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If You’re Lost You Can Look and You Will Find Me by R3mmm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2026
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All is swell after the “earthquake” hit Hawkins. The kids are back at school, the military haunts the streets, the Byers live with the Wheelers, the team just recently started up with the crawls, and Will and Mike have been getting closer. But all that changes when a car pulls up in front of Hawkins High.
Suddenly, Will is whisked away for legal reasons, and those back in Hawkins have to work tirelessly to get him back. Meanwhile, Will’s life gets turned upside down, and he is thrusted into the custody of his first ever bully: Lonnie Byers.
Follow the group as they struggle with complex feelings, mental and legal battles, and the story of Will’s heartbreaking past being rewritten in present day (or for us, the 1980’s).Takes place somewhere in the 18 month time gap before season 5, maybe closer to season 4.
Title from “Time After Time” by Cyndi Lauper.
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"Mike could reason a lot away.
He'd been having nightmares since the day Will went missing, and headaches and even nosebleeds were symptoms of sleep deprivation and stress, both of which weren't exactly uncommon occurrences in his life. He hadn't heard any clock, and he thinks he'd know if he'd been hunted by a monster from another dimension - probably.
But Mike was also not a complete idiot - usually - and he was good at recognising patterns.Most damming of all, all of this had stopped practically the second he left Hawkins.
This fucking town."
Aka my rewrite of season five, featuring Mike being vecna'd and very slowburn very angsty Byler.
How long will it take Mike to tell someone he is being hunted and psychologically tortured by an interdimensional monster?
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Mike Wheeler is eighteen years old and he isn't sure he knows anything anymore.
It's November of 1989 and Mike is miserably making his way through his first semester of college. It’s been two years, 24 months, 737 days since the Upside Down vanished. Mike has been drowning, pulled under by the rip tide. He’s starting to see where the light hits the surface.
Milwaukee is frigid and Mike hates Lake Michigan, hates the wind and the cold but he can't stop writing about it, staring out at the horizon and wanting. He stumbles into having to face his collapsing means of control and carefully crafted walls. Mike is forced to see what he has been turning away from, a boy with brown hair and hazel eyes that is in his bones, in every beat of his heart, who he has known longer than he has known himself.
Will Byers who is so much a part of him he wouldn’t be able to carve him out if he wanted to.
Mike needs to decide whether he'll stay stranded on the shore, or if the water could grant him salvation. If he can survive never knowing.
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Mike Wheeler and the Terrifying Ordeal of Being Known by Stigitsune_shipper for Leodine
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2026
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He remembers his Mom telling Ted Wheeler to calm down, that he was going too far – but she didn’t protest too much. Mike had run up to his room right after, forgetting the glass of water he had originally meant to get.
I won’t have a freak of nature living in my house, he curls up and sobs as another stab of pain flows through him, I’ll tie him to a post outside and let someone take him.
Or: Mike Wheeler presents as an Omega and promptly decides no one else can know. It doesn't matter that it's killing him, or that Will presents as an Alpha and Mike wants nothing else but be his. He can't let anyone know he's anything but a Beta, so he decides to take his suppressants and be content with pining from afar. This comes back to bite him in the ass in quite a spectacular fashion.
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Michelle Wheeler is in love with her best friend and it might just be the end of her world.
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It's been years since the Gate closed, since El...disappeared or died. Mike Wheeler has never gotten over it, but during a book tour, he vanished, and then told everyone he was in Iceland. Now, he's getting married, inviting everyone, and everyone's freaking out. Who is this girl? What does she want? But when they get there, there's a surprise waiting for them...
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- Part 17 of Stranger Things 5
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If Anyone Could've Saved (Changed) Me, It Would've Been You by kurtscrunkle
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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Ever since Jonathan Byers saved his life, Steve hasn't been able to get him out of his head.
Set after the final battle, and follows Steve and Jonathan through the 18-month time gap and onwards.
Aka, Steve What The Fuck Did You Do? Gate
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Almost two months after Vecna is defeated and the bridge is destroyed, Hopper receives a cryptic letter at his cabin, where he now lives with the Byers family. Desperate for answers, he sets out to find the sender, leaving Will, Joyce, and Jonathan on standby for any other coded messages.
As Will juggles his well-being with that of his friends, along with the contents of Hopper’s letter, he and Mike find themselves reconnecting as they do their own investigating on the recent happenings in Hawkins.
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i didn't see you before (but i see you now) by mistressbitch
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Feb 2026
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One year after being the only person to show up to the party's annual Hawkins reunion, Mike moves to New York City to become a writer. After a chance encounter with Will at a nightclub, old feelings resurface and threaten to tear down everything Mike has worked so hard to forget.
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Steven Harrington has done his best to be that best, top grades, the best in all the sports, taking all the extra credit courses and part of a plethora of groups while having multiple jobs. But it was never enough, It would never be enough.
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- English
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- 982
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It’s 1997 and Will Byers is 26 - Living a new life in New York City.
But on the ten year anniversary of the events of 1987, and a phone call reminding him of a promise he made to go back to Hawkins, perhaps there’s more to discover as to what a new life means.A story of navigating the future, reconnecting, and letting yourself let go.
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Will continues to adjust to life in the Upside Down. He gains new insights into Henry and his powers as he gets expected visitors with mixed and unexpected results.
Is it better to miss the people you love and be kept away from them? Or to see your loved ones only for them to fail to understand what you’re going through?
Taking the deal to stay was never a real choice. So why do so many of Will’s friends and family think it is?
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- Part 4 of Hand in Unlovable Hand
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I Would walk 500 miles by yesiamanerd_bookwormimstudious
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Feb 2026
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"Really? Y'know if I had a nickel for every time you went away somewhere on a trip, and told me about how you met a beautiful woman who is ALSO into you, I would-"
"You would have two nickels, Steve. Son of a bitch, I know you aren't that smart but I thought you at least knew how to count"
"I do know how to count you doofus, I'm just saying it's a little weird that this happened twice."
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Dustin goes to finland for a study abroad program during his 5th year of college in order to earn his PHD in theoretical physics, during his break, he decided to go backpacking with some friends for a week to the finish countryside where he finds a familiar face he thought he would never see again.
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i'd like to think that you knew me (better than anybody else) by ryuuvixen
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Feb 2026
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“…He may be going through a lot right now, but he’s not one to skip for no reason,” He replies softly, looking over at him with uncertainty in his eyes.
Mike sighs. “True. Sorry… that was a dumb question. I guess I… I’m just trying to make conversation,” He smiles, a mix between sheepish and awkward. As silly as it sounds, Will can’t help but understand, and he smiles back.
“I get it,” He murmurs, biking a little faster to lead the small troop. His heart is pounding in his ears, his brain playing Mike’s stupid smile over and over in his head like a never ending cassette tape. Will was so sick of it, but at the same time, he wishes it would never end— him seeing that smile that only he gets to see. It’s selfish, so selfish of him, and he’ll never let himself hear the end of it.
OR: a close-to-canon, divergent rewrite of Season 5 with canon-typical violence and canon-typical (internalized) homophobia. Alternating POVs (Will/Mike). #bylerendgame.
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"Dustin?!" Steve exclaims, startling the younger boy who promptly falls onto the ground.
"Steve?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Dustin blinks hard as if his own eyes are betraying him.
"I could ask you the same thing!!" Steve replies.
"I was just.." Dustin starts while Steve's eyes drift up to the window above their heads lined with purple curtains.
"Youre here to see Jane!" Steve gasps.Or: Steve goes to sneak into Jonathan's room when he finds Dustin trying to sneak into El's.
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Lightning Strikes (Maybe Once, Maybe Twice) by Mi_Castle_ke
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Feb 2026
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The sudden sound of the door opening made his head turn up, away from the paper. His hand stilled. It was his roommate. The guy was incredibly attractive. He was, and Will doesn't use this word lightly, hot. If Will was asked to draw his perfect type, this guy would probably be the exact thing to end up on the page.
His roommate seemed almost just as taken back.
"Oh--- hey, uhm. . ." He seemed like he wanted to say something else, but his mouth snapped shut.
Will blinked away his thoughts of this guy, and straightened his posture a bit. He let his leg fall down, turning his body toward the guy more comfortably. The door stayed open, his hand still on the knob.
"Hey-- uh, I'm Will,"
"Uh--- sorry, I'm Mike,"
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Will Byers is ecstatic to go to college, residing at UIC in Chicago. Though, an unwanted altercation forces him to change schools. This lands him at NYU, joining his family in New York. He worries about his roommate, crossing his fingers he isn't as bad as the last, but is left with Mike Wheeler. A guitar player with dark clothes, black hair, and is sort of a "Teenage Dirt bag", who just so happens to be the embodiment of Will's exact type. And vice versa.
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Three Options (Suicide, Acceptance, Escape) by haunting_ur_fandoms
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has reached his breaking point. Just as he prepares to jump Will Byers, covered in blood, grabs him by the arm and changes everything.
Aka: The finale is Mikes Vecna vision and with the help of Will he attempts an escape, traveling through his worst memories and unveiling deep secrets.
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Mike Wheeler is stuck. Will Byers is afraid. Jane Hopper is alone.
The Party's plan was flawless, almost. They forgot to consider one thing: an unexpected spy. A traitor. It's an oversight that could completely ruin everything. It could send their whole reality into question. It could mean that none of it is over.
A reimagining of Stranger Things season 5.
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“I have been feeling like that for a while now. I don't know what this is, but…” Mike took a small breath “but whenever I look at Will I feel like I'm going to explode.” he ended, looking back at Jane.
Jane shook her head, smiling “You are so clueless Wheeler. I can't wait for you to present.” she started skipping back to Will's side.
“What? What does that mean?” Mike raised his voice after her, ending up useless.
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Mike and Will keep dancing around each other for years. Will knows his feelings, Mike is oblivious as hell. They end up kissing.
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Immediately post-Season 4, the gang are catching up and reuniting at Hopper's old cabin. Mike, who's been on the edge of a panic attack for the past few days, excuses himself to get some 'fresh air'- unbeknownst to anyone but Joyce, who still isn't fully up-to-date on the Vecna situation. After about 30 minutes, the group notices his absence and are immediately concerned. They can't find Mike anywhere in the surrounding area, but they find the exact thing they were dreading; a small gate.
Mike finds himself in the Upside-Down, but the circumstances are strange. Vecna is nowhere to be seen and the area around him is completely barren. It's an elaborate plot to torment Mike with his greatest fears; forcing him to relive his own worst memories with his family and friends by his side.
How much could one kid have to hide, anyways?
Third-Person Limited with Alternating P.O.V.'s