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Childhood best friends to college roommates, Mike and Will have been inseparable for as long as they could remember.
When Will’s attempt to move on from his unrequited crush turns into a first date wrong, Mike would be there to pick up the pieces.
In the silence, in the dark, in the space that's existed between them: it’s always been there. They just couldn't name it, not yet.
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"He refused to remember anything, to remember a world after Will. He didn't want there to be a world after Will.
Apparently, his subconscious decided that the best way to avoid that was to surround himself with Will.
He assumed that's why he was now in his basement."Or: Will "dies" and Mike has the biggest crashout the world has ever seen.
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sleep paralysis, sworn i could've felt you there by leolikethestar
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Feb 2026
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Will groaned. “This is gonna sound so embarrassing.” He looked up to Mike, who only shook his head in a smooth, subtle motion. “I get… nightmares… night terrors, whatever people call them now. I… I don’t want to disrupt you.”
"You won’t,” Mike stated as if it were a fact.
“Mike-”
“You won't."
OR:
5 times that Will has nightmares that leave him sobbing in Mike's arms, and the first time Will comforts Mike in return.
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24 Feb 2026
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Their shoulders brushed again, slow and equally savored. The kind of movement you couldn't pretend was an accident.
So Will brushed back, just barely. Testing. Flirting. Mike inhaled softly, the faintest noise escaping him. And then he spoke like he was physically unable to stay silent any longer.
“Will? If… if that boy you like…” he was standing so close that Will could feel the warmth of him against the cold air. “…If you ever wanted to tell him…”
Will felt his breath stop.
“…I think he’d want to know.”
OR: Yet another buzzy post vol 1 fic where Will grows more confident, Mike short-circuits over it, and they save the world together !!
**Can be read as a vol 2/3 fix-it fic post-finale
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20 Feb 2026
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It’s the beginning of the end.
The sky is falling, Vecna is waiting, and the fate of the world rests squarely on the party’s shoulders. They’ll have to give everything - blood, bone, and soul - to kill him. And yet, despite the world careening towards its ultimate decimation, Mike can't tear his eyes away from Will.
Or, an angsty byler endgame rewrite of the finale wherein Will actually uses his cool little powers, nearly dies in the process, and brings Mike's feelings to the surface.
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19 Feb 2026
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an inch is a mile (when you're bleeding out) by SpadeWorks
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Feb 2026
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Will cocks an eyebrow. He had assumed that would be clear, but maybe this is the blood loss talking. "I'm going to go grab the first aid kit." He draws out slowly, pushing off the ground. "Stay right here, don't—"
"No!" Mike's voice is sharp, pitched up in panic, piercing the quiet. His hand quickly closes the distance to clasp at Will's wrist. The grip isn't particularly strong, but Will finds himself rooted in place regardless — something about the sheer desperation spilling through Mike's tone, about the warmth blossoming from the touch.
The action seems to wind Mike, breath coming out in short, shuddering pants. His eyes are blown wide, brow crinkled. There's still so much blood. "W-wait, don't go, just wait a minute…" he stammers, voice meeker than Will has heard in a long, long time.
Mike is bleeding out, and he won't let Will walk the ten feet to grab the first aid kit.
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16 Feb 2026
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It's 1995, and it's snowing in Hawkins. Will has not been home in five years. He hasn't laid eyes on Mike Wheeler in five years. A phone call that he can't ignore, a long drive, and he's there, in front of Mike's house, like nothing has changed. And maybe, nothing has.
(Everyone was far too happy in that epilogue for my liking... you will mourn el properly and you WILL have trauma and you WILL ALL be miserable. This will be really depressing but I fear I have no choice in the matter. Byler I will avenge you.)
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14 Feb 2026