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"I thought you didn't have heats?"
"I thought so, too." Will spoke. "I didn't realize that was what it was until…"
"Until?" Mike encouraged him on.
"Until I got here." He continued, turning to Mike to meet his eyes. "And I smelled your scent."
Or: Due to past trauma, Will doesn't think his inner will ever feel safe enough to fully present. Not expecting his heat to crash into him full force, he goes to see his best friend as he so often does, accidentally triggering his rut, and bringing about an unplanned pregnancy.
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13 Jul 2026
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"Last night, the painting... it came to life! He spoke to me and... it was his voice. It was his voice, Jonathan."
It's 1999, and Will Byers is a successful artist in NYC, making ends meet despite the difficulties his lifestyle presents. Only problem? He's out of inspiration and running low on funds, having sold the last of his paintings at a charity auction he didn’t even want to be a part of. So his therapist suggests he paint the thing he can’t seem to let go of, and with that homework he decides to paint a portrait of the One That Got Away.
It's fine, and somewhat cathartic... until the painting starts speaking with the voice of his deceased childhood love. His best friend, painted in the colors that hold all the words and thoughts he could never say.
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06 Jun 2026
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a collection of lawless byler art
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03 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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31 May 2026
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The party goes their separate ways after graduation, and despite their efforts to stay in touch, only reunite during Joyce's funeral. Now Will is broken and Mike feels needed.
AKA Mike and Will get their second chance during a road trip.
(Illustrated canon-compliant romance based on the same-named song from The Lumineers)
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- Part 4 of Stranger Things comics-art
- Part 2 of Stranger Things artist writes
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24 May 2026
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Either way we're not alone (I'll find a new place to be from) by Collectionofcells
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jul 2026
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It's been three weeks since everything went down at Starcourt Mall. Three excruciatingly long weeks in which The Party, more importantly Will, has had to deal with the ramifications. Will has tried to put on a brave face, to stay strong, but if he's honest, it's taking every bit of himself to not completely break apart. Being hunted by a Demogorgon in the Upside Down, or having the Mind Flayer infiltrate his mind, would almost be preferable to his current situation. At least then, his mom would still be there, still be breathing, living her life –
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Joyce Byers dies at Starcourt Mall in season 3 and Will and Johnathan have to live with their abusive father
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06 May 2026
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“And sex. Oh god sex. I’m 28 and. I have never ever had an orgasm in my entire life.” Will cried out of frustration.
Mike’s hand stilled for a moment. “You never had an orgasm?”
“Yes.”
Mike looked at Will. Taking in his flushed appearance , his cheeks rosy red and his hazel eyes filled with tears. His hairs askew.
“Do you want to?” Mike quickly glanced at Will’s lips.
“Want what?”
“Have an orgasm.”
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01 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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29 Apr 2026
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dear will, (and all the things I'm too much of a coward to say) by Aloyx
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Mar 2026
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Summer of 1989. Before the group splits up for college, they plan one final camping trip in the woods.
Trapped in a tent with Will, Mike is writing an apology letter that gradually turns into a heartfelt confession as he comes to terms with his true feelings. He has one week to find the right words, or he'll lose the love of his life forever.
Or: after s5, Mike Wheeler writes a love confession he’s absolutely not ready for.
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17 Apr 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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- 8/8
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10 Apr 2026
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District 12's Will Byers has never claimed to be lucky for a single day of his life, but being reaped for the hunger games twice in a span of five years? That has to be a joke, even for someone as unlucky as he is.
At the very same time, Mike Wheeler from District 1 could not care less if he wins or not. The Games are not terrifying to him, they’re just something he exists for now. He doesn’t want to die, sure, but living in such a boring, repetitive world doesn’t mean much to him anyways.
Really, neither of them expected to find love in this hell on earth.
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- 109,715
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- 28/?
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10 Apr 2026
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Mike constantly thinks back to that day. When Vecna was defeated. When the Upside Down was destroyed…
…there’s things that don’t make sense. Things that don’t add up. Things that get worse the longer time goes on. Things he should have noticed but didn’t. Not in the midst of all the chaos and battle-driven adrenaline.
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That one fanfic where Mike Wheeler realizes that nothing in his ending makes sense.
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09 Apr 2026
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“What? No! I mean — I just meant—“ said Mike, struggling with the words, “I… I mean… who is it?” he turned back to Hugo, “Can we know their name? It might be somebody we know already.”
Will frowned, “I hope it’s not,” he said, “I don’t like anybody we know enough to marry them — except our friends, obviously, but that’s different.”
Hugo, if it was even possible, looked somehow immensely more excited by these words, “I can’t tell you who it is,” he giggled, “That’s a really big spoiler.”
Mike Wheeler’s son arrives in Hawkins with no explanation, snapped back in time entirely by accident — and he latches on to none other than Will Byers. If only they all knew why.
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- 14,677
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- 3/3
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03 Apr 2026
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Is that a fucking person?
Nancy lowered her body, sizing up the space ahead of them. She lowered her arm and reached for her gun. Lucas gripped his crowbar, wringing it over with his hands. Mike just stared, knife forgotten, shoved into the side of his belt.
The shadow moved slowly and hunched slightly forward.
That’s a fucking person.
“Will?” It was a quiet question, private almost, let out with an unsound breath. Mike tasted it like copper in his mouth as each letter sounded out past his gently parted lips.
That’s when Nancy shot. Heat and gunpowder soaked the air, followed by a shrill ringing sound that accompanied the loud bang.
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01 Apr 2026
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Will Byers doesn’t consider himself brave. He considers himself a HD student with a low tolerance for vodka and a talent for leaving early. But bravery, it turns out, isn’t always loud. Sometimes it's handed out like permission slips at crowded college parties: permission to drink too much vodka, to flirt badly, and take a hit from someone else’s cola flavoured vape.
Or; College AU, Will "Ivy League" Byers/Mike "Teenage Dirtbag" Wheeler
(Vodka bottle fic)
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31 Mar 2026
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
- Language:
- English
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- 71,098
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- 5/5
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27 Mar 2026
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I’m Not A Bad Dog (I Don’t Know Why I Bite) by alesbianvampirefromouterspace
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 May 2026
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I suck at making summaries to basically Mike is a vampire and super gay for Will, so he gets really jealous for no reason and kills anyone he thinks is a threat at his chance with Will. He’s pathetic.
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27 Mar 2026
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Brand me with your hands so everyone can see. by sunniesdoll for elenarowan
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Mar 2026
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Max arches a brow. “Carlton, though? You two are dating and you don’t even kiss? Is it just a preference thing?”
Will sighs, resigned. He drops his hands. “Okay. Honestly?” He hesitates, then shrugs. “He was a bad kisser. And I just… couldn’t get excited around him. At all.”
The reaction is immediate and merciless. Dustin makes a dramatic gagging noise. El gasps like she’s been handed gossip gold. Lucas high-fives Max, shaking her hand in his.
Mike doesn’t say anything. He just watches Will, watches the way he shrugs it off, the way he laughs a little too loud, the way his ears go red.
Or, Will's new boyfriend is a bad kisser. Mike thinks it's a crime that no one has kissed Will properly. He's on a goal to change that, Carlton be damned.
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- 172,551
- Chapters:
- 25/25
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20 Mar 2026
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What started as harmless tickling unexpectedly shifted into something more serious.
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- 51,542
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- 14/?
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18 Mar 2026
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So give me your eyes (I need sunshine) by Mightjustbe
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 May 2026
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Mike Wheeler's working at Scoop's Ahoy with Max Mayfield,
Will Byers is working at Surfer Boy pizza with Jonathan and Argyle.Two summer jobs that make way for exploring new -or well- better versions of old friendships.
But Jonathan And Max are acting strange, they know something Mike and Will don't.A summer filled with secrets that are bound to be revealed.
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SurfsAhoy!!
with platonic MadWheeler and MadWise crumbs!
A summer can reveal a bunch of things.- Language:
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- 14/?
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16 Mar 2026