up after the Demogorgon attack and they Talk About Things. Canon divergent missing scene for 5x05.)
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- Part 1 of desperate measures
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a collection of lawless byler art
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“Are you having a fucking episode right now?” Max says, furrowing her brows. She doesn’t understand and Mike doesn’t know how to make her. He can’t say it out loud, not in full.
“I didn’t love her because she wasn’t who I wanted her to be.” He admits in a rush of words. 'Because she wasn't Will' goes unsaid.
or: max and mike as steve and robin in robin's coming out scene
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16 Feb 2026
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“Will,” Chance said, warm breath fanning against his lips. Not Byers. Will. “I don’t—I don’t know how I’m supposed to act around you. You make me feel so…I don’t understand what’s happening to me.”
Will released a shaky exhale, overwhelmed and hot all over. “I’m—I’m sorry, I—”
“Don’t,” Chance choked out, pressing their foreheads together. “Don’t say anything, or I’ll—fuck, I don’t even know. Just…tell me to stop.” Then quieter: “Please, or I’m going to do something insane.”
The summer of ‘87 was an eventful one, to say the least.
(or: Will starts up a secret relationship with one of Hawkins High’s star benchwarmers, feat. Sattler's quarry, crop tops, screwdrivers, and ‘60s music.)
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14 Feb 2026
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It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler.
The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.
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where is my mind? by ciders
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things - Fandom
03 Apr 2018
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On November 6th, 1985, Will Byers crashed his bicycle while riding home from the Wheeler household, damaging his head and waking up two days later with no recollection of who he was.
Plagued with the absence of his memories and a dark haired boy who refuses to tell Will his name, all Will Byers has to do is remember. That's the hard part.
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- Part 1 of losing will, and other fatalities
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12 Feb 2026
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best version of hopper, best non-upside down AU, best slow burn/reveal !!!
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all your love will be exorcised by andiwriteordie for kidovna
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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“What do you want from me?” Will croaks. He tries to lift his head but sees stars instead. “W-why can’t you just leave me alone?”
The Monster is quiet for several long, painstaking moments. “Why do you keep fighting me?” he asks, in lieu of an answer. “I only come to take what is rightfully mine, William.”
Tears sting Will’s eyes, and he blinks them away furiously, forcing himself to sit up despite the lingering nausea. “I’m not yours,” he hisses. “I am not yours, and I never will be.”
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Years after their first encounter, the Monster from Will's childhood returns and will stop at nothing to have him.
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- Part 1 of entropy runs through your blood
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When Max is sent away for a month for advanced out of state hospital treatment, Lucas is left with way too much time and way too many feelings. So when he notices the unresolved tension simmering between Will and Mike, he decides to do something about it. But before he can even process what that truly entails, he’s already knee deep in secrets, feelings, and “friendships” that are a lot more complicated than he signed up for.
OR: What starts as a distraction from missing Max turns into the most complicated plan of Lucas’s life as he shifts from helping Will get over Mike to setting them up together (because he’s the bestest, most supportive friend ever, obviously!)
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11 Feb 2026
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sweet and fluffy and heartwarming and all lucas pov!!
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the windows of this love by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Jun 2023
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Will smiles encouragingly at him, swiping his tears away and kissing his forehead again. "Let's make a deal, okay?" he murmurs, voice low and full of a bittersweet sort of hope. "If in five years we're both doing better, and we're not dating anyone else-" Mike blanches at the concept of dating anyone else, of Will dating anyone else- "we can try again, okay?"
Five years sounds like a terribly long time. In five years, Mike will be twenty-three. He'll be done with college, will have a career, could be living anywhere in the world for all he knows, and the same goes for Will.
But five years is a whole lot less than forever, so Mike will take it.
In the summer of 1989, Mike and Will fall apart. Five years later, they fall back together.
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- Part 1 of take the long way home
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09 Feb 2026
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i need more grieving mike fics because this was *chefs kiss*
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After Mike unwittingly stumbles into a series of interpersonal bombshells, he immediately sets out to find Will so he can find out what, exactly, that painting meant, and why Will lied about it. Unfortunately, Mike is obsessively obstinate and relentless to a fault, and he'll go to the literal ends of the earth to get the answers he needs.
Or: Mike and Will's Apocalypse Romcom Spectacular
(Formerly known as We Will All Go Together When We Go - see beginning author's note for more info)
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- Part 1 of To Hell and Back Again
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Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.
"Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.
He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."
"Again."
El is gone.
Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.
Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.
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- Part 1 of Supervoid
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06 Feb 2026
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grief is under utilized in this fandom, but this fic does it right. loved seeing how it effects mike and will, but especially love el as the unspoken thing that’s keeping them from moving forward
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“You okay?” Mike asks him.
Will turns to look at Mike. The light of the TV is projected on the side of his face, bathing his skin in greens and oranges. Sometimes Will feels like the secret to digging himself out of the wreckage of his childhood is hidden in Mike. There are days when the only thing that can dull the sharp pressure of grief in his ribs is Mike’s presence at his side; steady, thrumming. Will knows the day when he will have to detach himself is coming fast, but here in this basement, where nothing has changed in over a decade, time seems to have come to a screeching halt. It’s just the two of them, sat in the last place they were innocent together.
“Yeah,” Will whispers, “I’m okay.”
or; The Party's senior year of high school, in ebbs and flows.
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06 Feb 2026
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the landslide will bring me down indeed
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Mike opens his mouth, then closes it. Too many questions crowded in the back of his throat. What happened to you this week? What are you hiding? Why didn’t you call me? None of them make it out.
Lucas, steadier, breaks the silence.
“Whose car was that?”
It takes Will a moment to answer. He blinks at the wall behind Lucas like he’s trying to rewind something in his head.
“I borrowed it,” he says finally.
Lucas tilts his head. “Really? From who?”
When Will Byers arrives at the WSQK radio station in a vandalized car none of them recognize, the walls he’s built start to crack. What slips out is a secret he’s been hiding in plain sight.
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- Part 1 of Under Pressure
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04 Feb 2026
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this fucked me up in the best kind of way. a dark and haunting character study of will that definitely hurt my feelings, but is just so honest i can’t hate it
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When a dark corruption spreads from the Deep Woods north of the kingdom of Roane, it falls to Will and his friends to investigate the cause. But as they close in on what seems to be the inevitable final confrontation with the Mad Wizard they have been fighting for years, Will finds his magic failing him as the darkness that scarred him during his first encounter with that very man finally overtakes him. Will stands no chance at stopping the demons that have been haunting him – after all how can he fight for a happy ending when he doesn’t believe he deserves one?
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31 Jan 2026
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Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.
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30 Jan 2026
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ugh, loved reading mike slowly put the pieces together and that NANCY was part of the process!!
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Mike sighs, looking down at his hands. "I always thought I would end up with someone more similar to me, you know? Someone I can talk about, like, hobbies and music and stuff with, without them visibly losing interest halfway through.”
You have more in common with him than El, says the voice in Will’s head. He wonders, briefly, whether it would be weird to shove his face back into the pillow and scream.
Will is definitely not qualified to be giving out any relationship advice. For one, he's never actually dated anyone before. Second, one of the people in said relationship is his sister. And third, the other person is the guy he's sort of in love with. There's no possible way this could backfire. Right?
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30 Jan 2026
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love it when i get to enjoy party dynamics and willel
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She is standing in a vineyard in Italy with a glass of something citrusy and sweet, looking out at the various rolling green hills, when it suddenly struck her just what, exactly, she’s been doing.
OR, ALTERNATIVELY— El goes back home.
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- Part 1 of forwards beckoned rebound
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29 Jan 2026
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“Shut up!” Mike says with a scowl. “I meant, like…I was just thinking…why don’t we just do it? Why don’t Will and I kiss?”
It’s as if you could hear a pin drop.
Lucas stares at Mike like he’s grown an extra head. Dustin and El exchange a meaningful look. Even Max, who just a moment ago had been happily poking fun at Mike, is seemingly at a loss for words.
Will is silent too, color rising to his cheeks. It’s one thing for Max to suggest it; it’s another entirely for Mike to double down. Mike, his best friend for as long as he can remember. Mike, who regardless of any newfound warmth could barely touch Will for an entire year. Mike, who is oblivious to the fact that Will is desperately in love with him.
Mike, who despite all that said Why don’t Will and I kiss as if it were the simplest thing in the world.
After his first semester of college ends, Will is more than happy to spend a relaxing New Year's Eve in Mike's basement with the rest of the Party. Things go off the rails, however, when Max and El ask everyone to join in on an interesting new tradition—a tradition which may or may not involve him and Mike sharing a kiss.
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29 Jan 2026
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“is this going to make things weird” “probably” OOOH BOY
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“This is about Mike,” El said, her amusement palpable.
”You could — say that,” Will said, haltingly. “I just. You’re the only one in the party who’s been on dates and stuff that aren’t with someone they’ve been seeing for years, and I need to know how to do that.”
El made a strange noise he couldn’t decipher. There was the muffled sound of someone covering the receiver, and a sound not unlike a tea kettle going off, and then El was back in his ear and saying, “I see.”
When they move into a new apartment as juniors, Will decides he has to learn to get over Mike. Going on a bunch of dates with new guys will definitely make things easier, and they’ll both be very normal about it.