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I can feel the pressure (you're better off without me) by cripplingmarvel
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Apr 2026
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Mike Wheeler realized a long time ago that no one needed him. He'd tried for so long to prove himself wrong, to act like El or Holly or anyone in the Party needed him enough to care if he was gone one day.
But El then died. She died and the last thing she ever told him was that she loved him and he couldn't even say it back. He couldn't save her, he couldn't be there for her, he couldn't do anything. And that's when he stopped trying to prove himself wrong. He accepted it. That every time something went wrong, he somehow found himself in the center of it. That the Party was better without him around.
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Mike Wheeler is aimless as he starts his senior year at Hawkins High. No goals for the future, a girlfriend he knows he can never love, and friends with grand plans that don’t include him. When Will Byers—Mike’s old babysitter and his childhood crush—returns home from college to teach art and humanities in Hawkins, Mike finds himself facing some truths about himself he's been trying to ignore, as he relearns what it’s like to really want something—to want someone.
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09 Jul 2026
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Will used to know how to create things. Now, at thirty-three, everything feels stuck.
His studio hasn’t been touched in years. His body no longer follows the timelines it once promised. The life he spent a decade building ended in a way he still doesn’t quite know how to recover from.
He tells himself he has time. It doesn’t feel true—but it’s easier than thinking the alternative.
He doesn’t expect anything to change. He definitely doesn’t expect someone to walk into his life and change it.
Especially not someone younger— someone who looks at him with something dangerously close to adoration.
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09 Jul 2026
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"I kind of like this job. Hard to keep it if I'm never here."The corner of Mike’s mouth quirked up, a rare chuckle that made Will’s chest tighten. "I’m glad you like it here, Will. Because I certainly enjoy having you here."
Will’s face heated up instantly. Before he could overanalyze the weight behind that statement, Mike cleared his throat and adjusted his tie, loosening the knot slightly. "I mean, you’re excellent at your job. You’ve made my life... significantly easier."
Will looked down at his shoes, a small, shy smile breaking through his nerves. "Well, that’s the whole point of my job, isn't it? To make your life easier."
Mike nodded slowly, his eyes dark and fixed on Will. He grabbed his phone from the desk, "Right."
or; will has a crush on his boss Mike and Mike has a crush on his Assitant Will, they both don't know it, they start to get closer over time and develop a close bond, things get physical after an office party, and they have to keep their relationship hidden, although it gets hard when things start to get physical...... basically a classic secret boss/secretary relationship fic
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08 Jul 2026
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A/B/O Apocalypse AU.
On November 6th, 1984, Hawkins, Indiana experiences a freak hyper-presentation event. The result? Every child under 3 and every adult over 20 dies due to overexertion of the body - leaving behind only the children and young adults completely changed from the incident. Their dynamics presented earlier than normal, and at an intensity never before seen in modern dynamics. The US government places a quarantine on all of Hawkins - for the safety of those changed inside of Hawkins and for the protection of those outside.
Thus starts a period of time where Hawkins is split into three primary packs: The Homestead, Hargrove’s Pack and Hellfire.
Mike Wheeler wants nothing but the secured safety of his makeshift pack - but it requires him, Lucas and Dustin to deliver Max back into hell’s maw by Billy’s command. It’s an easy decision to defect when Will and Nancy are in the same pack protecting their target.
Will Byers tries not to think of the imminent issue looming ahead - he’s an unmated omega in a world where omegas can’t stay unmated for long. And it seems like his chosen alpha had just fallen into his lap.
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07 Jul 2026
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Under normal circumstances, most people present in their childhood, except Will wasn't exactly having the best time of his life when he was twelve. When kids in his grade were presenting their secondary genders, Will was too busy running from monsters in an alternate dimension. Will isn't like other kids, he isn't normal— can never be normal.
At the ripe age of sixteen years old, William Byers presented as an omega.
[For Omega!Will Byers Week on Twitter!]
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07 Jul 2026