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   Off-kilter by writteninerised

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   21 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Yearning
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Diary/Journal
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Drunkenness
   • No Smut
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Romance
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Nightmares
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • POV Third Person
   • Denial of Feelings
   • No Love Triangle
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • Love Confessions
   • Kissing in the Rain
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   What starts as a movie night becomes the point where Mike and Will can no longer ignore the truths about themselves and one another.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,643

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

   414

   Kudos:

   4,990

   Bookmarks:

   794

   Hits:

   67,618

   Bookmarked by Cinnamoncat

   20 Dec 2025

2. Public Bookmark *

   touch like velvet by ciders

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, M/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Physical Abuse
   • mixtapes as a love language
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Coffee Shops
   • Slow Burn
   • Self-Acceptance
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Coming of Age
   • finally completed!!!!
   • currently editing / refining

   Summary

   It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler.

   The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   190,358

   Chapters:

   26/26

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   1,525

   Kudos:

   18,809

   Bookmarks:

   4,129

   Hits:

   655,483

   Bookmarked by Cinnamoncat

   20 Dec 2025

3. Public Bookmark 33

   off guard by macsdennis

   Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Dec 2020

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Beth Harmon/Benny Watts
   • Beth Harmon
   • Benny Watts
   • mentioned Cleo (The Queen’s Gambit)
   • mentioned Harry Beltik
   • mentioned William Shaibel (The Queen’s Gambit)
   • Smut
   • Light Angst
   • Missing Scene
   • both perspectives
   • Power Dynamics
   • Past Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Past Drug Addiction
   • Sexual Tension
   • Resolved Sexual Tension
   • Unsafe Sex

   Summary

   “Do you still like my hair?”

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,339

   Chapters:

   4/4

   Comments:

   30

   Kudos:

   392

   Bookmarks:

   33

   Hits:

   6,390

   Bookmarked by Cinnamoncat

   18 Jan 2021