Mike's Very Byler Book
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I Wrote the Words (Before Knowing What They Meant) by Deorling
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jan 2026
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“Will's the Sorcerer, right?”
“Uhh, yeah? I mean the character is loosely based-,”
Max burst out laughing, “and you're the Paladin? Oh my God Mike-,”
“The hell is so funny?” Mike snapped.
“You don't even?” Max scoffed. This is why Mike didn't like talking to Max. She spoke as if she knew some joke that flew right over Mike's head, and Mike had a feeling he was the joke.
“Mike. I don't know how to tell you this so I'm just gonna say it,” Max started, “The Paladin is in love with The Sorcerer.”
Mike groaned. They stayed silent for a moment. Max waiting for a reply and Mike cringing at the revelation that maybe this ran deeper than he thought. Maybe the critics weren't wrong. Maybe Heather, along with the rest of his fans, hadn't been crazy after all and hadn't completely misunderstood the text he'd spent seven years writing.
“Why does everyone keep saying that?” He finally grumbled.
Or, In 1996, Mike releases a book inspired by the party and their adventures. A small but loud fandom forms around shipping The Paladin and The Sorcerer. But, that was all wrong. Mike had never been in love with Will, had he?
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- Part 1 of Mike's Very Byler Book
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The Terrible Inevitable Question (Who Bottoms?) by Deorling
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jan 2026
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It was a conversation that Will needed to have with every new sexual partner. He had to give each new man that entered his life the whole spiel of ‘I'm traumatized and can't take dick, sorry.’ He'd been through it so many times, but never with Mike. Not yet. Even though Mike was the first man who actually knew what he'd gone through. The only one who could know. His previous partners all had to settle for a vague explanation, and if Will could be totally honest, he preferred it that way.
Or, Mike and Will have a discussion over their sex life and boundaries.
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- Part 2 of Mike's Very Byler Book