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“I love you, Mom.” His voice felt weirdly hollow, like he wasn’t all there anymore.
“Baby? What’s wrong?”
“He’s here,” he almost whispered. “Henry, he’s—he’s going to kill me using him.“
On a mission in the Upside Down, Will and Mike talk.
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12 Jun 2026
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Churchgate!!! They both die but it's so good. :<
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Mike and Will settled into their New York high-rise apartment. The city was loud and jarring for two small-town college kids, but they made do. The noise of Hawkins's gossip was replaced by the disgruntled yells of jaywalkers.
Finally, they had found peace. They had each other, and that was what mattered.
With every morning tangled under the same sheets, Mike felt a strange feeling stirring in his chest. It fluttered with every kiss he pressed to Will's forehead and cheek. Any appreciative gesture they traded back and forth sprang that same strange, peculiar feeling to life.
It was a simple, unspoken thing that always passed between them that Mike couldn't quite name...
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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06 Jun 2026
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Such a beautiful Never Found AU. Will is so cute with his sticky fingers and Mike's love is something so good. I love that their healing journey was given a space to be told too.🥺
(Bonus: platonic madwheeler, jonmike)
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It’s time for the party to head off to college, from Hawkins, Indiana all the way in sunny California!
What was supposed to be a 3-day road trip turns into spontaneous, last minute adventures that end up taking them off the road and delaying college life. Between shared motel beds, a dive into possible world-ending powers, and embarrassing childhood memories, all ideas of “platonic friendship” between Mike and Will are slowly being dismantled.
The lifelong crush Will Byers tried to keep buried is beginning to catch up with him as Mike Wheeler grows bolder and bolder with testing the bounds of their relationship, despite his pathological struggle to deal with his feelings…
Or, Mike and Will’s feelings for each other are building faster than they can keep up and things start getting a little… fluffy, angsty, and super smutty.
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
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28 May 2026
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The premise is thrilling, yes, but the romance is top notch too—handled very beautifully.
Mike as a writer is definitely writer-ing!
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If this were the last night of our lives, you would tell me how you feeling. If we don't make it out alive, I'm scared of what if our futures, they never collide. If this were the last night, the last night of our lives? by MoNsTeRsAmOnGMeN
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 May 2026
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He wished—God, he wished—that Mike was looking at him because he still cared. Because he missed him. Because he still saw him the way Will saw Mike every time he drifted too close. But Will had forfeited the right to want that. El was his sister. Mike was…Mike. And Will’s longing had always felt like a betrayal, a quiet, awful selfishness.
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Mike had lost track of how many times he’d muttered Where the hell is he now? in the last thirty-six hours. It had become a refrain, a pulse, a constant grinding irritation in the back of his skull—not at Will, never at Will, but at the universe for apparently conspiring to pull Will in six different directions until there was nothing left of him.
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“You’ve been through worse,” Will had said, and Mike had almost snapped at him right then. Worse didn’t matter. Comfort didn’t matter. Mike didn’t need the bed. Will did. Will needed sleep, warmth, a pillow, someone physically forcing him horizontal—
And instead Will got…this. A cold spot on the floor and the stupid conviction that he didn’t deserve more.Bookmarked by auniversereader
25 May 2026
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What if instead of kids, Vecna sets his eyes on teenagers
Or: the core four of the party being BAMFs, told in the POV of one of their bullies
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Before he can even think of touching Will, Mike rips the thermometer out of his hands.
“I got it”, he snaps, then gently touches Will’s chin. His voice turns soft again, syrupy almost. “Open your mouth?”
Will does, his cheeks still flushed. He’s staring up at Mike with that look he sometimes gets, awestruck almost.
“Right”, Lucas mumbles. “I’ll get the water.”//
Will has a cold and Mike is totally not over-reacting.
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- Part 1 of Lucas Being the One With the Brain Cells
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25 May 2026
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five times will and mike got fake married, and one time they did it for real
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24 May 2026
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Mike is no stranger to a little moral ambiguity, and mind reading is far more harmless than burying a body without telling anyone. So he dives in. Will smiles at him, and Mike prompts his brain to figure out why.
He finds nothing.
This is… odd.
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Mike gets telepathic powers randomly, three years after Vecna’s defeat. He tunes into people’s thoughts, expecting every guy’s mind to be like his. When he finds surprisingly few gay thoughts about best friends, he’s forced to re-evaluate and see if maybe it’s just him? (it is.)
It doesn’t help that the one mind he wants to read the most seems to be set to a different frequency entirely.
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- Part 1 of About Thoughts
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24 May 2026
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one last chance to make it real by stardustandswimmingpools
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Mar 2026
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“No, no, just listen! You're nervous about dating because you’re never been on a date with a guy. But I’m a guy, and I’ve been dating Max for like four years. Or, well, two, or maybe three if you count— the point is, a long time. I have tons of experience, and you won’t have to worry about embarrassing yourself since it’s just me. It’s perfect.”
Will’s brain crashes like an Atari unplugged mid-game. “Uh, what? What are you talking about?”
Lucas stops Will, pulling him off to the side to avoid the stream of sixth-period-bound students. He’s completely sincere. “Go out with me,” he says. Before Will’s jaw can make contact with the floor, Lucas amends, “I mean, not actually, but you can practice with me. I’ll show you what dating is like, and you can practice dating a guy."
Hawkins, senior year. When Will mentions how nervous he is about the prospect of dating, Lucas is quick to lend a hand. It's what any good friend would do, right?
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I love you, I love you forever by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Nov 2025
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The first time Mike Wheeler told Will Byers he loved him, they were both standing in the Hawkins Public Library, soaked in demogorgon blood, Vecna’s ashes still settling in the air like cursed snow.
💕💕💕
Mike tells Will “I love you.”
Will tells Mike “I love you too.”
Unfortunately, they are having two completely different conversations.
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16 May 2026
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I don't quite know what to say (but I'm here in your doorway) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss, blingyu
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Apr 2023
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“And - and we’ll go to Scoops Ahoy and I’ll get you your favourite ice cream.”
This is all starting to suspiciously look very close to a date, but Will brushes it off - it wouldn’t be the first time he’s read too much into things.
Mike starts fidgeting with his hands, when no answer comes.
“You - you know, like a proper date? I know I’ve done something wrong, because you’re not speaking to me, but we haven’t been on one in ages, so. And then, I was hoping - maybe - if it goes well, I was - uh. I was going to ask if I can kiss you again. Properly, I mean. It’s fine if not though!”
Will doesn’t hear anything else Mike might say afterwards, because his brain short-cuts.
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Mike confesses to Will - then kisses him. They don't talk about it, but maybe they should.
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15 May 2026
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It was a new paintbrush set when Will showed a sliver of disappointment after his paintbrushes broke, a box of pens when his only pen ran out of tint, a dozen coffees, and a dozen night outs. It was a dizzying pattern, one that spent Will a couple sleepless nights. In his mind weren't his art assignments due next week, or an essay due in five hours, not even what he wanted to eat. In the corners of a hushed room that is his loud mind, stands a question waiting to be answered.
Will, as everyone knows, that whenever he opens his wallet—flies come rushing out. To put it in layman terms, he is broke. Really, really broke. Even with two jobs, money he seldom receives from his mom and older brother, he doesn’t have financial freedom. The typical broke, art major.
But, at least his childhood best friend with unbelievably full pockets is always there for him.
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10 May 2026
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give me your shirt (now give me your heart) by Kagome300
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Mar 2026
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"The first time Will really noticed it was when he was nine and quarters mysteriously found their way into his pocket at the arcade.
He had left Mike alone with his jacket and returned from the bathroom with two whole dollars more than he'd started with in his jacket pocket. Will had looked at Mike suspiciously, but his friend had insisted that he didn't know what Will was talking about.
The next time they were at the arcade, Will was prepared. He had counted his money three times before he left his house and kept track throughout the day. Then, during an intense round of Space Invaders, Will had felt Mike bump his arm. He hadn't thought anything of it in the moment, distracted by the game. But the next time that Will shoved his hand into his pocket, he found seven new quarters waiting for him.
He was sure then: Mike was secretly slipping him quarters."
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aka the one where Mike gives Will the Princess Treatment his whole life.
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10 May 2026
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Mike would rather eat snow than spend a weekend in a suspiciously haunted cabin while his family tries to set him up with a stranger. So, naturally, he panics and blurts out the worst lie possible:
“I have a boyfriend.”
Unfortunately, the first name to come to mind is Will Byers.
Even more unfortunately, the Wheelers are thrilled about it.Bookmarked by auniversereader
10 May 2026
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So cute! Need more fics where Mike is the one being taken care of.
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To prevent Will from being a vessel for Vecna's spying through their shared link every time he gets a tingle in his neck, Mike has to be touching Will to ward Vecna's influence away. It could be a hand hold, a hug, or even a cuddling session. It's awkward for both Mike and Will, especially since Mike is still dating El and El is a big supporter of it if that's what it takes to keep Will safe. But being Will's temporary cure isn't the only problem of Mike's. He's hiding symptoms of being cursed.
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23 Apr 2026
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Mike & Will both suffer + hopeful ending
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At the age of five, Mike finds out that he lives in quite a peculiar world.
It’s the day before kindergarten and when his parents sit him down in the living room, Mike doesn’t know how to feel: his mother carries worry in her gleaming eyes, while his father looks like he’d rather be anywhere but there.
“Mike. Do you remember when you asked us about the tattoo you’ve seen on Grandma Julie’s wrist?”
Mike nods and a whole new world opens up for him.A series rewrite where Mike and Will fall in love in a world made of soulmates and monsters.
Day 7 of Byler Week 2023: Soulmates
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- Part 7 of Byler Week 2023
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Problem Solving and Accidental Matchmaking: A Guide by Dustin Henderson by plsdontmakemecry
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jan 2026
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“That is dumb.” She blinked. “I do not care if Will brings a boy. Will is Will. He is kind. He should be able to go with us and a boy and have fun.”
“Exactly!” Dustin snaps. “Which is why I’m asking Will to be my prom date!”
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"Have you talked to him today?" Jonathan asked, gesturing to Will, who was now approaching the sink. Mike didn't need Jonathan to explain who he was talking about.
"No, he's been in the basement all day. I thought he was just painting or something," Mike replied, shaking his head before lowering his voice. "I think he's having an episode."
Jonathan nodded. "I mean, maybe, but he hasn't had one in a long time," he said, voice growing softer.
Mike knew Will was still recovering from everything, still adjusting to being back home. Everything that had happened in the past couple of years certainly hadn't been great, but Mike thought things were getting better, or at least easier.
"I know," Mike whispered, looking back to Will, making sure he hadn't left the kitchen yet. Will was finishing up rinsing off his plate. Mike turned back to Jonathan. "What should we do?"
"I don't know. I mean, you were always the one that he wanted. You always knew how to talk to him and knew what he needed," Jonathan said, pausing before continuing. "Honestly, I think he would probably just want you."
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Will had an episode, and Mike was there to help.