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1. The heart and the sorcerer (alternate byler ending) by Tinytina01

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Romance
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Male-Female Friendship
   • Male Friendship
   • Best Friends
   • Childhood Friends
   • Slow Burn
   • Tension
   • Romantic Tension
   • Happy Ending
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Alternate Ending
   • Flirting
   • Gay Male Character
   • Bisexual Male Character
   • Post-Will Byers's Coming Out Scene
   • Coming Out
   • Major Character Injury
   • Minor Character Death
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Near Death
   • Character Death Fix
   • Character Death In Dream

   Summary

   Tension, yearning, real life threatening danger, and slow burn goodness 🔥

   Will has been mostly honest about himself to everyone, but he still has one secret. Mike's world is spinning because, for once, he is not oblivious, and Will was pretty obvious about who his crush was, and the dots are finally connecting for Mike but are they connecting too late? And will Mike survive long enough to find out?

   The story is dual POV (Mike and Will) and is mostly using canon stuff from the show, but I've changed a lot from season 5 vol 2 from chapter 7 onwards. Its basically an alternate ending where Mike and Will actually admit their feelings, and byler happens😁 inspired by some of the cool theories I wish we got in season 5.

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