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you could be the the one that i love , i could be the one you dream of by DesperateTrencher
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 May 2024
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“You’re going to throw it out right?” Will was caught off guard. Was he?
“Mike, it’s just a phone number not a proposal.”
“Still.” Will couldn’t understand why Mike was reacting this way to a simple phone number. Maybe Mike was fine with Will being gay in theory but not when he acted upon it.
“How long have you had the cup?” Will blushed yet again.
“Since this morning. I didn’t know what to do with it.”
Mike looked even more upset than he was before, his eyes were searching Will’s as if they were begging for an explanation.
“You didn’t know what to do with it?” He whispered, and something in his voice made Will feel ashamed, like he had been caught doing something he shouldn’t have been doing.
or everyone knows about Mike and Will dating except Will
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19 Jan 2026
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New City. New School. Same Old Heartbreak.
Will Byers thought sharing a dorm with Mike Wheeler would be a dream come true. Instead, it’s a front-row seat to Mike’s awkward attempts at moving on from El. But when a messy night ends in a kiss that feels anything but accidental, the rules of their friendship are rewritten overnight.
Will is happy to play the role of the secret lover, the placeholder, if it means keeping Mike in his life. He’s prepared for the breakup. He’s prepared for Mike to find a "real" girlfriend. He’s prepared for everything... except the possibility that Mike isn't pretending at all.
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Will does not realize he and Mike are dating.Series
- Part 1 of The Observer Effect
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18 Jan 2026
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"Carlton," Mike repeated, the word feeling like ash in his mouth.
"Yeah, Carlton," Dustin said, sounding genuinely surprised by Mike's tone. "I figured you’d be the first to know. I mean, you guys talk every night. I only heard it through the grapevine—Max told Lucas, Lucas told me. Even El seemed to know when I called her last. I thought you were probably the one who gave him the pep talk to actually go through with it."
Mike didn’t know. He didn't know anything. He’d talked to Will on Friday. He’d talked to Will today, just before calling Dustin. Will had mentioned the weather, his latest charcoal sketch, and the fact that Max had accidentally bleached one of his favorite sweaters. He had not mentioned a business major named Carlton.
The betrayal tasted like copper. He was the person Will usually told everything to first.
OR Mike Wheeler realizes that playing the "Good Best Friend" is a losing game, Will is tired of waiting for a sign, and the Party proves that they are world-class at covering up a tactical romantic explosion.
Basically: cheating Byler burger with a side of mutual pining fries and enabler friends soda.
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15 Jan 2026
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love you like i mean it when i know i can't by futchgirl
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jan 2026
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“You’re over me?” Will asks. “When were you–” he scratches at the back of his head, looking uncomfortable. Like he doesn’t know how to say what he wants to say. “When were you… under me?”
And Mike knows what he means, of course. That doesn’t stop his thoughts from getting away from him for a moment at Will’s words. At the thought of being under Will Byers–at the thought of Will holding himself up with his hands against Mike’s chest, a halo of light above his head. Mike smiles into his hands and takes a deep breath. A laugh escapes him.
I am so fucked.
or: The party comes home after their first year of college. Will has a boyfriend now, and Mike has some ugly feelings about it.
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08 Jan 2026