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“Ouch.” Max says sarcastically, adding a seventh line to the “you suck” tally on the whiteboard. “Seven to zero. Watching your attempts at flirting is getting painful.”
“I’m not flirting,” Mike tries a lie, “that was a normal interaction.”
“Keep telling yourself that, numbnuts,” Max responds drily, “you couldn’t get a date with Will Byers to save your life.”
With the help of his snarky ice cream-scooping coworker Max, Mike Wheeler’s life is turned into nothing short of a wreck as he pathetically goes about trying to charm Will Byers.
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08 Jul 2026
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Was…was Mike’s heart reacting to Will?
Mike isn’t looking at him. He’s staring hard at his cards as if he hasn’t seen them before, biting his inner cheek, and accentuating his dimple. As Will looks closer, he notices the pink shade spreading over the shell of Mike’s ear, the red emerging from the black curls like a rose sprouting from the earth.
Was Mike still nervous around him? Hadn’t they resolved that?
Will decides to test it. He leans onto the bed and rests a hand on Mike’s uninjured thigh, his thumb swiping side to side over the covers, and waits.
Mike's leg twitches into his hand, and barely a moment passes before the beeps speed up again, a rapid climb from steady to sprinting, and when Will looks, the blush has spread to Mike’s cheeks, his eyes unmoving and glued to his cards.
Oh. Will gapes at the monitor, the green spiking line. That's not discomfort.
Oh. He can have some fun with this.
Or: Mike, while protecting Will, gets attacked by a demogorgon. Guilt-ridden, Will stays with him in the hospital, forcing them to resolve the awkward air that has surrounded them for months, and, along the way, uncover some truths.
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- Part 32 of Mike Wheeler suffering
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08 Jul 2026
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give me your shirt (now give me your heart) by Kagome300
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Mar 2026
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"The first time Will really noticed it was when he was nine and quarters mysteriously found their way into his pocket at the arcade.
He had left Mike alone with his jacket and returned from the bathroom with two whole dollars more than he'd started with in his jacket pocket. Will had looked at Mike suspiciously, but his friend had insisted that he didn't know what Will was talking about.
The next time they were at the arcade, Will was prepared. He had counted his money three times before he left his house and kept track throughout the day. Then, during an intense round of Space Invaders, Will had felt Mike bump his arm. He hadn't thought anything of it in the moment, distracted by the game. But the next time that Will shoved his hand into his pocket, he found seven new quarters waiting for him.
He was sure then: Mike was secretly slipping him quarters."
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aka the one where Mike gives Will the Princess Treatment his whole life.
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07 Jul 2026
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All in all, these five months and two weeks had completely, entirely, and unequivocally been the best time of Will's life. It wasn’t a hard standard to reach, considering the other 200-something months he’d lived, but it really couldn’t get better than Mike Wheeler buying you Thai food and calling you baby.
Well, maybe one thing; which was that Mike was changing.
Or, 5 times Mike discovers himself, one friend at a time, and once where he does it all by himself
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07 Jul 2026
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Mike and Will share a dorm room with a little problem...Paper thin walls.
Over the space of a few weeks, Mike hears things through the walls that make him feel a little differently towards his best friend.
Inspired by the incredible artwork by @_mikeystardust on X
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07 Jul 2026
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Five Times He Wished (And One Time He Didn’t Have To) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Mar 2026
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Five times Will Byers made a wish on his birthday and the one time he didn’t have to anymore.
From childhood to adulthood, through loss, distance, and everything in between, Will keeps blowing out candles and hoping for something just out of his reach. But one day, without even asking for it, he finally has everything he ever wanted.
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06 Jul 2026
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you were out of my league (all the things i believed) by rustyswingsets
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Mar 2026
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Mike stares at Will, his brilliant, dazzling best friend – and there’s no surprise, none at all – but he doesn’t expect the way seeing it makes him feel. There’s the crack of a dead Demogorgon hitting the ground, Will’s eyes rolling back as he met Mike’s gaze, dragging his sleeve across his bloody nose, and then there’s this. It’s peaceful, just the two of them, here in this moment. No monsters, no fire, no lives at stake, only a shared apartment and Will’s magic.
“Will,” he whispers. Wonderstruck.
Three years after the defeat of Vecna, Mike finds out that Will’s still a sorcerer. They talk about magic, and they talk about them.
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05 Jul 2026
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“Shhhh,” Dustin quiets Mike with a finger to his lips. “All will be revealed in time.”
There’s a collective groan around the table, which Dustin thinks is a bit dramatic.
“So, Max. Your choice. Monk or Rogue?”
Max sighs. “Rogue. But only because I don’t need you guys lording it over me if I die as a Monk or something.”
Dustin smiles. “Perfect.”
He takes out his Dungeon Master binder and sets it in front of him, taking a deep breath before he commences the wildest, most outlandish plan he’s ever come up with.
“So our story begins in a village called Hawkings, where, inexplicably, a boy has gone missing…”
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Mike and Will clearly like each other, and Dustin is tired of their bullshit. He decides to take matters into his own hands by hosting his own campaign, much to Mike’s chagrin.
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05 Jul 2026
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First Date Rules:
1. Be a gentleman.
2. Woo him.
3. Get a second date.Mike's got ideas of how prospective boyfriends are supposed to act, and he is determined not to ruin this chance with his usual attitude (or Will Byers obsession). When all's said and done, Will sets the record straight.
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05 Jul 2026
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It would be a lie to say that Mike hasn’t spent the past hour and a half mentally poring over every book he’s ever read to come up with one worthy of recommendation to a guy as wonderful as Will seems to be. The singular issue being, of course, that he has no idea what Will likes to read. So the words of his reply trip their way out of his mouth, stumbling over one another in their eagerness.
“What, uh, do you like— have you— shit, uh, what’s— what are you looking for?” Mike asks, praying to whatever higher power is listening that Will doesn’t comment on the absolute mess of words that just spilled out of his mouth.
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Mike works at Dreamer’s Corner, the bookshop right across the street from Darling Ink. Which is where his new favorite customer, one Will Byers, works. Failed— though eventually successful— homosexuality ensues.
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05 Jul 2026
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Mike and Will have conversations with the young adults about life, love, and being gay in a small town.
And then they have a long overdue conversation with one another.
aka, the older teens are all queer and recognize a lot of themselves in mike and will, and if they happen to push the boys towards each other a little bit, well. that's their business.
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04 Jul 2026
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so why don't we go (somewhere only we know) by sterrenhemel for starburst19
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jul 2022
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“Look,” Will says again, showing Mike the table he crafted to go in Castle Byers.
“Oh! Cool,” Mike answers, although Will can tell his mind is elsewhere.
“You alr—"
"Who is "M"?" Mike suddenly asks, interrupting him.
Will’s eyebrows shoot up, confusion written all over his face. "Huh?"
Turning around, he realizes that Mike is holding something. A piece of wood in an odd shape. He steps a little closer, squinting his eyes. The capitalized M + W, bluntly carved in the wood, is impossible to miss.
And Will's heart drops to his stomach. Because he knows that piece of wood. Of course he knows it, he goddamn carved that himself years ago.
"Uh, I—," Will says.
Or, the fic where Will and Mike rebuild Castle Byers and Mike figures something out (but it takes him a while, obviously.)
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04 Jul 2026
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“Maybe if it weren’t for a repeat visitor at the Hawkins Pool– one with messy brunette hair, big doe eyes and an infuriatingly perfect body– he’d be able to make a change. But as long as this angelic, loyal swimmer maintains his loyalty over the summer… Mike is completely out of luck. But then again, luck has never been on Mike’s side anyway, so what difference does this very unlucky summer make?
It’s going to be a very long fucking fourth of July weekend, that’s for damn sure.”
OR, Mike Wheeler is a virgin, a loser, and a lifeguard who makes next-to-nothing an hour. He keeps the job that he despises for just one more summer in hopes of winning the affection of a beautiful repeat visitor of Hawkins Community Pool.
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04 Jul 2026
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“Shut up!” Mike says with a scowl. “I meant, like…I was just thinking…why don’t we just do it? Why don’t Will and I kiss?”
It’s as if you could hear a pin drop.
Lucas stares at Mike like he’s grown an extra head. Dustin and El exchange a meaningful look. Even Max, who just a moment ago had been happily poking fun at Mike, is seemingly at a loss for words.
Will is silent too, color rising to his cheeks. It’s one thing for Max to suggest it; it’s another entirely for Mike to double down. Mike, his best friend for as long as he can remember. Mike, who regardless of any newfound warmth could barely touch Will for an entire year. Mike, who is oblivious to the fact that Will is desperately in love with him.
Mike, who despite all that said Why don’t Will and I kiss as if it were the simplest thing in the world.
After his first semester of college ends, Will is more than happy to spend a relaxing New Year's Eve in Mike's basement with the rest of the Party. Things go off the rails, however, when Max and El ask everyone to join in on an interesting new tradition—a tradition which may or may not involve him and Mike sharing a kiss.
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03 Jul 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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03 Jul 2026
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I'll Make The Time Stop Wasting Away by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jun 2026
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“Either way, they’re fine with it as long as we’re back home by two. Honestly, we could probably get away with staying out the whole night. I think your mom in particular might actually be happy if you got into some normal teenage trouble for once.”
“That might be true,” Will allows, smirking slightly. “Okay, sure. We can leave at seven? After dinner?”
“Great.” Mike grins, the tension leaving his shoulders almost completely. For a second, he seems to hesitate, fingers tightening in the leather, before he releases it long enough to give Will’s hand a squeeze that lasts all of one second but sets Will’s entire body on fire. “It’s a date.”
Which makes Will’s heart just about give out.
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In which Mike asks Will out on a date once the Upside Down is closed for good and Will does a healthy amount of freaking out about it. All things considered, it goes pretty well, even if Steve isn't happy about them breaking curfew.
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02 Jul 2026
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and you remind me (of how little i deserve) by whoopsydaisyx
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jun 2026
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"Breathe," he whispered, and Will felt his bottom lip graze his ear. "You're okay. You're okay."
Hands shaking, he hugged Mike back, panting.
"He...told..." Will choked out, tears already streaming down his face.
"Shhh," He could feel Mike's warm breath against his ear. "It's just me."
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When Will is cursed by Vecna, the only thing that manages to wake him up is Mike.
But Will has been told from a very young age that boys like Mike don't like boys like Will, and the question isn't if Mike truly loves Will—it's if Will sees himself as more than a diseased, unlovable person to believe him.
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02 Jul 2026
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“I think it could be fun. It would be pretty cool to, y’know, be around other people who are… Like me.” He’s avoiding Mike’s eyes as he finishes his sentence.
Mike nods. If only he knew he’s around people like him a lot more often than he realizes. “We can definitely do that.”
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Mike and Will attend their first Pride event together.
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02 Jul 2026
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are you still there? (or have you moved away?) by artthounasty
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Jun 2026
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Sometimes, things feel normal again. Will's friends smile and laugh and make him feel like his world isn't crashing down around him every second of the day. He doesn't feel like a mistake. He can pretend that living with Mike Wheeler isn't eating him up from the inside out. The normal lets him breathe, lets him pretend they're not in very real danger.
Mike seems to have a habit of ruining that feeling.
It's only fair that Will let's him know what that's like.Mike is jealous Will didn't tell him about his first kiss, or his supposed 'girlfriend'. Mike is also a jealous idiot who won't let Will explain he hasn't had either of those things.
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01 Jul 2026
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did you ever have someone kiss you in a crowded room? by tearsofsaudade
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Jun 2026
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His mind is a madhouse, twisting all over the place, circling around and around until it inevitably lands back on Will. He wants to fix this. It’s what he does. It’s what he’s supposed to be good at—helping his friends. But he doesn’t know how to fix anything this time. People are going to say what they’re going to say, and everything Mike can think of just seems like it’ll make things worse.
It’s not like Will can go back in the closet, at this point, not that he’d want to. And nothing Mike says or does will convince a hoard of homophobic teenagers that there’s nothing wrong with being gay. He can’t convince them that Will doesn’t have a crush on him because they just think he’s “oblivious”. Which is ridiculous. Mike would know if Will had a crush on him. And Will would never have a crush on him anyway. Will is headstrong but quiet, calm and assured. Sarcastic and funny and kind and wonderful.
There are a lot of things that Mike doesn’t know, but he knows this for certain: If Will were to fall in love, it wouldn’t be with an idiot like Mike.or: When rumors start spreading about Will Byers being in love with his best friend, Mike has to figure out a solution, preferably before prom.
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01 Jul 2026