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    Heart Unchained by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    11 Feb 2026

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    Mike inhaled sharply, chest rising like he was about to dive underwater.

    Then, barely above a whisper, the words scraped out of him like a buried secret coming to life.

    “I’m… gay.”

    The world didn’t explode.

    The ceiling didn’t collapse.

    Lightning didn’t strike.

    But something inside him shifted. Something felt changed, like a door that had been rusted shut finally opened a crack.

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    After his ten year secret relationship with Will Byers comes to an end, Mike Wheeler begins his own journey of self love.

    (Must read part one of series)

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    17 Feb 2026

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    Chains of the Heart by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    09 Jan 2026

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    “And if you were-” Mike swallowed hard, the words ripping out of him, painful, slurred, and honest in a way he’d never let himself be sober, “I just wish you were a girl.”

    Will froze.

    Mike kept going, unable to stop himself now, like the admission opened the flood gates. “It’d be so much easier if you were a girl. Everything would make sense. No one would question anything. I wouldn’t have to feel like… like I’m wrong.”

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    Mike and Will have kept their relationship tightly locked behind closed doors. But when they decide to start a youtube channel with Lucas and Dustin, fans notice how close the two seem to be. And the spotlight on the relationship Mike isn't ready to be public deepens a crack between them.

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    17 Feb 2026

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    gay panic in the mcdonald's bathroom (bonus scene) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    23 Feb 2023

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    bonus scene from chapter 5 of landslide.

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    07 Feb 2026

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    Landslide by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    24 Dec 2025

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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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    07 Feb 2026

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    i am caught, right inside your line of fire by

    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