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It starts with a Hellfire shirt. Mike doesn't know if it's cursed or blessed because wearing it always makes Will act strangely. Then, it's spiraling into a hope Mike didn't know he could have. Will has never been closer, but Mike still isn't sure he can have what he wants. Or can he?
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“You’ll let me do your hair?”
Mike knows this is a bad idea. Knows he’ll be red the whole time and stutter and give himself away, but this is Will. Will with his hands in his hair, so close Mike can stare all he wants. Fantasize about what a kiss might be like. Hidden away in the safety of what should’ve been their bedroom. Maybe he can use today to convince Will it can be.
“Only if you make me look good.”
Will stands with a sweet smile. “Easiest job in the world then.” And then he disappears into the hallway before Mike can even start to stumble in front of him.
What?
What does that mean?
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28 Feb 2026
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Will pressed his face to the glass, wishing that he were closer. The man’s cheeks were pale, having thick eyebrows and lips. His nose was long, though it didn’t disrupt the harmony of the man’s features. His eyes were the most captivating part of his face: wide and brown, reflecting the moonlight.
In other words, he was beautiful.
Will found himself blushing, feeling foolish for swooning over the knight, who clearly was just doing his job. He couldn’t help but itch for his parchment and ink, to see the man up close, take in those eyes when they weren’t forced to remain a disciplined neutral.
AKA: Fantasy/DND inspired byler AU!
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23 Feb 2026
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“Shut the fuck up.”, Will whispers because he can’t, he just can’t deal with Mike’s confusing ass right now. The soft light is illuminating Mike’s features, jaw carved out so perfectly, cheekbones high, eyes so dark Will feels like they’re swallowing him. “You are, too.”, he adds.
“Prettier than your lame boyfriend?”, Mike ask, voice somehow careful and urgent at the same time.
“Mike…” Will shivers a little, not sure what to do with himself. It’s ridiculous for Mike to actually believe Will has a boyfriend; if that were the case, he would’ve never stepped a foot into this bed. But somehow, Mike’s need to come out on top compared to the guy he is supposedly dating makes Will break out in goosebumps all over.
“That’s not a no.”, Mike remarks.
“That’s not a no.”, Will whispers, scared to move at all and break the moment.
A soft grin plays at the corner of Mike’s mouth, “Oh, yeah?”
“Yeah.”, Will nods, “But you knew that already.”
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College AU where Will pretends to date a guy named Carlton to set a boundary with Mike and stop him from flirting when he keeps insisting they're just 'best friends'. It backfires and Mike sends him more mixed signals than ever.- Language:
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23 Feb 2026
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Now, Mike had almost three extra years' worth of memories, including the revelation and inevitable acceptance of his feelings for his best friend and the subsequent aftermath of said best friend’s heroic sacrifice.
“No, no, no, NO! I just got you back! Please, please, Will, please–I can’t lose you, not again! WILL–”
He remembered the two girls placing their hands on his shoulders, Kali’s sympathetic grip and El’s agonized clench as they gazed down at their adopted brother.
Now, here he was, the summer it all started going too wrong to right.
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After Will sacrifices himself to defeat Vecna, Mike is sent back in time to the beginning of season 3 to prevent any more tragedy
Now, he'll do whatever it takes
For Will.
(thank you all for following along!)
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- Part 10 of stranger things
- Part 1 of All the time in the world
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22 Feb 2026
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spit swear by poorlittlegreenie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)
15 Feb 2026
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Will bites his lip and nods, looking down at his shoes again so Richie won't see how hard he's holding back a giddy smile.
Everybody in the party knows everything about him. Maybe it wouldn't be the worst thing to keep a secret from Mike for a little while.
It's kind of exciting. Sneaking in a boy Mike hates.
Will shakes his head, trying to clear Mike from it for the night. Only when he looks back up at Richie, Richie has this conspiratorial smile on his face, like maybe Will isn't the only one eager to piss off Mike Wheeler.
OR: the concept of Richie Tozier being Will Byers' dirty little secret and Mike Wheeler being so jealous he can't breathe. Byler endgame.
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16 Feb 2026
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It rolls, it rolls, it rolls, Will is clenching his hands into fists so tight his knuckles are white, bracing himself, preparing himself.
He’s so focused on steadying his breathing, on wrapping his heart in a guard of barbed wire before the blow lands, that he doesn’t quite see the number on the dice.
Mike lets out a shaky breath next to him. “It’s a seven.”
Will runs through the list in his head. Three times, before it clicks. He thinks he might throw up.
“C’mon, Wheeler. Don’t keep us waiting,” Max teases, and Will finally catches the satisfied gleam in her eyes.
A 20. He gets twenty minutes locked in a linen closet with Mike.
Two years ago, he would have been jumping for joy.
But Mike won’t even look at him.
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08 Feb 2026
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Of course Will is here. They take care of each other. It’s what they do.
or: Mike and Will, through the years and in between the lines of friendship and something more.
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07 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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04 Feb 2026
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“Just saying, if you’re taking another hit, you should share it with me,” Mike says, and Will slowly tilts his head, drinking in every word. “It just makes sense. Like, mathematically.”
Will’s reddened eyes narrow, bewildered. “Mathematically?”
“If there’s two hits left, we’d each only get one,” Mike explains. “But if we shotgunned, we’d both get two.” God, this is the best idea he’s had in ages. He should’ve stolen Will’s weed, like, months ago. “That’s like, bang for your buck. This is simple math, Will Byers. Keep up.”
In which it’s well past midnight in New York, Will can’t sleep, and Mike feels like they barely know each other anymore.
So, they get a little high. Mike is very normal about all of it.
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26 Jan 2026
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Hesitation fills the line. “I was wondering if you would mind company.”
Air steadily escapes Mike’s lungs as he stares at the wall’s wood paneling. All he can offer is a weak, “Huh?”
Will’s gentle laugh reaches through to him. “I want to visit you. While I’ve got the time. Is that okay? Is—Is two weeks too long?”
Two weeks is nothing compared to the three years since they’ve seen each other.
Mike snaps back to mind. His grip tightens on both the phone and the mug’s handle. “Yes—yeah, of course that’s okay. Two weeks is perfect. It’s just… nobody else is in town right now. I’m not particularly entertaining on my own.”
“I’m not looking to be entertained, Mike. I want to see you. It’s been too long.”
“Okay…” He swallows. “Okay, yeah. Come on over.”
Mike lives alone in a house he bought in Hawkins, and he’s gotten quite used to his life as a successful hermitic writer. After landing a job, Will decides he wants to spend two weeks with him before his start date. Not only does Mike have to adjust to being around someone 24/7 again, but that someone is Will.
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26 Jan 2026
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“I don’t think that it has to mean that you’re into guys,” Lucas says. His words are accompanied by a casual shrug, and said in the tone of someone who has clearly already given this subject some thought. Will doesn’t know what to do with that information. Jump from a building, maybe. “I mean, we’d all get flustered if Spider-Man carried us in his arms.”
Mike points to him enthusiastically. “Thank you, Lucas.”
Dustin looks between the two of them, his eyes narrowed.
“...Would we?”
“Sure,” Mike concludes. “He’s attractive. That’s not a weird thing to think.”
Will just barely resists the urge to bang his head against the table. He feels Dustin’s eyes glued to his burning face, and sinks even further down his chair.
In which Mike tells Spider-Man that he has a crush on his best friend, and Will jumps to some very wrong conclusions.
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20 Jan 2026
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the time problem (maybe this time we'll get it right) by GodsFavoriteUser
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jan 2026
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They were finally free. The sky had returned to its natural blue, the ground closed up, and the fog of black smoke no longer hung over Hawkins. Mike had to keep reminding himself of that fact. Everything was perfect.
Maybe too perfect.
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Post season 5 fix-it, where everyone was Vecna'ed and the world did "end," and now they have to figure out how to get back home. But the way to get home might suck more than if they were to stay in the messed up, distorted version of Hawkins. At least for Mike.
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19 Jan 2026
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press you to the pages of my heart by paladins (nondisclosure)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jan 2026
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Mike can see the flush on Will’s skin move up his neck and onto his cheeks. His fingers twitch at his sides like they're trying to reach out and grab the sketchbook, but the rest of his body stays frozen. “I – That’s not – You don’t know that that’s you.”
Mike gives him an incredulous look. “I think I would know what my own naked body looks like, Will, and what you’ve drawn in here is definitely it. Except for this. I mean, I guess the one at the top right kind of looks like it, but the rest…No resemblance.”
“Wha –” Will starts to stutter out, but his mouth slams shut when Mike turns the sketchbook around to show Will the page of dicks. “That’s not what it looks like.”
“Yeah, I know, that’s what I’ve been trying to tell you,” Mike says, exasperated.
or, mike finds will's secret sketchbook that's filled with dirty drawings of mike. the only thing he didn't get right is mike's dick.
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18 Jan 2026
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"With a casual flick of his wrist, Will released the pressure. Mike collapsed into the cushions, gasping violently, clutching his chest as oxygen finally flooded back into his system. "Hey... that’s... that’s not fair," Mike wheezed out, his heart racing, not just from the lack of air, but from the terrifyingly beautiful sight of Will standing over him.
Will smirked. He sat down and rested a hand firmly on Mike’s knee. The heat of his palm seared through Mike’s jeans. "Life isn’t fair, Mike," Will laughed softly, then turned to slide the movie into the player.
As the movie started, Mike’s mind was a chaotic buzz of static. He should have been annoyed, but he couldn't stop staring at the side of Will’s face. He felt a shameful, electric thrill at having been so completely dominated, so helpless under Will’s literal thumb. He wanted to see it again. He needed to see that look of absolute control on Will’s face."
Or, Mike has a thing for when Will uses his powers, especially when Will uses it on him, and Will likes seeing Mike squirm.
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18 Jan 2026
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“I think I need you.. Mike. Inside me.”
Always on the same page, he and Will are.
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Will teases Mike during the Party’s final DnD game.
Mike goes on a mission to make him regret it.
Will regrets nothing.
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14 Jan 2026
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“Good,” Mike responds, dropping his eyes to Will’s lips, “Because I really want to kiss you.”
Time freezes, and Will can only nod.
MIke leans in, “Is that alright?”
“Yes,” Will breathes out, and he can feel his lips brushing against Mike’s as he responds.
And then the club and the crowd falls away as Mike closes the gap completely, moving his lips against Will’s, and biting down on Will’s bottom lip. Mike cups his jaw, rubbing a thumb along his jaw bone as he pulls away.
The way Mike looks at him makes heat roil in his groin and Will tries to move closer to him, but Mike stops him, “Not here.”
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- Part 12 of Byler Fics
- Part 22 of Song Fics
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14 Jan 2026
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roller coasters are just reasons to hold hands by lingeringlooks
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Dec 2025
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Will knows that Mike notices the blush that creeps onto his face, a frequent occurrence today, when his smile widens and his eyes sparkle a little under the sunlight.
Will wants to kiss him.
The ride jolts to a start before he can expand upon that thought, and then they’re climbing uphill with a soft click.
Mike lifts his hands over his head in anticipation and nudges Will’s shoulder with his own, urging him to do the same.
He does, and it’s a little terrifying to not be holding on, but then Mike’s hand finds his up in the air as they drop down the steep slope, and any fear he had been hold inside of him vanishes in mere seconds.
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The Party visits an amusement park. Mike refuses to let go of Will’s hand.
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07 Jan 2026
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“Okay—gun to your head, you’ve got to kiss someone in this room. Who would it be?”
“Dude, what?”
“Seriously! I’m about to shoot, homeboy, this is your last chance!”
Will furrowed his brows. He shrugged.
“Mike,” he said confidently.
There was a beat of silence.
(OR: A canon-compliant rendition of how Mike and Will may have come to confront their feelings and sexualities)
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- Part 1 of Fence Sitter
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28 Dec 2025
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just smile at the sound by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Aug 2023
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“I love you,” Mike mumbles sleepily into his hair, wriggling closer. His arm winds across Will’s stomach, and Will feels the ghost of a kiss being pressed to the junction of his shoulder and neck.
Will blinks his eyes open, warmth flooding the length of his body. He shifts, twisting around to peer up at Mike, squinting. “You- what?” he murmurs, lifting an eyebrow, and Mike jolts up, peeking over his shoulder sheepishly.
“Oh,” he says, blushing as Will nudges his way to roll over onto his back, Mike hovering over him. “Sorry, I thought you were asleep.”
Will stares up at him. “You were gonna say you loved me for the first time while I was asleep?”
Mike lets out an undignified squeak, and drops his head down onto Will’s shoulder. “No.”
A series of 'I love you's, both spoken and unspoken.
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22 Dec 2025
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In the heat of your electric touch by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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“Feels nice…”
Will froze. Absolutely froze.
His hand was buried in Mike Wheeler’s hair. Mike - who was practically draped over him now - looked blissful. Borderline euphoric. His eyes had fluttered half-shut. There was a tiny, content smile on his lips.
Will stared down at him, heart doing somersaults.
“Uh,” Will said intelligently.
Mike made another sound - soft, almost dreamy - and nudged Will’s hand, encouraging, needy without even realising it.
Will’s brain short-circuited.
💕💕💕💕
The first time Will runs his fingers through Mike’s hair, it’s an accident.
The second time… maybe not so much.
Before long, Mike is leaning into every touch, Will is desperately trying not to make it weird, and the Party is very, very done with them.
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07 Dec 2025