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Will loved ordinary things, an uneventful existence was something he craved. Sadly, when Mike Wheeler walks into his life, Will’s easy going path snaps right in half. A passion he could never imagine overtaking his whole being.
It was too bad their friend groups hated each other and his sister had a huge crush on the musician. Off limits.
Fantastic.
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Will has never had his first kiss. Mike is happy to lend a hand.
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Operation Matchmakers by midnighteverlark for paladinscleric
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Oct 2021
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Mike teaches English in room B207.
Will teaches art in B213.
And they clearly, clearly like each other.
Their students hatch a plan to get them together.Gift fic for paladinscleric! Happy birthday!
(Not a text/chat fic! It just has elements of that from the students' POV. Don't be put off by the first bit, it's not all chat.)
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Will has been living a totally normal life since the Upside Down was closed two years ago–it’s just been school, homework, art projects, hiding the giant crush he’s had on his best friend for the past several years, and even working at Melvald’s to help carry his own weight in the Byers-Hopper household. It’s his junior year, and everything is going fine.
That is, until someone tries to ask Mike to prom in the office supplies aisle of Melvald’s during one of Will’s afternoon shifts. It sends his world spinning off of its axis, and he realizes there’s a little creature that lives somewhere in between his stomach and chest that likes to roar and claw at his insides. Some people might call it jealousy.
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“Lucas you have to tell me —” she pats his arm vigorously— “is Mike blushing?”
Lucas takes a moment to process this but Max can tell the moment he understands what she’s been trying to say all along when he starts patting her arm back.
“Oh my God, he totally is,” he says, and he sounds awed, like he’s just made a world-changing discovery. “Is this what you meant?”
“That they’re totally crushing on each other?” Screw subtlety. “Duh.”
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Or -- 5 times people agree that Will and Mike have a crush on each other + the time they discover the truth
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i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this). by burgundyshirts
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Aug 2022
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The first time it happens, Will classifies it as a little accident.
When he wakes, the morning sun is burning through the window onto their faces, and Mike’s cursing as he stands to close the curtains, stumbling all the way.
“Scoot over,” he grumbles, voice dry, and for a second Will can’t do anything other than sigh like a lovesick idiot. It’s a second too late for Mike, because he grumbles more words Will doesn’t catch under his breath and then physically pushes Will towards the wall to lay beside him, arm over Will’s middle. A second of silence passes, then Mike sighs, only to whine: “Fuck, my head hurts.”
Will can’t help it: he breaks down laughing, much to Mike’s offense.
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Alternatively: five times Mike kissed Will, and one time Will kissed back.
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Will knows what having a crush looks like. He’s known it for years.
And lately, he's been seeing the signs on the face of one Mike Wheeler every time he looks at him. Maybe it’s always been there, but not to this degree.
In the last six months, though, the planets had aligned in some strange pattern, or the earth had been tilted on its axis by the hand of God, or something, because Will noticed it pretty quickly.
So, Will's finally decided to start testing the waters. For example: he has been flirting.
Well, okay…
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“Mike, buddy, I hate to break it to you, but that sounds gay,” Dustin says. “Like, no offence. But a guy just doesn’t think that other guys are nice to look at.”
It turns out that Mike Wheeler has spent his whole life thinking that everyone under the sun thinks that boys are pretty. Will doesn't really know what to do with that - and Mike doesn't really know what to do with himself when he finds out that it's not true. Emotional turmoil ensues.
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- Part 1 of Unrelated Stranger Things Shorts
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This was meant to be a short trip – get in, gather some more evidence about the Upside Down being stuck on the day Will went missing, and quickly get the hell out of it. Obviously, things hadn’t gone to plan.
The party is stuck in the Upside Down and between one run and the other, Dustin finds a way to entertain the group.
“Okay, game time. Where do you see yourself in ten years?” -
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Mike opens his eyes against the water droplets hanging off his eyelashes. Will hasn't stopped walking away from him, and he’s far enough now that Mike can no longer really see the details of his jacket. The rain feels like needles against his skin, and a frustration builds in his gut. Mike can't stand this anymore.
He breaks off into a run.
or Mike and Will finally confront each other about everything. It's raining, and things get messy.
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holding the stars in place by castlebyer (loverslakes)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Nov 2024
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"It's officially been a month without kissing you since I realized I could," Mike announces.
Will and Mike figure things out after they almost kiss a week after spring break, 1986.
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swing over the creek (too scared to jump in) by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Aug 2022
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The Byers were staying at Hopper’s new place indefinitely or at least for the summer (and Mike had a plan):
Mike’s Plan for His Weird “Feelings” (and other unsaid things)
1. Everything is fine.
2. Will's face or otherwise broad shoulders have no effect on him
3. He does not want to taste Will’s lips.
4. He will spend the next week being very normal around his best friend, and spend an all-together very pleasant time.
5. Because: everything is fine, he is a self-functioning, intelligent person.or alternatively: mike wheeler attempts to not be an idiot in front of will as his half-assed plan falls apart as he stays with them for a week.
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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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baby i can't fight this feeling anymore by peskeynonbinary
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Dec 2025
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In his almost 17 years being alive, Will has learned many things. Very high on that list is that there’s a fine line between “best friend” and “something more.”
Michael Wheeler uses that line like a fucking jump rope.
“You… wish I had saved just you?”
or; Mike and Will chat after the Mac-Z
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i'm not in love (so don't forget it) by blueandyellowarc
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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He knows, it’s all his fault. He knows. But there are tears stinging in his eyes and he calls Will again, because how the hell is he supposed to figure this out on his own? He calls again, and again, and again, and again, until Will picks up.
“Mike. Let it go. It’s almost morning, you should sleep. Why can’t you do as I ask and not call me?”
Mike swallows, voice coming out as a pathetic croak, “Will. Will, I can’t lose you. I can't-” The tears that have been burning in his eyes impatiently, finally roll down his cheeks in fat, slow, drops.
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Will needs time away from Mike, time to focus on college and time to get over his unrequited feelings. For the first time, Mike is not the one to push Will away and he cannot stand the feeling. He ends up calling Will, even though he asked him not to, desperate to get him back. It's not too late, is it?
inspired by "I'm Not In Love" (10cc) lyrics!!
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You Could Call Me Babe for the Weekend by epilogueboyfriend
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Jan 2026
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Does Carlton gel his hair? Mike wanted to ask. Do you run your fingers through it when you kiss him? Do you pull on it when you–
What came out was: “No, it’s okay. I trust your opinion with stuff like that.”
That seemed to be the right thing to say because Will blushed hot and ducked his head slightly, giving him the same frantic, flustered look he’d become used to before Will went to college and got a boyfriend and became so unbearably pretty it kind of choked the life out of Mike to be alone with him.
Will won't shut up about his new boyfriend. Mike is totally Normal about it.
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Mike and Will have been dating for a while and it's their 6 month anniversary. They still want to keep it a secret, but they're also very handsy with each other after finally getting the boy of their dreams. Will usually initiates the kisses and Mike's happy to receive, but it seems like every time things get going and good, their makeout session gets interrupted. The universe can't let them be in peace.
Edit: Y'all want a part 2 so I'll make another chapter then. More sloppy makeouts between our lover boys Byler
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I never ever felt so cool (disguised in your sheets) by wheezingwheeler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
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A post-canon (with some small tweaks) road trip full of tension, nightmares, gay panic, and a very long drive toward the truth.
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Will just wanted to bring his brother home. He didn’t plan on sharing motel beds, surviving Mike Wheeler’s jealousy spiral, or confronting feelings he’s spent years burying.
Mike thinks Will likes girls.
Will thinks Mike will never love him back.
Both of them are wrong.Or
Water dripped from Will's hair, ran down his jaw, caught on his lips.
Mike stared at it.
Stared like he'd forgotten where he was.
Then, slowly he lifted a towel and pressed it gently to Will's mouth, wiping the water away. His hand didn't even shake. He was steady.
Will's breath stuttered. Tingles tremored all the way up his spine.
He didn't move. He couldn't. He was too aware of Mike's hand, of the way his eyes kept dropping back to his lips.
That look again.
The one Will had seen a dozen times now and never understood.
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Jun 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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Mike and will drunkenly sleep together after Stacy’s party.
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He’d thought he was over Mike. He’d told himself he was. He’d accepted that Mike would never feel the same way. Mike wasn’t like him. Untouchable. Unavailable. A dead end. He’d made peace with that over 18 months ago when the world was ending.
But now Mike was here. And he was touching him. Looking at him like this. Like he wanted him.
And Will was too drunk, too raw, too undone to shove the feelings back down where they belonged.
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