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“Hey,” he says softly, his voice nearly a whisper as he slips inside the room. He’s careful with shutting the door behind him, holding onto the knob so that the latch doesn’t catch, and then rounds the bed. He approaches the lump on the bed and sits gingerly right by where he guesses Mike’s head is, if the tuft of hair poking out from the covers is anything to go by. “Migraine?”
Mike has a migraine. Will offers moral support and zero cooking skills.
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- Part 2 of tumblr ficlets
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10 Jul 2026
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Mike nods solemnly. “This isn’t my first rodeo,” he says.
“No,” Will agrees, letting out a little laugh, “it’s – what, your third today?”
“Aw, you remembered,” Mike says, his hand coming up to rest on his chest, right over his heart.
“You’re hard to forget,” Will replies, and before Mike even has the opportunity to feel some type of way over that comment, Will continues, “or, more accurately — your guests are hard to forget.”
“Right,” Mike says quickly, not at all petulantly, because of course that’s what Will meant. That’s what they’re here for, after all — their guests. Not whatever sick satisfaction Mike gets from having to come in here every forty some-odd minutes, tail between his legs, to bother Will into doing his dirty work.
Mike has had a rollercoaster of a day. All he wants is a nap.
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10 Jul 2026
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“Hey, hey, it’s Mike. Um, sorry, is — is Will there?”
There is no answer for a minute, drawn out so long that Mike almost thinks the call somehow disconnected despite the lack of a dial tone. He pulls the phone away from his face, looks at it as if that’ll give him any clarity on the matter, and lifts it back to his ear. “Hel—“
“Uh,” Jonathan finally says, somehow more awkward than Mike, “It is Will.”
Mike nearly drops the fucking phone.
Five times Mike and Will shared a phone call throughout the years, plus one time they didn't have to.
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09 Jul 2026
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"Tell me, Sir Michael, do they ever let you out of that suit? Or do you sleep in it to hide the fact that there's nothing underneath but duty?"
Mike doesn’t blink. "I sleep in it so that if someone like you tries to sneak into the Prince's quarters at night, they find six inches of steel instead of a door."
or;
Jealous personal knight Mike Wheeler will shatter anyone who dares to touch his prince. That includes slimy Lords from the South who want to court him.
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09 Jul 2026
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A month in a half after the events of "My Will Is Good," Mike and Will spend a weekend in Montauk, get closer than ever, and navigate life as a couple. Mike grapples with the idea of coming out and what it means to be gay in the 90s.
Or: Mike and Will have fun in Montauk, do it without condoms, and are really nerdy and in love.
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- Part 2 of Nirvana
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- English
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07 Jul 2026
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You’re gonna walk so far (You’re gonna wonder who you are) by Bug_spray03
Fandoms: Leviticus (Movie 2026)
30 Jun 2026
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"Liar, i can smell your pants from here" The water shuts off, Ryan opens the glass door and reaches his hand out.
"The fuck does that mean?" Naim passes him the towel thats at his side.
"They're on fire Naim, burning to a crisp" Ryan wears a shit eating grin, one that Naim just can't help roll his eyes at, his own face morphing into a smile. "So?"
OR!
snapshots over time, from before the movie is set, to right after the ending, to once some time has passed.
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02 Jul 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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07 Jun 2026
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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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04 Jun 2026
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never let you slip away by kellogsfrostyflakes, waveyspaces
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 May 2026
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"We get it, you're hilarious. Now take these off, please, so I can go home."
"Sorry, man," Lucas says, shrugging. He stands from his spot on the floor to come to Max's side. "But it was getting bad. You've been weird since Stacey's party."
Or: Mike and Will refuse to admit what happened last Friday, and the Party has the perfect solution. 24 hours handcuffed to your best friend shouldn't be so bad, should it?
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01 Jun 2026
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“I'm glad you're here.”
Mike sniffled.
“I don't want to leave.”
Will's hand reached out, wanting to brush the hair away from Mike's forehead, but it fell short, stopping by his shoulder. He squeezed it lightly.
“You don't have to leave,” he whispered instead. Then, quieter: “Please don't leave.”
Mike and Will find comfort in each other, trying to hold on despite the ghosts of their past haunting their lives.
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28 May 2026
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i'll love you (even at the end of the world) by ziahra
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Jan 2026
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“Mike,” Will had said to him, voice calm despite how hard it was for him to even make a sound. He didn’t try to sit up, but Mike wasn’t sure he could, even if he wanted to. “I need you to kill me.”
Mike shook his head, holding Will closer to his chest.
“Mike, please.” Will pleaded, closing his eyes against the light, or perhaps it was too much effort to keep them open. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
“You won’t,” Mike whispered, surprised at how vulnerable he sounded, at the shake and utter defeat in his voice. “You won’t kill me, Will. Because we’re the same. We can’t hurt each other, even at the end of the world.”
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It's been three years since the start of the zombie apocalypse and Mike is finally returning home. He discovers that not only is he not the sole survivor of Hawkins, but that his friends and sister are alive, too. As he begins to reconnect with them, the tension between them begins to increase, and Mike doesn't know how long he can stay with them.
Because while some of the group are more than happy to have him around, others don't like the company he keeps...
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21 May 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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21 May 2026
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You get me hot (I'm soaked) by Certified_Bylerologist for thecursedbyler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Apr 2026
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"Oh, the water bill is due tomorrow, by the way."
"What?? I could swear we just paid it!" Mike exclaimed. "They're totally ripping us off."
Will hummed. "Totally."
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—New graduates in a new relationship navigating the cost of living in New York city during the early 90s.
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08 May 2026
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Please don't leave me (I'll always need more) by willel_domination
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Apr 2026
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“Did you know?” he asked at the last moment, voice cracked and warbly from crying. He hadn’t sounded that young in years.
She hesitated for one painstaking moment, and at last replied, “No, Mike.”
She almost closed the door, but stopped again.
“I am sorry,” she whispered, remorse staining her voice, and quietly closed the door behind her.
Three days after graduation, Will disappeared in the dead of night with nothing but a note left in his absence, and Mike's heart left with him.
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07 May 2026
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a collection of lawless byler art
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04 May 2026
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The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 May 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
Season 5 Rewrite to follow WHILE THIS IS A COMPLETE WORK, THE SEASON 5 REWRITE IS A WIP
Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.
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- Part 1 of Do You Want to Know a Secret?
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04 May 2026
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For their senior year spring break, the Party sets sail on a 7-day cruise to celebrate the next chapter of their lives. Not much has changed since their last reunion, as long as you don’t count Mike and Will breaking up two years ago, which fractured the friend group permanently and made it so neither of them could stand to be within ten feet of each other.
It’ll be a trip they never forget - that much Will is sure of.
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25 Apr 2026
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It's 1995, and it's snowing in Hawkins. Will has not been home in five years. He hasn't laid eyes on Mike Wheeler in five years. A phone call that he can't ignore, a long drive, and he's there, in front of Mike's house, like nothing has changed. And maybe, nothing has.
Or: Mike falls apart. Will puts him back together.TW suicide attempt
(Everyone was far too happy in that epilogue for my liking... you will mourn el properly and you WILL have trauma and you WILL ALL be miserable. This will be really depressing but I fear I have no choice in the matter. Byler I will avenge you.)
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24 Apr 2026
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“No, Mike, protective is you making sure I don’t get beaten to a pulp or stuffed into a locker again. What you do with Will is…” Dustin shakes his head, and Mike grows increasingly on edge.
“Is what, Dustin?”
“Well, for starters, Michael, you speak to him differently.”
“I speak to him differently,” Mike repeats flatly.
OR: The gang attends Stacey’s party on graduation night, and Mike can’t deny his feelings for Will any longer.
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24 Apr 2026
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They’ve kissed, they’ve talked, and Will is still learning how to convince himself that it’s real. That they are happening.
And Mike gets softer every time — insisting on proper dates, on details, on staying a little longer each time, as if daring Will to believe. It’s just during an afternoon of paint-stained hands and quiet intimacy that Will finally understands that love isn’t about proving anything — but about tending to every fragile thread that bound their hearts together long before either of them knew what to call it.
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- Part 2 of out of me, into you
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23 Apr 2026