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“Michael. Are you aware of how jealous you sound right now?”
“I’m not jealous! I am concerned for my best friend’s safety.”
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Mike Wheeler is not jealous. He is simply deeply concerned that their neighbor is attempting to kidnap Will Byers using baked goods and borrowed spices. This is normal best-friend behavior. Totally.Bookmarked by Nesly
26 Feb 2026
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Letters to Will (Live from New York) by sofishortcake
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Feb 2026
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“Thanks for taking care of me, Mike. I didn’t mean to drink this much.” Mike locks the dorm door behind him with a quiet click. “I could’ve had Carlton walk me back. If you wanted to stay at the party.”
Mike rolls his eyes, taking a deliberate step closer. “Yeah, I bet he would've loved that. And, please... stop saying his fucking name, okay?”
Will swallows. “Sorry, I just meant…I’m so happy you’re here, but I know you’re not just here to see me, and you probably want—”
Mike cuts him off without a second thought. He grabs Will’s arms, and shoves him lightly but firmly against the wall. Their chests collide. Will freezes—but Mike doesn’t back down. “Will…you have no idea what I want,” he whispers, eyes dropping to Will’s lips. Every shred of control he’s ever clung to around him melting.
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24 Feb 2026
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“So. Logical conclusion?” Dustin grinned down at him, pleased. “You’re in love with Mike and heartbroken that he and El made up. You’re welcome.”
Will sighed. “Dustin, I already knew I was in love with Mike.”
Will Byers is not avoiding his friends—he’s just busy.
Busy avoiding Mike Wheeler, busy lying about homework, and busy trying (and failing) to get over the boy he’s been in love with for years.
Unfortunately, Dustin Henderson has noticed. And he has a plan.
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24 Feb 2026
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New City. New School. Same Old Heartbreak.
Will Byers thought sharing a dorm with Mike Wheeler would be a dream come true. Instead, it’s a front-row seat to Mike’s awkward attempts at moving on from El. But when a messy night ends in a kiss that feels anything but accidental, the rules of their friendship are rewritten overnight.
Will is happy to play the role of the secret lover, the placeholder, if it means keeping Mike in his life. He’s prepared for the breakup. He’s prepared for Mike to find a "real" girlfriend. He’s prepared for everything... except the possibility that Mike isn't pretending at all.
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Will does not realize he and Mike are dating.Series
- Part 1 of The Observer Effect
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23 Feb 2026
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The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Feb 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during Nancy’s graduation dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV (with a season five rewrite because what the fuck!)
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve "the ally" Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
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23 Feb 2026
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I love you, I love you forever by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Nov 2025
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The first time Mike Wheeler told Will Byers he loved him, they were both standing in the Hawkins Public Library, soaked in demogorgon blood, Vecna’s ashes still settling in the air like cursed snow.
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Mike tells Will “I love you.”
Will tells Mike “I love you too.”
Unfortunately, they are having two completely different conversations.
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22 Feb 2026
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I say I don't want that (but what if I do?) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Dec 2025
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“So… not him, then,” Mike murmured to himself, thoughtful.
He let his gaze drift back to the blond. The guy was looking towards Will again. Wait, no. He was staring at Mike and Will’s feet, tangled together beneath the table. The boy looked up, caught Mike’s eyes for a fleeting moment, then blinked and looked away, shoulders slumping slightly.
Mike couldn’t help the little surge of smug satisfaction - and relief. He shoved it aside and turned back to Will.
Will smiled across the table at him and squeezed Mike’s ankle again.
“No,” Will said softly. “Not him.”
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Post-Vecna. Mike Wheeler is determind to be a good friend. So he tries to help Will find a boyfriend.
This goes terribly wrong when Mike realises he wants to be the boyfriend.
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22 Feb 2026
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i’d give it all away if you give me just one day by miketozier (smallcuts)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jun 2023
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“Are you, like… are you trying to break up with me?”
Will gapes at him. There is no possible way Mike just said that to him. Penciling in a mental note to get his hearing checked in the distant future, he continues to look at him, at the hurt shimmering in his pupils, the slight wobble of his upper lip as he turns away.
Will has a boyfriend. Will doesn’t know he has a boyfriend. Chaos ensues.
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21 Feb 2026
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“You said I was bad at managing my time between my girlfriend and my best friend but you’re basically doing the same thing.”
“Girlfriend?!” Will spits out, thoroughly shell-shocked.
“I don’t get it! You could’ve told me you had a crush on someone, I would’ve—and when did you ever talk to Robin? You move to California and all of a sudden you’ve got all these girls hanging off of you and you’re interested in older girls—“ Mike’s voice embarrassingly cracks. He decides to quit while he’s ahead before he delves into the forbidden.
In the wake of the apocalypse, Mike and Will find their way to each other.
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21 Feb 2026
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"Um. Right," he answers, sort of forgetting what the question had been. He's too busy watching Will's face under the bright kitchen lights, gaze catching on his cheekbones, on the pretty pink flush against his tanned skin, on his lips- "Right, yeah."
"Right," Will echoes, staring at him like he's grown a second head or something, which at this point would probably be the least weird thing to happen to Mike in his sorry excuse for a life, "To- um. To which part?"
Mike tears his eyes away from Will's lips, feeling a bit dizzy. "What?"
Will looks like he doesn't know whether to hit him again or check him for a head injury. "I asked," he says slowly, still frowning at him, "If you wanted to do this to make your guy jealous, and if you were using the Daniel thing as an excuse, because I don't even like him, really, and- uh."
"Oh," Mike says, clearing his throat quickly and bobbing his head, "Um- yeah, something like that."
In terms of plans, this might not be the worst one Mike's ever had. In terms of execution, well- there might be room for improvement.
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21 Feb 2026
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It's their senior year and Mike Wheeler has it all figured out. He finally has a car and he's going to drive all his friends around and it's going to be so great! Except everyone is busy with school and their own lives and Will doesn't want Mike to pick him up. Except if it's raining. Confused? So is Mike, trust me.
Mike is also confused because suddenly he can't hug or look at Will without getting a bit flustered. It doesn't help that Will's washing machine stopped working and he has to wear his old clothes that don't quite fit or that biking to and from school and work has done amazing things for Will's legs. Mike HAS noticed this. Jane HAS noticed Mike noticing this. Will has NOT noticed Mike noticing this.
What Will has done is make a new friend, discover that his new friend is a lesbian and then tell her about his unrequited crush on a straight boy. Robin takes it upon herself to convince Will that this is a bad idea.
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19 Feb 2026
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Will is at peace with being a beta. It isn't what he wants necessarily, but it makes life easier. Like accepting that his friendship with Mike will never amount to anything more. It works. Until an incident forces him to reevaluate everything he thought he understood about himself and what he desires.
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18 Feb 2026
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I want to breathe in the open wind (I want to kiss like lovers do) by Nehm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2026
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The day that Mike Wheeler presented as a prime alpha was also the day that everything changed for him and Will.
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Will and Mike make a promise to each other to never abandon each other no matter who they present as and what happens. But when Mike presents as an alpha, he apparently does everything in his power to go against that promise.
Everyone says it's for Will's protection. Mostly Mike.
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18 Feb 2026
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Tell me that I'm all you want by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jan 2026
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He was happy for Will. He was. He wanted Will to have someone. Someone who made him smile like that, even if it hurt to look at. Even if it made something ugly and sharp crawl around inside Mike’s chest.
Because this wasn’t about Mike.
This was about Will finally being honest. Being able to be himself.
And Mike was going to be okay with it.
He had to be.
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After Will comes out, Mike is completely, totally, absolutely fine about it.
Except for the part where he’s weirdly upset about Will having a crush on Lucas.
And the part where he can’t stop thinking about Will.
And the part where everything finally clicks.
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16 Feb 2026
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Robin leaned closer, voice gentle. “All I’m saying is, it’s okay to like him. And it’s also extremely, painfully obvious.”
Will froze. “…to who?”
Robin’s grin stretched slow and wicked. “Only to me. Because I understand. He doesn’t know, don’t worry. Because that boy? Dense. Like, heroically dense. Historically dense. Scientists are going to study him.”
Will huffed, cheeks burning. Will’s eyes darted involuntarily to the centre of the room. Max and El were squished together on an armchair. Mike was sprawled on the carpet with Dustin and Lucas, waving his arms around dramatically as he argued about which Star Wars film was objectively the best. His hair was a mess. His cheeks were flushed. He was smiling.
And Will felt that stupid expanding warmth in his chest that he couldn’t get rid of no matter how hard he tried.
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Post-Vecna, Will and Robin continue to bond. Robin knows Will likes Mike. Mike thinks Will likes Robin.
One jealousy spiral, several misunderstandings, and a lot of pining later… they finally kiss.
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16 Feb 2026
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gay panic in the mcdonald's bathroom (bonus scene) by hopelessromanfic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Feb 2023
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bonus scene from chapter 5 of landslide.
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- Part 2 of landslide
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16 Feb 2026
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Will wakes up to find Mike Wheeler sleeping on his floor, only four years younger. Now it’s up to the Party to get him back to his own timeline.
Title from the song Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
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- Part 1 of landslide
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16 Feb 2026
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“Is it too much?” Will asks. “I don’t want to look overdressed.”
Mike wants to tell him not to go, and that Chance isn’t worth this kind of time and effort, anyways. He wants to say that this is a little much for a friendly breakfast.
Instead, Mike just says, “Hold on.”
Mike goes over to his closet, pushes the curtain open, and grabs his light blue and gray canvas jacket. He then goes over to Will and stands behind him and says, “Arms.”
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It's spring break of their junior year of college, and Mike is actually pretty happy. Will is the perfect roommate, their five loftmates aren't so bad, and the rest of the party is coming to visit over the break.
But then Will bumps into an old classmate who's suddenly interested in him, and Mike is forced to examine why this bothers him so much.
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16 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler was straight.
But, straight boys didn’t do this. Straight boys didn’t shove him against the wall the second the door clicked shut, kiss him hard enough to bruise, grind against him until he was gasping. Except apparently they did.
Or at least, Mike did.
Because Mike liked to fuck men. Mike liked to fuck guys asses. Mike liked to have some very faggy sex…yet he was straight.
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Mike and Will have a "friends with benefits" thing going on. The catch is Mike is straight, and Will is definitely not...
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15 Feb 2026
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“We have a plan.” Robin says casually.
Will straightens from the cabinet like it just shocked him. “A what?”
“A plan,” she repeats, too casually, like they’re talking about redecorating or what to make for dinner, “A get-Will-laid-by-Mike-plan.”
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Mike Wheeler has a habit of walking around Will's and his shared dorm room in nothing but a towel. A small one. Too small. And it's driving Will absolutely crazy. So when Mike and Will go over to Robin and Vickie's place one night to watch a movie. They tell Will their plan. Have Will seduce Mike, and then have him get laid by Mike.
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15 Feb 2026