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Vecna was dead. Hawkins had shuffled back into an uneasy quiet. El was gone. Mike had graduated alongside his best friends. Everyone was making the best of the wreckage, trying to begin their lives now that they were out from under the ever-present darkness that had haunted them for the last 7 years.
Nothing was… abnormal. In the sense that Vecna really was gone. The Upside Down vanquished for good.
The now-jagged piece of nail caught on Mike’s tongue and he scowled in the dark of his room. The alarm clock on his bedside table was tilted away from him so he couldn’t decipher the time. The red digital light glared off the wall. His pulse was still too fast. He felt sick. And alone.
In his vision, he’d been little. Small hands fumbling with an orangey yellow crayon. Everything was so visceral. He could smell the warm dust from the air vents of the living room he was settled in. The carpet was a little itchy under his soft, short legs. The room was familiar but distantly so. It was the Byers’ living room, but the furniture was different.
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Vecna's parting gift to Mike: an indissolvable tie to Will’s despair.
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The demogorgon does not die quietly.
After the attack on the Hawkins Military Base, Will Byers is left with power he doesn't understand and a connection that was never truly severed.
As the Upside Down presses closer to the surface, Will realizes that when he fought back, something on the other side noticed.
And it wants him.
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“So walk me through the plan again?”
Max huffed, lifting herself up to sit on the kitchen counter next to where Will was brewing a pot of coffee. “Seriously? We’ve been through this about a dozen times already.”
“I know, I know! It’s just—I don’t know, I’m feeling a little nervous about it.” Will anxiously tapped his fingers on the countertop, staring at the slow drip of the coffee. “I don’t love the idea of lying to Mike–what if he completely freaks out?”
“Isn’t that kind of the point?”
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Max & Lucas devise a plan to make Mike jealous by pretending to be in a polyamorous throuple with Will when Mike comes to visit over Spring Break.
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08 Feb 2026
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Please Please Please (let me let me let me) by Phoenan
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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Set Post-Volume 1.
Mike and Will are taken by the military who take a special interest in Wills powers. While Will is subject to experimentation, Mike does everything he can to keep Will safe.
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"Will!" Mike crashes to the ground next to him. Gets a good look at him.
Wills eyes are dazed slightly. They latch on to Mike anyways and he seems to sag with relief. The blood from Wills nose falls onto his lip. Into his mouth.
"That was- that was amazing!" Mike brings his sleeve up and wipes the blood away. He opens his arms and lets Will collapse against him, head resting on Mikes chest and Mike doesn't even think twice about how intimate it should feel.
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07 Feb 2026
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(Crazy for You But) Not That Crazy by Phoenan (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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Set Post-Volume 1.
Mike and Will are taken by the military who take a special interest in Wills powers. While Will is subject to experimentation, Mike does everything he can to keep Will safe.
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Orphaned and discontinued.
Original work is titled Please Please Please (Let me Let me Let me) and is I Mikes POV
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“Alright,” Max murmured. “I’m starting. Harrington. Discuss.”
Will made a happy, breathy sound. “Oh my God,” he whispered. “Steve is so….”
“So what?” Max pressed, already laughing. “Come on, out with it!”
Will sighed. “So, so dreamy.”
Lucas’s shoulder bumped Mike’s.
Max snorted, pleased. “Thank you!”
Will kept going, words spilling out now that he’d started. “It’s the hair and that stupid jacket.” He laughed, then dropped his voice. “Also, he’s got huge hands.”
Mike scowled.
Lucas’ shoulders shook beside him, silent laughter vibrating the floor. He leaned in and whispered, “Huge hands, huh.”
Mike hissed, “Shut up.”
Max, meanwhile, sounded delighted. “He totally does. Also, I saw him a few years ago with his shirt off and, oh my God!”
Mike side-eyed Lucas. From the face he was making, it looked like he didn’t think the situation was so funny anymore. Hmph.
After Stacey’s party, the gang ends up at the Wheeler house for an unplanned sleepover. Mike and Lucas eavesdrop on Max and Will’s “girl talk” and stumble into a confession Mike was never meant to hear.
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“You already lost them…Max is free, and so is Holly.” Will says with an odd amount of confidence in his voice that he doesn’t truly feel in his chest.
“They are not the only vessel I can use…dear William…” Vecna murmurs, stepping into his space.
He flinches slightly as his heart hammers in his chest. He tries to remain confident, but he knows Venca can see the fear within his gaze by the way he cocks his head, studying him.
“Tell me, William…why are you fighting so hard for people who would never fight for you if they knew?” He says slowly, deliberately.
Will’s eyes widen. “K-knew what?” He asks nervously. He can't possibly know, can he? He can't know!
“Knew who you really are…what…or who you really want.”
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Will is shown his worst nightmare, what would happen if his loved ones found out his secret. Henry offers him a second option...all he has to do is surrender to him.This fic was inspired by art posted by @spooke_art on TikTok! I recommend you check it out!
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To save his life, William the Wise sends Michael the Brave through time and space, landing him in the terrifying environment of the Midwestern United States. Michael, with the help of The Party, must find a way to defeat the Vecna of this world, and return to his own universe.
To Mike's dismay, this alternate version of himself is getting way too close to his Will.
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The Hour of Lead by evsthewise
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)
15 Feb 2026
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“Is it always like this?”
Will avoided his gaze. “Like what?”
“The fighting, the dramatic performances, the abrupt anticlimactic conclusion that kick you in the balls. You know. All that stuff.”
Will finally looked at him. “You just arrived at a bad time.”
It's summer in Hawkins, and Richie wouldn't mind getting to kiss a certain boy—maybe even more—if it weren't for the minor inconvenience of a massive earthquake tearing the town open like a giant gate to hell.
It’s a bit of a turn-off. But he’s nothing if not optimistic.
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How Richie reunited with the boy who would soon become everything to him.
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in another life, you still would've turned my head by tearsofsaudade
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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Michael stepped closer to Will, until he was nearly pressed against his side. He looked at him, head tilted down to meet his gaze. His boots made him taller, making the height difference he and Mike shared even more pronounced. Will shivered when he felt a hand press against his lower back.
“My choices are yours, my prince. If you would like me to distance myself, I will do so without hesitation. Would you like that?”
Will stared, mouth agape. Michael’s eyes were boring into his soul. Mike had never looked at him like that, and it was doing things to him. Slowly, he shook his head.
Michael smirked, looking pleased.
“Hey,” Mike snapped. “I said back off, okay?”When an alternate version of Mike, a strong, confident knight, appears in Hawkins, the Party attempts to help him get home, and Will attempts to survive his flirting.
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- Part 1 of we would've been timeless
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03 Feb 2026
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It's been 25 months since the Upside Down was destroyed.
Both Will Byers and Mike Wheeler are trying to move on with their lives. But, as it turns out, the Upside Down isn't done with them.
And perhaps more importantly, Will and Mike aren't quite as done with each other as they thought.
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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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In the smoldering ruins of the MAC-Z, Will Byers unlocks a dark, latent power during a desperate bid to save his friends from certain death. In doing so, a door is opened that can never be shut.
Corruption creeps in with every use, twisting his mind and body, turning him into the perfect host for a monster that had claimed him as a child. Terrified he’s unraveling from the inside out, Will fights to hold on—even as the line between boy and monster begins to blur.
But there is one person who can see him, the real him. There is one person who still knows exactly who he is, and that person refuses to let him go.
Or: a story about power, possession, and devotion. A story where victory comes at a terrible cost, and a story where even in victory, the shadows in Hawkins hide something far, far worse.
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He shouldn't be alive.
That's what Owens said. That burn from the poker should have killed him. But all it did was leave a scar. A bitter thing to tell the world how he was broken. That when he had been taken, that something had changed him. Owens saw it on his scans he wouldn't let him see.
It didn't matter now. It wouldn't change anything. His powers were getting stronger... and they had noticed.
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It’s been 18 months since Hawkins split. It’s been getting cold out. November 6th is coming. The Party has been preparing for the battle for a long time. Michael Wheeler can tell something is very, very wrong with the one person that the Upside Down continues to haunt.
William Byers is the key.
Hawkins isn’t prepared for what he will be forced to unlock.
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Oh William, I knew you’d return.
Will is in a dark space. He’s not sure what direction the voice is coming from, but Will can tell the voice is getting louder.
You could never escape me.
Will instinctively covers his ears. Despite the taunts, Will wishes he could run.
You can never escape what you are.
Will feels a sharp tug in his forehead, and then his sight turns red.
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By the time Will realized something was missing, it was already too late.
The change came quietly—the Party drifting, the laughter fading, the spaces growing wider. Yet to Will, the past still felt close. Like yesterday. Like it could all be fixed if he just reached out.
So Will stayed. Holding on. Hoping. Believing.
Until someone stepped into the space he didn’t even know was empty.
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Miles stays over at the Wheeler's house. He occupies Mike's guestroom and Will's thoughts.
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the soft decay of being yours. by deathpoets
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Turning (2020)
24 Jan 2026
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When the Byers move to the outskirts of a town shrouded in mist, Will thinks he's finally safe from the monsters. He is wrong.
It starts with a prickle on the back of his neck. Then, sketches. Then, the shadow that follows him. Will finds himself trapped between a past that won't let go and someone who promises to understand his darkness... By becoming the very thing that consumes him.
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26 Jan 2026
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Will struggles to breathe; the angry stares of his friends and family burn into him. Will feels like he's burning alive. He always liked it cold. Will’s legs give out, and he falls to his knees at El’s feet.
There are so many bodies, so much blood all around him. And it’s all Will's fault. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” Will sobs desperately.
El shakes her head. “Not good enough. They are still dead. And you are not.”
Will’s eyes flick around the group hovering around him. To his Mom, with her lips snarled up in contempt, to his brother, unmoved, not even bothering to look him in the eye, and to Mike, who looks at him with nothing but disgust in his eyes. At the back of the crowd, Will spots someone, someone who doesn’t look familiar. A face shrouded in darkness by a rimmed hat. Then El thrusts out her hand towards Will, and she screams.
Will wakes up screaming, too.
Seven months after Hawkins split in four, Will's nightmares are getting worse. More intense, and more real. Will's just trying to do what he does best—hide it. He's tired of feeling like a burden. He should be able to handle this himself. They're just ordinary bad dreams. Aren't they?
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Will cupped Mike's jaw and bridged the distance between them, gently rubbing his face against Mike's forehead, careful to avoid the wound. His heart beat painfully with the action, at once feeling undeserving but also like this was his only chance.
I love you, he didn't say.
Will Byers has always been good at hiding. His trauma. His fears. His heart.
But when Vecna uses him to hurt Mike, he realizes the truth: he's not a weapon. He's a liability. So he'll finish this alone — even if it kills him.
Mike Wheeler has always been bad at saying what he means. But with Will missing and something inside him fracturing in a way he can't name, he's running out of time to figure it out.
Psychological horror. Mutual pining. A love confession earned in blood and broken bones.Or: Will runs to the Upside Down alone. Mike follows.