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the guns shot above our heads (and we kissed, as though nothing could fall) by itmatters
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Dec 2025
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– Do you hate me? – Mike asks, his voice wavering, breaking at the very end.
The smile drops from his face, his whole body freezes.
– No, why- why would you say that?
– You wouldn't look at me, you never said anything after – Mike takes a deep breath in, struggling with saying it out loud – after I kissed you.***
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Mike has been in love with his best friend for almost ten years.
Summer of ‘87 might just be the perfect time to do something about it.***
where Mike Wheeler is a jealous yearner who just needs a little push.
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weep upon the spot (for the starving of me) by cameliae
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Feb 2026
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“M–My liege,” the man grits through his teeth, pain clearly written in his expression, but looking in peace at the same time. He stares up at Will with a devotion Will is unfamiliar, as if he's looking right at the sun after years living in the dark. Like a week living in the upside down, staring up at his mother and Jonathan and Mike like he could finally breathe again. “You m–must have come for me– at last. I am so grateful. I awaited for so– so long.”
His bloody hand softens around his wrist just to raise up enough to give Will a caress on his cheek, delicate, like he would do to a flower. Will barely feels the touch, but it sends a shiver down his spine all the same, and his eyes wells. Behind him, a chorus of gasps.
After that, the man with Mike's face loses consciousness, hand falling down on Will's lap.One night, Will Byers looks at the sky and wishes to be loved back.
From another universe, a Paladin answers his call.Bookmarked by itmatters
14 Feb 2026
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i am caught, right inside your line of fire by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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“Why are you touching him? You don’t own him.”
Will dropped his head into his hands. “Mike, oh my god—”
Paladin Mike’s jaw tightened. “I do not own him,” he said immediately. “He is—” He stopped, swallowing. His eyes went back to Will softening, and that softness made Mike hate him even more. He could recognize the look, and saw it mirrored in his own eyes countless times.
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“He is the Light. By your oath, I am bound to him. My liege.” He bowed his head slightly toward Will, his mouth wrapped around the word like it was a prayer. “My cleric.” He said after, softer.
“Oh my god.” Will flushed, impossibly. “That is crazy. He is actually crazy."
Max, who had been standing with her arms crossed behind them, muttered, “Jesus Christ,” under her breath.
Mike Wheeler is going to explode, because there is an alternate, armoured version of him, following Will Byers around like he belonged to him.
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02 Feb 2026
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"I just need you to know," Will says quietly, and he makes himself hold Mike's gaze, "that if something happens - if I hurt you, or anyone else - it's not because I wanted to. I would never want to hurt you, Mike. Never."
The words hang between them, loaded with more meaning than Will intended.
There's a pause where all Will can hear is their breathing echoing against the storage closet's walls. The hum is more distant now, buzzing in the back of Will's mind, but the uneven inhales coming from in front of him sound louder. The breath tickling his nose (because they really are that close) feels realer.
Mike's eyes are still darting across Will's face, and Will can feel him inhale sharply. "Will, why are you so convinced you're going to hurt someone? What did Vecna show you?"
Everything, Will thinks. He showed me everything. Showed me killing you over and over until I couldn't see anything else.
Somewhere between slaying interdimensional eldritch horrors, exploding an entire dimension, and risking their lives countless times, Mike and Will find each other.
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23 Jan 2026
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“I want you to tell him why you're so upset," Vecna says, and Will swears he sees the curl of a smile in the webbed scars of his face. “I want to watch you lose him.”
(Or, Will is forced by Vecna to confess his feelings to Mike, with a slow burn aftermath. Alternate Season 5.)
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18 Jan 2026
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Will tried to swallow down the last of his fear, but his throat felt like sandpaper.
“Take me.”
Those milky eyes fixed on him, and a warped brow lifted, as if asking him to repeat himself.
Even though the cold seeped into him, like he was drifting backwards into a freezer, Will didn’t take the way out.
“Take me,” he repeated, his voice still shaky, but he held Vecna’s gaze. “Take me instead of Holly. I’ll come to you. I won’t fight. Just finish it already.”
Vecna was silent for a long, agonizing moment, but then, a smile curled across his twisted face.
“Deal.”---
Will offers himself to Vecna in exchange for Holly’s safety.
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15 Jan 2026