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1. Public Bookmark 2

   make a new excuse, another stupid reason by Periphery (SeeTheVision)

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Post-Canon
   • Childhood Friends
   • Friends to Lovers
   • im not even in this fandom but i understand mike wheeler better than the writers of the show
   • this was written out of rage and spite
   • Trauma
   • set in 1996
   • Character Study
   • Grief
   • Canon Compliant
   • Epilogue

   Summary

   At age 25, Mike Wheeler might finally be ready to grow up.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,288

   Chapters:

   1/2

   Kudos:

   7

   Bookmarks:

   2

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   94

   Bookmarked by ibarabf

   11 Jan 2026

2. Public Bookmark *

   Sounds pretty gay by SkuldTheNorn

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   18 Jul 2022

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • teenage angst
   • baby gays
   • Coming Out
   • Bisexual Chaos
   • Pre-Relationship
   • LGBTQ Ally Dustin Henderson
   • Bisexuality Is A Thing That Exists
   • First Kiss
   • Making Out
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler

   Summary

   “Mike, buddy, I hate to break it to you, but that sounds gay,” Dustin says. “Like, no offence. But a guy just doesn’t think that other guys are nice to look at.”

   It turns out that Mike Wheeler has spent his whole life thinking that everyone under the sun thinks that boys are pretty. Will doesn't really know what to do with that - and Mike doesn't really know what to do with himself when he finds out that it's not true. Emotional turmoil ensues.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Unrelated Stranger Things Shorts

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,699

   Chapters:

   2/2

   Collections:

   3

   Comments:

   114

   Kudos:

   4,187

   Bookmarks:

   645

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   Bookmarked by ibarabf

   02 Nov 2025