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your touch brought forth an incandescent glow by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Dec 2025
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Mike took a sip of his own cocoa, eyes drifting to the window. “It’s really coming down, huh? Kinda nice.”
Will looked at him instead of the snow.
“Yeah,” he whispered. “It really is.”
The living room glowed with soft Christmas lights, snow falling silently outside, Mike’s hand warm over Will’s toes. And for a moment, Will let himself imagine that this was how it would always be.
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With Henry gone and Hawkins finally safe, Will learns how to love winter again - and maybe how to love Mike Wheeler out loud.
A soft, snowy Christmas Byler fic full of cocoa, sketching, gentle touches, healing, and two boys slowly realising they’ve always been each other’s home.
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15 Jul 2026
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"Mike."
"Yeah?" Mike pulls back slightly and Will's eyes flicker down, watching as he sucks his bottom lip into his mouth.
He doesn't know what to say; he's not sure he even knows how to breathe.
"Strawberry," Mike says after a moment, his voice wavering.
"What?"
"The flavor… is it strawberry?"
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Mike and Will play the chapstick game, the line between friendship and something more blurring as they do whatever it takes to win.
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14 Jul 2026
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Mike and Will plan to move in together in NYC, now Mike just need to come out to their friends and family while Will is back home in Hawkins over Thanksgiving, and sneak around a bunch the whole time! ;)
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“Mike wants to run out of his house and kiss Will stupid right there in the driveway. He wants to hijack Hopper’s car and take Will to some far off place, like the quarry or the lake, and have all of him to himself in the back seat, spending hours showing him just how much he truly missed him.
But he can’t do any of that.
Because this is Thanksgiving with their unknowing families and practically every person on the planet they know all under the same roof for the occasion.”
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Part 2 of The Pyramid
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- Part 2 of 1991 Byler
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13 Jul 2026
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"My sorcerer," he whispers, reverent. "I knew it." He places his hands on either side of Will's face and kisses him.
It's nothing like the first time, desperate and pent-up from a lifetime of hiding from it. Or the second time, sweet and tender like it was could slip away at any moment. It's its own thing—Will's impossible magic hands in Mike's curls and Mike holding him tight by the waist with the relief of someone who's really, really glad he didn't die.
The world might be coming to an end, but there’s nothing Mike and Will’s love can’t survive.
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12 Jul 2026
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A brief recap flashed in Mike's head.
- Steve Harrington handed him a condom.
- Mike picked a lock with the cap of a Bic pen.
- Mike discovered what the prostate was.
- Mike was currently inside of his best friend. And somehow, all of this was less strange than battling interdimensional monsters.
Mike reflects on life and trips over his own fucking feet at two school dances, five years apart.
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- Part 1 of i can't shut up so here's a one shot
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12 Jul 2026
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“Good night, Mike,” he hummed, softly. There was something satisfying about the way he said my name. I liked the way it sounded. All of the trepidation we both felt only minutes earlier seemed to have been forgotten– pushed back into the recesses of our minds by the covenant that we would talk to each other again. Or maybe that was just how I felt. “Good night, Will,” I offered. Maybe it was the mystery of it all– the promise of adventure and intrigue. Maybe it was my curiosity about Will. Whatever it was, it was potent. Almost addictive. And I was already starting to suffer from withdrawal.
----------------The Wheeler family moves to Hawkins, Indiana in the fall of 2017. Mike Wheeler hates everything about his new life. He just wants things to go back to the way they were. Until he finds an old rotary phone in the attic of his new house.
When the phone rings out of the blue one night, Mike is wholly unprepared for the dramatic turn his life is about to take.
----------------OR; Mike finds a phone that allows him to talk to some guy named Will, who claims to be calling from the year 1987.
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10 Jul 2026
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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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05 Jul 2026
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you took my heart (i was sleeping) Comic Adaptation by Kore_is_cool
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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04 Jul 2026
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And Give It All To You by klancebrainrot for pistolpidge
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 May 2026
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“What matters is I want to help,” Mike said.
“Help?” Will croaked.
“Yeah, like how I’ve been helping you with your arms being broken and stuff. I can, you know, take care of it for you,” Mike said.
“Take care of what for me?” Will asked. Mike looked at him like he wasn’t paying attention, but Will had been hanging off of every word. He just didn’t understand what Mike was trying to say.
“I can— with your— ugh, Will, don’t make me say it,” Mike groaned.
Will couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Was Mike seriously suggesting that he jerk Will off, or was Will trapped in some sort of twisted nightmare porno?———————
AKA: Will gets Vecna'd and breaks his arms. Mike just wants to help.Bookmarked by AnxiousGayMess
17 Jun 2026
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Mystery Work
Part of Byler Fics
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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17 Jun 2026
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Mike Wheeler was a lot of things: stubborn to a fault and to his parents' dismay, clumsy as hell—curse his lanky body with its long limbs and bony, sharp edges—and socially awkward in ways that made "understatement" feel generous. Sometimes his brain was just so jumbled, his thoughts moving faster than his mouth could keep up, which led to him ranting and raving about whatever latest topic had piqued his interest, long past the point of anyone in the Party truly listening.
But he was also endlessly inquisitive. He always had been, ever since he was a child tugging on his mother's blouse with tiny hands sticky from maple syrup, asking questions about his parents' already crumbling marriage—questions he was far too young to understand at the time.
And he was fiercely loyal. He had sworn his oath to the Party long ago: to serve, to protect, to lead, to be The Heart, no matter what. Just as a good Paladin should.
But most of all? He was an idiot. A frankly oblivious, dense, dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks IDIOT. Because for all his book-smarts and nerdiness and his constant curiosity, his hunger for knowledge, he may as well have had the emotional self-insight of a stale, moldy piece of bread.
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15 Jun 2026
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Spinning on that Dizzy Edge (Just Like Heaven) by Nyx_thedragon
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jun 2026
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"Are you guys dating?" Dustin blurts out. Mike and Will's heads snap to him, shared panicked expressions on their faces.
"Um, I—we, uh—"
"Why—why do you think that?" Will chokes out.
"Well, let's look at the evidence," Lucas holds up his hand and points to a finger when he says each Thing. "You kiss each other all the time, Will's been sitting on your lap every single time we hang out—"
"Wh—I—It's not every time." Mike argues weakly.
"We heard you call Will 'baby'," Will squeaks and avoids eye contact when Mike looks over at him. "And now you guys are going to sleep together. In the same bed. And you say it's normal."
"You gotta see it from our perspective, dude." Dustin adds once Lucas puts his hand down. Mike opens and closes his mouth a few times, looking like a fucking fish out of water. He kinda feels like one, too. Beside him, Will isn't much better. His face is fully red now, and he's just standing there, mouth open, like he'd just been busted for a crime.
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OR: Mike and Will are childhood friends turned college roommates. Somehow, they unknowingly fall into a relationship.Bookmarked by AnxiousGayMess
14 Jun 2026
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better watch that pretty mouth (you’re rolling the devil’s dice) by slowklancing (notanannoyingfangirl)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jun 2026
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“So,” Will prompts, when Mike still doesn’t offer up any information on the mysterious stack of papers tucked under his arm. “Are you having a party?”
“Oh, no,” Mike says, sounding like it might be the first time ever in his life that he is genuinely disappointed about this fact. He shifts and grabs the stack of flyers, sort of waving them through the air. “These are just for this game I play?” The inflection on the end of what should be a statement makes it sound more like a hesitant question.
“And in this one, you act like you’re… vampires?”
Or: To get out of the sexual rut he’s stuck in, Popular!Will gets dared to ask out Nerd!Mike and ends up attending a Vampire the Masquerade LARP where they proceed to put the ‘role-play’ into ‘live action role-play.’
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13 Jun 2026
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in every life i find you (this time i choose you) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jun 2026
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After a fight with Will, Mike Wheeler finds himself in a universe that isn’t his.
Then another.
And another.
Across countless different lives, Mike sees how things between him and Will could end: the worlds where they never meet, the ones where they drift apart, and the ones where he realizes too late what Will meant to him.
The only thing that remains the same in every universe is the version of Will guiding him through them.
And somewhere between those worlds, Mike begins to understand what this journey is trying to teach him.
Or: Mike Wheeler travels the multiverse and finally gets the hint
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12 Jun 2026
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The smile that spreads across Mike’s face is involuntary, like it must exist in Will’s presence. It’s like he waters the parched soil of his mind.
Mike doesn’t realize how badly he needs him until he’s had a drink. And right now, he thinks this weekend is exactly what he’s been needing.
OR: After years of grappling with his feelings, Mike visits Will in Chicago for a weekend during his junior year of college.
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- Part 1 of SKYA Universe
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10 Jun 2026
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Mike laughs helplessly. What else can he do? “Okay, well, when you say it like that it sounds insane.”
“It is insane!” Will runs a hand through his hair, still visibly stunned. “Mike, we haven’t seen each other in twelve years and now you’re somebody’s father?!”
“Pretty much, yeah.”
Or, Twelve years after losing the boy he loved, single dad and bestselling author Mike Wheeler runs into Will Byers at his daughter’s library story hour and realizes some people never really leave your heart, no matter how much time passes.
Or or, Mike learns how to say I love you and mean it this time.
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05 Jun 2026
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“Do I really have to do this?” Will asks, for what is presumably the millionth time. He lost track a while ago.
“Yes,” Max replies without hesitation. “You’re unbearably lonely.”
Will drops his jaw, offended. Sure, he might not have the most entertaining love life, but he wouldn’t go that far. He’s happy where he is. Content. He doesn’t need a guy to fulfill him. “My loneliness is completely bearable.”
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Will reluctantly joins a dating app at his friends’ insistence. He doesn’t have much hope, until he’s messaged by a dork who likes rocks.
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31 May 2026
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Will Byers is a barista who uses his first spring break to save money, paint faceless figures, and maybe make a tall, dark haired stranger a little bit confused.
Mike Wheeler is the drummer of a rock band in California who uses his first spring break to play music, hang out and, well… get confused.
The universe keeps bringing them together, and these supposed strangers begin to know one another for the very first time.
Or is it?
*This is a very vague summary for a reason- if you wanted a different season 5, just trust me ;)
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30 May 2026
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Will Byers is in college now, and while he might not be a kid anymore, his days of playing DnD are far from over. While college for some is the best time in their life, clicking a link to a Discord DnD group might very well be the best decision of his life, especially when it brings him closer to someone he never thought he would meet: Mike Wheeler, the old childhood best friend of his best friends and unbeknownst to Will, the same stranger he had been arguing with online for weeks.
or: discord chatfit/college au, where Will has no pfp, his best friends are his roommates (and wingmen), and one persistent stranger just won't leave him alone.
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- Part 1 of CICYT Universe
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30 May 2026
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"Will didn't do it. He's innocent."
"The cops found him in the home, holding the murder weapon. How do you explain that?"
Jonathan's voice was shaky when he spoke. "You—you won't believe me."
"Try us."
Or, Will is accused of murder. Nancy and Mike, siblings who own a law firm together, agree to take the case.
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27 May 2026