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in which Mike did write letters to Will while he was in California, but Will doesn’t find out about them for at least a decade.
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Mike & Will's lives during (and after) college. Will finds himself in NYC, Mike forms a band in Indiana. They never fully lose touch, but they do grow apart. When they do come back together, it's nothing like either of them imagined.
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Letters to Will (Live from New York) by sofishortcake
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Mar 2026
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“Thanks for taking care of me, Mike. I didn’t mean to drink this much.” Mike locks the dorm door behind him with a quiet click. “I could’ve had Carlton walk me back. If you wanted to stay at the party.”
Mike rolls his eyes, taking a deliberate step closer. “Yeah, I bet he would've loved that. And, please... stop saying his fucking name, okay?”
Will swallows. “Sorry, I just meant…I’m so happy you’re here, but I know you’re not just here to see me, and you probably want—”
Mike cuts him off without a second thought. He grabs Will’s arms, and shoves him lightly but firmly against the wall. Their chests collide. Will freezes—but Mike doesn’t back down. “Will…you have no idea what I want,” he whispers, eyes dropping to Will’s lips. Every shred of control he’s ever clung to around him melting.
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Years after graduation, Will has moved out of Hawkins and is now in a committed relationship, attending an art school in New York. Mike is still in Hawkins, and he's beginning to gain traction as an author.
They haven't been speaking regularly for a long time now, but one day Mike shows up at Will's doorstep unannounced, as he's in New York for a press tour for his new book. This one encounter turns into a domino effect of more and more encounters. As they talk more and spend more time together, many things are brought back. Maybe even unresolved feelings..
But there's many things that stand in the way for them. Would it be worth it?
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Mike Wheeler has never been lucky. So, when he finally finds an affordable house near campus for his last year of university—one that isn’t outrageously expensive—he briefly entertains the idea that maybe the universe has finally decided to leave him alone for once.
It hasn’t.
Because, of course, the landlord conveniently “forgot” to mention that Mike would be living right next door to a frat house.
A goddamn frat house. A loud, obnoxious, party-every-night frat house.
Yeah. The universe hates Mike Wheeler.
Or: Mike just wants his final year at university to be quiet. Normal. Uneventful. Which is, apparently, too much to ask for. Instead, the Sigma Chis move in, ruin his peace, and prove once and for all that the universe is, in fact, still out to get him.
Especially when one of the frat brothers is infuriatingly way too attractive and won’t stop existing within Mike’s line of sight—or his goddamn mind.
Mike blames the universe.
Again.
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08 Jan 2026
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“Wait,” Lucas takes another glance at Will, specifically at the sweater he’s wearing. “Is that Mike’s?”
Here’s the other thing about the last eight or so months of Will Byers’ life: he’s been spending his nights, on and off, secretly, semi-occasionally, very frequently, kissing Mike Wheeler.
He’s confused about it too, don’t even worry.