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Will attends a baseball game with his friends and struggles with jealousy over the coworker Mike has been talking to a lot lately. But when the Kiss Cam highlights Mike and their coworker, Mike doesn't kiss her. He kisses Will.
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27 Feb 2026
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Max and Lucas can't keep their hands off each other.
They kiss and grope and call each other sickeningly sweet names like "baby" and "sweetie-pie" and "hot-stuff". Mike finds it nauseating.
Mike and Will decide to do something about it.or
Mike and Will fake-makeout in an effort to stop their friends excessive PDA and pretend it doesn't mean anything.
Based off Thesweetestdream’s original concept for ‘talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet’
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26 Feb 2026
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i just wanna be a part of your family by paladinsbrainrot
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Aug 2025
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"For one," Mike sighs, propping onto one elbow to look at Will properly, "Holly definitely has a crush on you."
Will squints, just barely, lips curling up in amusement. It takes Mike an excruciatingly long time to detect what exactly Will thinks of this matter, but what comes out is soft, mellow, and not particularly to Mike’s enjoyment: "That's kind of cute."
“It is not,” Mike hisses, and Will shoots him a grin. “She always talks about you, always giggles whenever you talk to her, and because she's like, incredibly adorable, and you’re so good with kids, I'm going to be trailing behind you guys like an absolute loser because she totally hogs you.”
"Wait," Will blurts, brows drawing close. "Are you jealous?"
Mike Wheeler is many things, but he is never jealous.
Except — maybe this time he is.
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24 Feb 2026
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“Look, maybe… you just need to get that out of the way,” Mike suggests slowly, looking almost self-conscious now. “And I could help. If you want.”
Will feels his cheeks rising in temperature with each passing second.
“So you… you want to kiss me?”
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23 Feb 2026
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"And I understand if you want to move out, or something," Mike continues, his voice getting thick as tears prick at his eyes, "because it's weird for your best friend to be thinking about you like that, and— you know what? I'll just go." He starts to get up, pushing himself up on his hands as shame curls heavy in his stomach. "I'm sorry—"
Without warning, Will's boot comes to hover over his chest. Mike stops in place, his mouth hanging open.
"Stay on the floor." Will's voice is uncertain, wavering with nerves, but his eyes darken like he's never wanted anything more in his life. He presses the tip of his shoe to Mike's chest, and— painfully slowly— pushes him down.
Or; Mike is embarrassingly obsessed with Will's new style. Will helps him through it.
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- Part 1 of between the sheets
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23 Feb 2026
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Mike and Will get summer jobs as lifeguards at the Hawkins Community Pool during college break. Will just wants to forget about his first failed relationship. Mike wants to make it an unforgettable summer.
CPR training gets complicated when you're hot for your "straight" best friend and he keeps wanting to practice his mouth-to-mouth technique.
"Should we… practice again?" Mike said finally. "Now?"
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21 Feb 2026
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Best friends since childhood, Will Byers has carried a quiet, aching love for Mike Wheeler for years. When he visits him in the city of Chicago, he finds Mike radiant, confident, and completely at ease in his own skin. The sight of him, the way he moves, laughs, and glows under the city lights, makes Will’s chest ache with a longing he can no longer ignore.
Amid sparkling lights and the closeness they have always shared, years of unspoken desire finally surface. Every glance, every touch, every whispered laugh feels electric, drawing them impossibly close. For the first time, Will and Mike step beyond the line between friendship and something more, discovering what they have both wanted and needed for far too long.
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21 Feb 2026
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When the Party has plans to go to Starcourt Mall's newest hotspot Skate n' Date for Valentine's Day, Mike is determined to save a few extra bucks with a couple's discount.
Naturally, he turns to the only other person in the Party without a date: Will.
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- Part 2 of Bylentines 2026
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21 Feb 2026
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I wrote this at like 3:00am based on a dream I had. So.
.Mike was touchy, it was just in his nature.
Maybe that's why, when Mike reached out, hands cupping his own, leaning in close, a murmur of “I miss you, Will. I miss us,” all Will did was squeeze back, the way he always had.
It started off the same as always, something unintentional that Will could brush off, accident touches that slowly grew into something friendly, platonic, normal. The occasional nudge of an elbow to his side, a long look and a hand reaching out to grip his shoulder. Simple. Friendly.
But now?
Now Mike couldn't seem to be able to keep his hands off of him.
It was driving Will crazy.
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19 Feb 2026
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Mike and Will have been living together for a few months and for the most part it's been wonderful. However, Mike can't help but notice things about his new roommate, namely how much he likes to have things in his mouth.
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Mike and Will play a game of Twister as friends. Best friends.
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17 Feb 2026
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When Mike starts flashing more signals than Gotham City, the sexual tension is maddening enough to convince Will Byers to enter his villain era. His secret weapons for getting back at Mike: a red-headed partner-in-crime, Tennessee moonshine, and a rousing game of Truth or Dare.
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On a post-graduation camping trip, Will dares Mike to do 30 push-ups, but with an unexpectedly erotic twist – one that could change everything between them.
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16 Feb 2026
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“We are more similar than you realize, Will. Both of us were...sensitive children. We were different. Seen as freaks. But we are special. You are special.”
Will takes a shallow breath, tries to swallow his nerves. He speaks flatly. “And?”
Henry blinks, seemingly surprised by Will’s coldness. “I chose you that day, you know.”
And Will sees himself, small and alone, riding his bike through the darkness. He sees the silhouette of something tall and not-human. He sees himself crashing his bike. Running home. But the creature unlocks the door. It follows him into the shed. It gets him.
“It was you,” Will whispers, a hand coming up to the back of his neck. The monster that took him. The possession. The visions. “It’s always been you.”
(or the one where will’s connection to the upside down is a crucial part of season 4 instead of him getting sidelined, and how it changes everything)
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- Part 1 of darker in the day than the dead of night
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15 Feb 2026
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I never ever felt so cool (disguised in your sheets) by wheezingwheeler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
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A post-canon (with some small tweaks) road trip full of tension, nightmares, gay panic, and a very long drive toward the truth.
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Will just wanted to bring his brother home. He didn’t plan on sharing motel beds, surviving Mike Wheeler’s jealousy spiral, or confronting feelings he’s spent years burying.
Mike thinks Will likes girls.
Will thinks Mike will never love him back.
Both of them are wrong.Or
Water dripped from Will's hair, ran down his jaw, caught on his lips.
Mike stared at it.
Stared like he'd forgotten where he was.
Then, slowly he lifted a towel and pressed it gently to Will's mouth, wiping the water away. His hand didn't even shake. He was steady.
Will's breath stuttered. Tingles tremored all the way up his spine.
He didn't move. He couldn't. He was too aware of Mike's hand, of the way his eyes kept dropping back to his lips.
That look again.
The one Will had seen a dozen times now and never understood.
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14 Feb 2026
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(PODFIC AVAILABLE)
Lucas doesn’t believe in coincidences. That much is a given. Most especially now that Max is still hospitalized, so he has more time to really observe the people around him and willingly take charge in uncovering certain mysteries smaller than the upside down and much closer to him than he thinks. He eventually starts picking up on things he’s always been skeptical of
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Sometime during the 18 months, Lucas is finally choosing to believe he’s in fact NOT crazy and that Mike Wheeler is exactly what Lucas has always thought he was (a homosexual)- Language:
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14 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler and His Inability to Be Normal About Will Byers by r0twaifu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Dec 2025
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Mike Wheeler has a lot of nicknames for his boyfriend. The Party learns this against their will.
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14 Feb 2026
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Mike doesn’t answer. He just smirks.
And then suddenly, Will is falling backward onto the bed. A quick movement, barely any warning. The next thing he knows, he’s sitting on Mike’s lap. His hands immediately grab onto Mike’s shoulders to steady himself.
“What the hell,” he breathes.
“Hi,” Mike says, grinning.
He leans in for a kiss, but Will presses a hand to his face, stopping him.
“We have only forty minutes left, Michael,” Will says, doing his best to keep his voice annoyed.
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14 Feb 2026
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“I mean, obviously I’m gonna do it. I always do it. But I probably need a photo or reference, and my…” Will trails off and sighs, gaze landing on the dusty box sitting on top of his desk. Mike’s eyes naturally follow, looking a little lost. “My camera’s broken. So I guess I’ll be drawing my figurines again—”
“I could help you,” Mike interrupts.
And there it is. This is why Will should stop complaining out loud.
aka mike offers to be will's reference, they talk about mike's self-esteem issues, and more shenanigans with paint ensue
title from True Blue by boygenius
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14 Feb 2026
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“Truth or dare?” Will asks Mike after he just told him something he has never said about his boyfriend out loud before. Which is that he snores like a hibernating bear.
Mike hums before answering, “Dare.”
Perfect.
Will looks up at the ceiling and hums like he’s thinking, like he doesn’t know exactly what he is going to make Mike do right now.
“I dare you to do thirty push-ups,” Mike’s eyebrows shot up. Will isn’t done yet, “And you have to say my name each time.”
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13 Feb 2026
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Vecna is defeated and the party is preparing for final exams. Will has a problem, he can’t seem to relax. He’s tried pretty much everything but he can’t let go. He talks to his friends about it and they all seem to have their own ways of coping. Still nothing is working, he wishes he was like any other teenage boy, wishes his trauma wouldn't get in the way of a very natural biological function. But he just can't seem to get Vecna's visions out of his head. Enter Mike.
Mike gives Will the massage of a lifetime.
(Characters are 18, everyone lived, the Duffer brothers are cowards and Divorce Gate is real)
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12 Feb 2026