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most men lead lives of quiet desperation by winchemrys
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Apr 2026
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Summer, 1989. The Party has been trying to adjust to normalcy after the final battle. Mike's no stranger to trauma, but the wounds he's still nursing, both literally and figuratively, have left him feeling aimless and distant. The group of friends have been trying to enjoy the precious summer months they have left together before they all split off for college, self-discovery, what have you. Normal things teenagers in Hawkins are supposed to do. Like spending blistering afternoons cooling off by the lake, finally teaching Jane how to ride a bike, gorging themselves on ice cream, (definitely not talking about what's eating at him), and going to the movies. It's June, Ghostbusters II just came out, and while the boys have been dying to see it, the girls insist they see Dead Poets Society. In an unassuming movie theatre, Mike's completely unprepared for what a film about boys at a boarding school might help reveal about the most repressed parts of himself, once thought to have already been quelled forever.
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Mike Wheeler watches Dead Poets Society in theatres and promptly has a bit of a breakdown. A summer full of realizations, lots of mistakes, and maybe a redemption of sorts.Series
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26 Mar 2026
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"It's your first day," Karen tells him. "This is exciting! You'll make so many friends."
"You think so?" Mike asks nervously, his wide eyes staring at her.
"Absolutely."
Karen Wheeler doesn't condone lying to her children, but she believes white lies can be considered harmless. They won't remember, anyways. But if Karen was telling the truth to her son, she'd have to admit how she's actually desperately nervous about his compatibility with his classmates.
After school, when Mike is rambling about his new best friend, Karen decides that if Will Byers makes her son this happy, she'll do everything in her power to make sure they stay friends forever.
Or, Will and Mike's relationship through the eyes of their friends and family (plus their own). Will is nonspeaking autistic, and Mike is also autistic. Neurodivergent friendly fic with them falling in love!
// title from Coming Home by beabadoobee
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18 Mar 2026
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He opened their door, and the grin on his face quickly faded. Mike was sitting at his desk, arms crossed. The look on his face said that he was Pissed.
“What the hell, Will?” He asked, gesturing wildly with his hands in the way he only did when he was truly angry.
“What?”
“Don’t give me that bullshit, Will. Why the fuck did you move my notes? I went to study, and I brought the wrong fucking papers because you messed with my shit. Why the fuck would you put papers crumpled up on the ground right next to my drafts for my essay? You made me look fucking stupid in front of what could’ve been new friends. You know how fucking dumb I looked when I handed them writing about my DND character instead of our assignment?” His voice was getting louder and louder as he spoke, and Will shrank under the barrage.
“I- I’m sorry. I didn’t realize-”
“Didn’t realize what, Will? That you can’t just mess with other people’s shit without asking?”
Or: Mike follows Will to California for college, and, obviously, they decide to room together. Everything is going well until Will starts moving Mike's things without asking.
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02 Mar 2026
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“How would I know his favorite color is yellow and his least favorite food is asparagus, especially when it’s all floppy. How would I know that if he didn’t tell me…”
Mike Wheeler knows Will Byers so well that he doesn’t realize his friend is ‘nonverbal.’ Mike uses stories and playing pretend to get to know Will and is shocked to learn that he ‘can’t’ talk.
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27 Feb 2026
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Slime of the Untouched by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 2026
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Mike uses his jaws to pry Will’s open, digs one hand in Will’s hair, pulls like normal, and slips his tongue into–
The terror is instantaneous. Everything vanishes– all the lust, the arousal, the love, the pleasure, the enjoyment, everything is ripped violently away, overpowered by the single slimy thing poking around in his mouth.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Mike and Will's make out session progresses into something more, Mike decides to kiss with tongue for the first time without thinking, and Will spirals into a terror-driven flashback about the one thing he's never really told anyone about: what Vecna really did to him.
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04 Feb 2026