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Will and Mike have been living together for the past few months, but haven't really spoken properly. After a night together, everything starts to change, and both boys must deal with their feelings for the other. A girl leaves Mike feeling extremely jealous, and Mike is a confusing mess with everything going on. So, they start to hangout again, laugh, have fun, admit their secrets and flirt subtly (it's obvious). Will and Mike must learn to accept themselves, and to love who they want to love.
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A rewrite of the Volume 3 void scene between El and Mike, about how Mike loves Will and how he needs to let El go. This shows Mike and Will's friendship, his grief, and eventual acceptance. I'm so mad about Byler's ending, and this is how that scene should have gone in my head if it had to happen.
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Mike grabs Will’s hands and tangles them with his own, blinking up at him through his long, dark lashes. His eyes are endless. Solid black, like the night above them. So shiny that Will can see himself, tipsy and happy, in the reflection. “I want to be stuck with you,” Mike whispers, like it’s a secret. “I don’t ever want to leave.”
Will sucks in a sharp breath, squeezing his hands. “Then don’t,” he whispers back, punched-out and honest. “Stay.”
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Senior year in Hawkins. Will and Mike figure some things out.
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26 Feb 2026
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After spending Christmas break back in Hawkins, Mike Wheeler comes back to university and attempts suicide. The story follows his recovery, and the recovery of those he loves after they realize they can't keep avoiding their shared past trauma. They have to find a way to live with it
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“Jonathan, it’s Mike,” Will says firmly. “Tell me what Nancy said.”“Okay, I just—I don’t really know how to tell you this.”
“Tell me what?”
Jonathan glances away from the road briefly to look at him. “They think he did it on purpose.”
His body knows before his mind does. The world turns on its axis. He feels like he’s going to be sick. He blinks rapidly, reaching out to grab the dashboard with one hand as he’s overcome with suffocating vertigo.
“Did what on purpose?”
“Jumped,” Jonathan says, careful and quiet. “The doctors think he jumped.”
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25 Feb 2026
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And We Kissed As Though Nothing Could Fall by Rogue_Mercury
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Dec 2025
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Mike had always believed that the moment he’d die, no matter how brutal, he’d feel calm. At peace. A moment of acceptance that this was as far as his story would go. A quiet thing, just for himself, where he’d remember his most precious memories. His most memorable campaigns, sneaking into the movies and sharing popcorn… a blue-and-yellow swingset. He’d seen it in movies, he’d read about it in comics.
Only now that he’d reached this moment, there were so many feelings overflowing, bursting through him like a punch to the gut. It left him completely paralyzed. Horrible fear, grief, pain, and the most intense regret he’d ever felt in his life.
OR: The continuation of the Season 5 Volume 1 Mid-Series Finale starring: Mike's POV, Mike being jealous of Robin, Will dealing with his powers and his newfound confidence, Mike overwhelmed (in the best way) by said newfound confidence, flirty but shy Byler, and just generally ALL the Byler scenes I wanted to see happen in Vol 2 and 3 (we were robbed).
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23 Feb 2026
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“It was El who broke up with you, though. It’s not like it’s your fault she fell out of love,” Will offered. “That was what she said right?”
For a second their eyes met, but Mike quickly glanced away. He’d been doing that more often recently. Will could understand. Holding eye contact lately… ever since they were spending nights lying awake next to each other, sometimes talking, but mostly pretending to sleep… Let’s say it felt harder than usual to hold Mike’s gaze for him as well.
“… Yes,” Mike answered. “Right. She said that,” he added as if to remind himself.
A loud snort from the main hall pierced through their conversation. “Oh, please.” Murray mocked from the couch. Will and Mike both turned their heads to stare at him with pinched expressions.
“What?” Murray exclaimed. “Falling out of love is not the reason El broke up with you.”OR: Mike and Will get Murray’d and deal with the consequences.
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01 Feb 2026
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Honestly, everyone read this right now. Everything about it was perfect, them being Murray'd, the entire plot and so much cuteness that I was dying the entire time. PLEASE READ I LOVE THIS FIC SO DAMN MUCH
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“No. No, Mike, can you hear me?” He nods, ever so slightly. It’s enough for Will. If he’s dying— if these are truly the last words that will ever be spoken between them— there’s only one thing he can say. “I love you. I’m in love with you, Mike, please. You can’t go. I love you so much,” Will whispers, cradling his body to his chest.
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Will confesses his feelings as Mike takes his last breaths— and then Mike decides to be a stubborn asshole about it and survives. Will is left to deal with the aftermath of his choice, navigating an awkward new friendship.
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