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A season five rewrite.
In the ruins of Hawkins, Mike is holding his breath.
Between military cover-ups, fractured friendships, and the lingering presence of the Upside Down, Mike tries to keep everyone safe—especially Will, the one thing he can't afford to lose. But some connections can't be controlled, and some truths won't stay buried forever.
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25 Jul 2026
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First, there is the dark:
Waking, drowning, sideways-slipping.
A creature with three mouths, ten thousand teeth. The inky collapse of a nebula. A demo-dog with no beak.
Mike in the evening. Mike in the afterlife. Mike with sun-swollen cheeks.
Then:
“Disgusting?” Will echoes.
The clock starts to chime. The world seems to shrink.
“You're disgusting,” Mike says, definitive.
“I’ll just–” Will says, but there is no just about it, only floundering fish-feet as he struggles off the couch and to the foot of the stairs, someone behind him promising the juiciest steak you’ll ever eat!
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Compared to Will’s skin, Mike's hand is nearly searing, long-knuckled, sixteen. It fizzles through Will like a lightning strike. In this moment, in the car, Will wants him.
Will always wants him – his dimples, his fine-motor skills, his tongue caught between his teeth.
or, after Vecna captures Will, things go a little differently.
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22 Jul 2026
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Threads of Red, Lines of Blood by Hellshire (holleighgram) for ToTryAgain
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Feb 2026
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After their disastrous reunion at the Mac tensions are high, trust is fragile and dynamics are shifting.
The files from Hawkins Lab are starting to connect with red thread.
But the pieces that are missing may lead to uncomfortable conclusions.
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After find alarming evidence in Wills long lost backpack Mike, Lucas, and Dustin start to realize how strained their friendship has become
Nancy and Steve uncover more about Henry Creel and what happened to the first Subject 011.
Kali is putting a voice to Hoppers doubts that drive Joyce to rash decisions
Robin brings a delicate matter to Jonathan's attention regarding his brother, leading him down devastating path of revelations.
And Will is struggling to control these powers and worries what they might mean for him and the people he loves..-- .... .- - / .. ... / .-. . .--. .-. . ... ... . -.. / .-- .. .-.. .-.. / .- .-.. .-- .- -.-- ... / .-.. . .- -.- / - .... .-. --- ..- --. ....
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- Part 4 of Parental Guidance
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19 Jul 2026
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“Joyce, 99 out of 100 times– a kid goes missing, the kid is with a parent or relative.”
“What about the other time?”
“What?”
“You said, “99 out of 100” What about the other time? The one? The one!”
_______________________"I don't believe in coincidences. Not anymore."
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17 Jul 2026
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Will struggles to breathe; the angry stares of his friends and family burn into him. Will feels like he's burning alive. He always liked it cold. Will’s legs give out, and he falls to his knees at El’s feet.
There are so many bodies, so much blood all around him. And it’s all Will's fault. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry,” Will sobs desperately.
El shakes her head. “Not good enough. They are still dead. And you are not.”
Will’s eyes flick around the group hovering around him. To his Mom, with her lips snarled up in contempt, to his brother, unmoved, not even bothering to look him in the eye, and to Mike, who looks at him with nothing but disgust in his eyes. At the back of the crowd, Will spots someone, someone who doesn’t look familiar. A face shrouded in darkness by a rimmed hat. Then El thrusts out her hand towards Will, and she screams.
Will wakes up screaming, too.
Seven months after Hawkins split in four, Will's nightmares are getting worse. More intense, and more real. Will's just trying to do what he does best—hide it. He's tired of feeling like a burden. He should be able to handle this himself. They're just ordinary bad dreams. Aren't they?
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17 Jul 2026
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you're easy to talk to (when you're wasted) by sally0tay
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler gets a late-night phone call from a slightly (incredibly) intoxicated Will Byers
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17 Jul 2026
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Monday, you can hold your head. Tuesday, Wednesday, stay in bed. by StaysBlossom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Feeling flooded back into his body. His head throbbed mercilessly, skull heavy and aching. The light overhead scorched his eyes, forcing them to squint against the brightness. It didn't help that the world tilted again, spinning just as it had earlier that day, colors bleeding into one another as shapes warped and bent unnaturally.
His tongue felt thick. Uncooperative. His lips numb and sluggish. Blurred shapes crowded into his periphery. Darkness pressed in at the edges of his vision.
And then there was nothing.
OR; Will gets a concussion after hitting his head during The Crawl and Mike looks after him.
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- Part 2 of BYLER
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17 Jul 2026
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Years have passed, and the Party has mostly drifted apart with the onset of adulthood. But after a painful encounter of Will’s, they discover a strange connection which opens their minds to one another and forces them back together. As they try to figure out what this connection really is, and how to sever it, certain things that might never have been shared or known otherwise eventually get dragged into the light.
or;
Mike doesn’t meander on his way back, cutting across corners and over lawns, and the strange pain is less overwhelming with his sneakers pounding against the pavement, the air sharper against his cheeks. He feels a faint lingering nausea that he just knows is Dustin’s, alongside the strange sensation of hands on his back and the sentiment of go unlock the door, Mike’s coming back that feels rough against the back of his throat.
Holy shit you’re out of shape, dude, Lucas’s voice is clearly ringing inside his head, somewhere just past his eardrums, and Dustin’s strangled amusement is clear as Mike manages to convey a sense of shut up without actually thinking the words.
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17 Jul 2026
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The times Mike Wheeler and Will Byers tried hiding their relationship, and the one time they couldn't. by TheYilingPatriarch1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Mar 2026
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There was something on both their minds, as it turned out. So when Will brought up the topic of the party and their family, Mike agreed completely with his fear.
They’re going to keep their relationship a secret so they can work things out themselves, and because they can’t afford for their relationship to get out. Not now, not while they’re only thirteen and living with their parents. No one will know, not until they’re older and can handle the problems that come with having a relationship like theirs.
No one is going to find out.
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Mike and Will start a relationship, its not like their friends are attentive enough to every pick up on it.
Or are they?
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15 Jul 2026
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Sometimes, Will really, really wishes he could catch a fucking break.
As if getting dragged into the Upside Down and making everyone rescue him a second time wasn’t bad enough, this time, somehow, Will also leaves the Upside Down with the ability to read people’s minds.
At least he’s not throwing up slugs this time.or;
Will gets telepathic powers, and can't control them. Through this, he accidentally learns that his best friend is having some less than heterosexual thoughts.
The only problem is he doesn't seem to know he's having them.Series
- Part 1 of supersensory perception
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14 Jul 2026
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The danger signs (will never let the feelings die) by StarCrossed06
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Mar 2026
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"This should have gone away when Henry died.. That’s how his powers worked in the first place, he was siphoning them. Vecna is dead, so what the fuck was this?"
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Will still has his powers. they're heightened. he's stubborn about it. and then he rooms with Mike, who... is more observant than usual.
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14 Jul 2026
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The group is in planning mode, wait-mode, not knowing what the hell is next-mode. Will can’t catch a break, Mike’s crisis resolve is poorly timed and the threat of Henry looms around every corner, no one knows how much time they have to figure out how to save Max, Will and the rest of Hawkins or the world
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Jonathan.” Will whispers desperately, he’s managed to open his eyes but his body is locked up. It took him five minutes to gather the strength to even call out to Jonathan. Jonathan whips around in an instant and is crouching. With the slightest shake, Will comes back to his body and all of the pressure surrounding him goes away.
“What? What’s the matter.”
Something is different, his dreams follow a pattern. Everything seems fine and dandy for a short period of time, then he’s falling head first into a storm of flashes that he can barely make sense of. But whatever is happening now is different. “I want mom.”
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14 Jul 2026
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all systems down (they've got control) by paladinupland
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Mar 2026
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The hope was that Vecna was dead, because a portal to Hell splitting Hawkins down the middle was a kinder reality than the one they lived in. Max had woken up, after all, so maybe miracles do happen, and whatever took place during Spring Break was the end of it. Luck was never on their side, though.
The anniversary of Will's disappearance looms over them, like a guillotine in the form of a ticking clock. They knew well enough that all it takes is one night for everything to go wrong. The crawl goes off-script, Hopper is M.I.A., and the Wheeler's house is in ruin.
Maybe what they need is a return to form; maybe Will needs to go back there, to the Upside Down, himself, to get the answers they're looking for.
Or;
The events of November 1987 are retold through the eyes of The Party, because it should have ended how it started.
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13 Jul 2026
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and once again I bloom a lotus flower by wonderdipity
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Mar 2026
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5 times someone realized what Will had to deal with in the Upside Down x 1 time he had to go back to that place.
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12 Jul 2026
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Mike Wheeler has loved Will Byers for his whole life, only question is, will he ever figure that out?
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Mike braces himself for the impact, ready for the demo to hit him straight on. he lifts his hands in front of his face.
Nothing.
Mike slowly lifts his head, and the first thing he sees isn’t the floating demo, it isn’t vecna walking through the gate to the upside down, it isn’t joyce laying on the ground. No.
The first thing Mike looks at is Will. Will, eyes white as snow. Will, arm stretched out at Mike. Will, saving him.
Will has Powers.
Vol 2 & 3 rewrite
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11 Jul 2026
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I Can Feel Your Heartbeat (When You're Kissing Someone Else)(ON TEMPORARY HOLD, NOT ABANDONED) by RebelliousClause
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Apr 2026
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The pencil flew out of his grasp and onto the floor. Will pushed his seat back and tried to grab the pencil off the floor. Then, his heart began pounding. Fast.
He clutched at his chest, his breaths increasing rapidly. His entire body seized up into a stone. He couldn’t move. The only emotion in his brain was fear. Pure, undistilled fear.
Will choked out, trying to swallow some oxygen in his pulsing lungs. He felt like a fish out of water, flopping around and gasping uselessly.
Finally, he choked down enough air to yell, “Help!”After the nightmare that was the Mind Flayer and Starcourt Mall, Will just wants to enjoy the rest of summer '85 with his friends. Things get complicated however, when he starts feeling peculiar emotions-emotions that aren't his. At first, Will thinks it's the work of the Mind Flayer, having found another way to torture him. But the more feelings that show up, the more Will realizes it might not be the Flayer after all. The real source of the feelings might be something much more terrifying.
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10 Jul 2026
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Clouds like shadows pass (He’s passing like a day) by mazzystarlight
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Apr 2026
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“So I ran. I just kept following the memory.” He looks at Will. “It led me back to you.”
"Oh."
Mike smiles at this. His normal, full smile, his eyes crinkling in the corners, and it makes Will’s stomach swoop. “Yeah, Will. Oh.” He elbows Will’s arm playfully. “So you can’t leave me. I’m not letting you out of my sight, actually. You have to be attached to my hip like Max and that goddamn Walkman.”
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After Vecna split the earth beneath Hawkins, nothing has been the same. Will's sensitivity to the Upside Down is stronger than ever, Dustin and Lucas are consumed with grief, and Mike and El are not speaking.
Then, Mike falls under Vecna's curse, and the party discovers that his way out of the trance is not through song but through his oldest friend, who is hopelessly in love with him. To be safe, everyone decides it's best if Will does not let Mike out of his sight for the foreseeable future.
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10 Jul 2026
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“Will Byers?”
Will glances around, as if there is another Will Byers in their vicinity. He manages a small smile. “Yeah, it’s- uh. It’s me.”
Mike rushes forward, and all he can think is holy shit, Will is alive, as he’s throwing his arms around the other boy and tugging him in for a crushing hug. It isn’t until Will is secure, nestled–maybe a bit stiffly–in his arms, that Mike starts crying.
“I thought you were dead,” Mike murmurs, muffled by Will’s jacket. He sniffles. “I thought- we- they told us you were dead.”
Or, Will was never found in S1, but survives in the Upside Down until 1987 due to his powers and connection with Vecna. Cue Mike, an ill-timed trip to the Upside Down, and a lot of feelings.
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08 Jul 2026
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We Are Entranced (Spellbound) by raine_likes_watercolors
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Apr 2026
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Three years ago, Will Byers got lost in the woods. When he finally manages to make it home, he isn't the same. His time in the Upside Down changed him, and he doesn't know how his friends and family would react if he were to tell them exactly how. Something evil is at work in Hawkins, and if he can't stop it it could very well destroy his loved ones or worse; tell them his secret.
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08 Jul 2026
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i'd like to think that you knew me (better than anybody else) by ryuuvixen
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Apr 2026
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“Do you wanna be friends?” He asks boyishly, in a voice he hasn’t heard in so long. Will immediately breaks out into a smile, nodding eagerly.
“You said yes… you said yes. It was the best thing I’ve ever done.”
Another memory. They’re together in Mike’s basement, dressed as their D&D characters— Mike is his very own Mike the Brave, wearing cardboard paladin armor and Will the Wise, wearing his old purple robes with silver stars on the pointy hat and flowing cloak. The same one he’d always worn because Mike mentioned how nice he looked in it. They’re giggling and turning pages through a brand new D&D guidebook. The same one they use even now.
Mike’s crooked smile. His soft freckles, warm eyes even though they were the colors of darkest voids. His tall, lean body. His black curly hair.
Mike. He loves Mike. And he always will.
He just needed to stop being so scared of it.
OR: an almost-complete rewrite/fix it of Season 5. Canon-typical violence/action and (internalized) homophobia. Alternating POVs.
*EDIT: 6/29/2026– new chapters are in the works!! Sorry y’all, life has been busy as of late!*
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07 Jul 2026