willhotpot67



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Max arches a brow. “Carlton, though? You two are dating and you don’t even kiss? Is it just a preference thing?”

    Will sighs, resigned. He drops his hands. “Okay. Honestly?” He hesitates, then shrugs. “He was a bad kisser. And I just… couldn’t get excited around him. At all.”

    The reaction is immediate and merciless. Dustin makes a dramatic gagging noise. El gasps like she’s been handed gossip gold. Lucas high-fives Max, shaking her hand in his.

    Mike doesn’t say anything. He just watches Will, watches the way he shrugs it off, the way he laughs a little too loud, the way his ears go red.

     

    Or, Will's new boyfriend is a bad kisser. Mike thinks it's a crime that no one has kissed Will properly. He's on a goal to change that, Carlton be damned.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    139,814
    Chapters:
    22/25
    Comments:
    4,883
    Kudos:
    13,078
    Bookmarks:
    2,725
    Hits:
    392,953

    23 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.

    Having sold their house in Hawkins a year prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.

    Mike had kindly offered up their place during Nancy’s graduation dinner.

    ~

    The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV (with a season five rewrite because what the fuck!)

    Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate

    Steve "the ally" Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    134,214
    Chapters:
    28/35
    Comments:
    3,270
    Kudos:
    6,172
    Bookmarks:
    1,628
    Hits:
    150,022

    22 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 19

    Tags
    Summary

    My first work ever finished on AO3! Fluffy and Angsty but mostly fluffy Byler fic, takes place 1 week after s4. :) Not in anyway a prediction for s5, I don't think any of this will happen in this exact way nor wrap up like this, I just needed something to occupy my time before that.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    41,469
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Comments:
    43
    Kudos:
    140
    Bookmarks:
    19
    Hits:
    3,498

    20 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 21

    Tags
    Summary

    “Hello?”

    “Will?” he could recognize that voice anywhere, even if it was more slurred and manic than it normally was, “It’s Mike.”

    “I know,” Will rubbed his eyes, unsure why his childhood best friend was calling him from Indiana at 4 in the morning, “what do you want, Mike?”

    “Come to Hawkins for Christmas,” Will was sure that was more of a demand than a request, “You can stay in the basement, or my room, or even Nancy’s. She probably won’t come home for Christmas, she never does.”

    “Mike, it’s 4AM, what are you–”

    “Just say you’ll come.”

    “I’ll come.”

    ⋆.˚༚ ────── ⋆.˚༚ ❅ ༚˚.⋆ ────── ༚˚.⋆

    Will left Hawkins behind for the bigger and better things of New York City, until he got a drunken call from Mike on the night of Halloween, begging him to come home and visit him for Christmas.

    Now it's Winter Break, and Will's driven over 10 hours to spend Christmas with the Wheeler's, only for all but Mike to be no where to be seen.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    28,363
    Chapters:
    5/9
    Comments:
    24
    Kudos:
    56
    Bookmarks:
    21
    Hits:
    1,179

    20 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    " Mike would consider himself a good friend.
    Even a great one, if he really had to get nitpicky about it."

    or

    Mike tries to convince himself he's fine with Will's new boyfriend. He's not, but he doesn't quite understand what that means just yet.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    30,663
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Comments:
    178
    Kudos:
    2,062
    Bookmarks:
    362
    Hits:
    37,490

    19 Jan 2026