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all i ever wanted, all i ever needed (is here in my arms) by halfshook for polarskyy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 2026
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“So are you gonna tell him?” Max asked as soon as she sat down to pee.
Mike with his eyes facing toward the door and away from her sighed loudly, “You have to drop this. You know I can’t.”
“Bullshit, Wheeler. You know as well as I do that that is such fucking bullshit.” He could picture the annoyance painted across her face without even having to look, it was an expression he was well versed in.
“So what if it’s bullshit? It’s my truth.”
in which madwheeler are college roommates, mike can't do anything but be gay and pine after will, and max is SICK of mike's shit
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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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11 Jul 2026
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Left His Heart There in the Sea by Concerned_terrapin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jul 2024
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“Mr. Byers! I was hoping to catch you. This is Dr. Owens, from Hawkins National Laboratory.”
Will pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, already feeling a headache beginning to form in his temples. "I’m kind of in the middle of a lecture here, can this wait?”
“I’m afraid it can’t. We need your assistance urgently.”
“And why do you need me?” Will was unable to suppress the bitterness in his tone, “You’ve got plenty of experts and doctors on your staff. I’m just a grad student, and I’m halfway across the country. What could I possibly do that no one else could?”
Dr. Owens cleared his throat on the other end of the line, “You’re the only one who’s been there and made it out alive. Honestly, we could use your expertise. We’ve caught a specimen. A live one. And you’re definitely going to want to see this.”
Or, it's 1998 and the Upside Down is still alive and kicking, and something new just came out.
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26 Jun 2026
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Just for a second, I remembered myself by Romanoff_mylove
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Apr 2026
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Mike has finally made it as an author. But writing about your own past can get complicated, especially when fans start to draw conclusions that point Mike in the direction of the person he's been writing about all along.
And living life is hard. Especially when you're doing it all on your own. But grief and love are a lot more similar than you might realise. They both tend to wake us up from the monotony of our lives.
OR: Mike has a horrible time, which somewhere along the way turns into a wonderful time.
Podfic version by Sahana: https://archiveofourown.org/works/83941371/chapters/221295601
Russian translation: https://ficbook.net/readfic/019ce7f9-31da-7933-8df9-83a19fad21d6Series
- Part 1 of Just for a second, I remembered myself
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12 Jun 2026
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Mike Wheeler writes fantasy novels now.
In his second book, a paladin falls in love with a cleric he loses long before either of them learn how to speak honestly.
Will Byers reads the dedication two years after they stop talking.
Or: to my cleric — i remember, and it was real to me.
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09 Jun 2026
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Mike wakes up two years in the past, with Will beside him. He doesn’t realize it isn’t his current Will until he’s already revealed a little too much about the current state of their relationship.
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06 Jun 2026