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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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22 Feb 2026
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In the summer of 1989, Will has two goals. Technically three.
- Find a job.
- Save up for college. See aforementioned goal #1.
- Get over Mike Wheeler.
It’s going badly.
Or: The summer after graduation, Will learns how to move on, and Mike learns how to live with change.
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21 Feb 2026
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“But Eddie Munson is a boy?”
Mike and Max are in their sophomore year and are working at Scoops Ahoy in the summer. They regularly get high after work in the bathrooms but this time it doesn’t go as planned.
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Mike comes out to Max at scoops ahoy in the same way Robin did to Steve
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20 Feb 2026
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Feb 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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15 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has been in love with Will Byers his entire life, but Mike always battled self acceptance. He was never able to tell Will the truth.
Until, it all became too much and Mike sent Will a series of postcards, trying to rebuild what they lost.
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11 Feb 2026
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dear will, (and all the things I'm too much of a coward to say) by Aloyx
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Feb 2026
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Summer of 1989. Before the group splits up for college, they plan one final camping trip in the woods.
Trapped in a tent with Will, Mike is writing an apology letter that gradually turns into a heartfelt confession as he comes to terms with his true feelings. He has one week to find the right words, or he'll lose the love of his life forever.
Or: after s5, Mike Wheeler writes a love confession he’s absolutely not ready for.
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10 Feb 2026
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Will's a true sorcerer. Right after the truth comes to light in the middle of a battlefield, Mike Wheeler finds himself more amazed and enamored with Will than he'd like to admit. However, they don't have time to celebrate the peace, because not much after that, Vecna comes back, determined to take what Will loves the most if he isn't by his side in this war. The Demos try to take Mike, but right before he enters the Upside Down, Will jumps and goes with him.
They're together now. In the Upside Down. But they're alone too, with a long journey ahead of them. Mike knows nothing can go wrong. After all, the only thing Will has accepted is that now he has powers, right?
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Mike and Will end up alone in the Upside Down, and Vecna targets both of them. (Complete rewrite of Stranger Things' ending).
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09 Feb 2026
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After Will’s confession, Mike can’t stop replaying everything he thought he understood. While preparing for the final plan, a quiet conversation with Lucas shatters what little certainty he has left.
“It was pretty obvious he was talking about you.”
“What? What do you mean, me?”
“C’mon, man. Who do you think this ‘crush he’s had for the longest time’ is? Dustin?”Suddenly, old memories, unspoken words, and a painting from California take on an entirely new meaning—and with Will sitting just a few feet away, Mike realizes he might have missed the most important truth of all.
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09 Feb 2026
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After Mike unwittingly stumbles into a series of interpersonal bombshells, he immediately sets out to find Will so he can find out what, exactly, that painting meant, and why Will lied about it. Unfortunately, Mike is obsessively obstinate and relentless to a fault, and he'll go to the literal ends of the earth to get the answers he needs.
Or: Mike and Will's Apocalypse Romcom Spectacular
(Formerly known as We Will All Go Together When We Go - see beginning author's note for more info)
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- Part 1 of To Hell and Back Again
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09 Feb 2026
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November 10th, 1988, Will Byers is taken into the Upside Down. The Party & Co. come together to try and save him, all the while Will is fighting to save himself. New monsters emerge and love flourishes. Will hides and Mike finds.
Together, even across dimensions, right?
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09 Feb 2026
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answers you seek will never be found at home by miwiheroes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jan 2026
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Will’s not supposed to be hiding in corners, forcing a fake smile when Mike asks him if he’s okay. He’s not supposed to brush off insults like they're jokes. He’s not supposed to vanish for six hours during a school day, leaving Mike feeling like he’s slipping away all over again.
Whoever said that beating Vecna’s going to fix Hawkins’ problems, Will’s problems, Mike’s problems—they deserve an earful. They deserve to feel this weird, hollow dissatisfaction chewing away at their chests.
aka mike begs will to escape their small town after too many run-ins with homophobic small-town bs. he knows will's meant to find himself elsewhere, but he never expects to find an answer to the age-old question of his own fate. prom, gay bars, sleazy hotels, train stations, two lesbians and their not-so-legal marriage - they aren't the traditional sources of wisdom, but he can't complain.
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09 Feb 2026
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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.
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- 26/26
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08 Feb 2026
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Will loved ordinary things, an uneventful existence was something he craved. Sadly, when Mike Wheeler walks into his life, Will’s easy going path snaps right in half. A passion he could never imagine overtaking his whole being.
It was too bad their friend groups hated each other and his sister had a huge crush on the musician. Off limits.
Fantastic.
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- English
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- 46/46
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08 Feb 2026
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Still Me, Still You (I used to know you) by Lemonsapphire55
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Feb 2026
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When the Hawkins party is brought back together for a high school reunion, Mike reluctantly agrees to go. Him and Will haven’t spoken in years, which is slightly intimidating, and he soon finds out that New York has changed him.
After the reunion, Will unexpectedly invites Mike to fly back with him for a few days to check out the big city.
This is a heavy JEALOUS MIKE FIC :)
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06 Feb 2026
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are we something? by writercody
Fandoms: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch (2019)
09 Jan 2026
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Theo and Boris finally talk about the late night moments that they’re not supposed to talk about.
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05 Feb 2026
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The first time Will felt that something was seriously wrong with him, he did what he thought was best, which is absolutely nothing. It was hands-down the worst decision he’d ever made. And considering how his life turned out, that was saying something.
If he’d just opened his mouth, said something—anything—it might’ve saved him from being possessed for the next year and a half.
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November 6, 1987. Will Byers disappears for seven days, he comes back alive but possessed. Mike takes his sweet time connecting the dots, but once he does, he’s definitely not okay with this information.
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02 Feb 2026
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Will swallows down his fear and stares at the door unblinkingly. Kill the monster. Take the risk. Cast fireball. Shoot the gun.
Of course, he hadn’t expected it to come from behind him.
The light burns bright into his retinas. The whole room shakes, wood paneling nearly busting at the seams.
A rolled seven. An unrewarded risk.
The beast’s got him.
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Stranger Things re-telling, but make it byler.
(Season 1 of 5)Series
- Part 1 of i know the end
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01 Feb 2026
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the magic of tonight by thaly_writes for frecken_shuli
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Jan 2026
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Maybe I just shouldn't go, Will thinks. Proms are not for people like me.
Proms are for happy people. Proms are for people growing up to take their rightful place in the world. Proms are for couples, dancing and kissing to a slow romantic melody.or
Will Byers goes to his senior prom. And he is still not nearly over his love for Mike Wheeler.
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30 Jan 2026
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Will pressed his face to the glass, wishing that he were closer. The man’s cheeks were pale, having thick eyebrows and lips. His nose was long, though it didn’t disrupt the harmony of the man’s features. His eyes were the most captivating part of his face: wide and brown, reflecting the moonlight.
In other words, he was beautiful.
Will found himself blushing, feeling foolish for swooning over the knight, who clearly was just doing his job. He couldn’t help but itch for his parchment and ink, to see the man up close, take in those eyes when they weren’t forced to remain a disciplined neutral.
AKA: Fantasy/DND inspired byler AU!
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- English
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- 17/17
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29 Jan 2026
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Love is a fickle thing.
At least, that’s what Mike’s dad had always told him. So Mike assumes his love for his best friend will fade away and disappear into the deep recesses of his mind until he ultimately forgets it ever existed. Except it doesn’t, and it won’t.
Love is a fickle thing.
Just not for Mike.
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After a thoughtful talk and subsequent breakup with El, Mike has to renavigate his friendship with Will and the overwhelming feelings that come with it.
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- English
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- 4/4
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29 Jan 2026