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For the first time in four years, Will Byers is free. The grip the upside-down had on him has been relinquished, and he and his friends can live out the few months of childhood they have left.
But nothing is quite right: Lucas is but a shell of a person, Dustin has forgotten his girlfriend of two years, and Mike? Mike Wheeler, the heart of the group, has been a ghost of who he was for a long, long time.
And it's not just his old party: Robin, Jonathan, Hopper, Nancy, even his Mom, the same woman who would not rest till she found the truth all those years ago, glaze over their final battle like it was nothing.
A final fight that was too easy, a flickering reality of a town, a heart withering and rotting with grief in his basement. Just like that, Will begins to question just who won that last fight and how exactly he helped Vecna one last time.
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25 Feb 2026
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“I want you to tell him why you're so upset," Vecna says, and Will swears he sees the curl of a smile in the webbed scars of his face. “I want to watch you lose him.”
(Or, Will is forced by Vecna to confess his feelings to Mike, with a slow burn aftermath. Alternate Season 5.)
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What if Joyce and Hopper weren't able to find Will? What if he escaped the Demogorgan, but was left stranded in the Upside Down?
This is the story of a boy returning to a world that continued on without him.
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23 Feb 2026
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He thinks about Robin, and about what she said about coming out to Steve. How free she’d felt. Will hasn’t felt free since 1983. Maybe not ever, now that he’s thinking about it. This weight has been pressing down on him forever and he’s barely shouldering it lately. And now, on top of that, Henry is using it as a weapon; a foot on his neck, ready to suffocate him if he doesn’t submit to him.
Will might not be able to free himself from Vecna and his schemes, but there’s one thing Will can do to take some of the power away from him. Henry has taken everything from him - he won’t let him take this.
A fix-it-fic for Will's coming out scene, because he deserved so much better
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22 Feb 2026
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There’s something wrong with Will.
It started three weeks ago, almost four. Will had woken from some sort of nightmare and, instead of seeking comfort in Mike the way he usually would, he’d rolled out a sleeping bag from the closet and chosen to sleep on the floor.
No one believes Mike, except for Joyce. But even she doesn’t understand the full extent to which something is wrong with Will.
Mike understands, though. Mike has been paying attention.
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- Part 1 of eye of the beholder
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Will knows he should talk about it.
He knows it’s not quite fair to everyone else. To just… shove it all down, so deep and compressed that it becomes hard and solid and flammable under the right conditions. But… well, what the hell is he supposed to do? Is he supposed to just… explain what happened?
Will isn’t even sure what happened. If it was…
...well.
(After a history of sexual assault, Vecna starts to use this against Will by tormenting him in his dreams. Will, even more traumatized, frightened, and jumpy, struggles to rest or breathe - until one night, Mike reveals that he hasn't been asleep during Will's nightmares and hugs him.)
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19 Feb 2026
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cursing my name, wishing I stayed (look at how my tears ricochet) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jun 2025
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"Tell me a secret?"
Mike asks, like he's come to do every day, late at night, when the darkness can swallow the guilt and the regret rushing out of their hearts, when their sides press together, the floor long forgotten, ever since the first Will, please, come up here.
Will is a terrible person.
I'm in love with you. I'm having visions. I'm in love with you. I'm not really having nightmares, Vecna is tempting me with a version of you that loves me back. I'm in love with you.
"I think my death is the easiest solution to everything. The Upside Down will die with me."
Will can hear Mike swallow next to him.
"Will, I would let the world burn down to ashes if it meant keeping you in it."
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They're back in Hawkins, everything is the way it's always been, except - yeah, it's still the middle of an apocalypse, Will is having nosebleeds and Mike would sacrifice the world for his best friend but is still losing him.
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i had no choice in the matter (why would i? it's only the death of me) by walkemdownsodapop
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has always been bad at communicating. He never says the right thing, and when it matters most, he can't say a word about how he really feels. Not to El. Not to Will. Not to anyone.
Now, it's too late. Grief and regret take over Mike's life, and he is haunted by what he should have said to the two people he loves more than anything else. The words that stayed trapped inside him when he had the chance to say them nag at him as he navigates the complicated intersection between his grief for El and his confusion over Will.
Mike Wheeler is trapped in a pit of self-loathing and pain, and Will Byers might be the only one who can help dig him out of it.
Or: I've been feeling really sad about what grief and internalized homophobia did to Mike Wheeler in between the final battle and the epilogue. Here's a little angsty headcanon of the inner workings of his brain during parts of the finale and that 18 month timeskip. Starts with a sort of fix-it that shows Will's coming out and El's death from Mike's POV.
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17 Feb 2026
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show me yours, and i'll show you mine by lightsflicker
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Dec 2025
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Suddenly, Mike is twelve, teetering on the edge of the quarry. Maybe tomorrow the paramedics will pull him from the same exact place they found Will's body. It’s a comforting thought, morbidly enough. To die for his friends. To be with Will again.
or: Mike Wheeler has no good, horrible, very bad evening.
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16 Feb 2026
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There's absolutely no way to know what a person will present as ahead of time, but Mike's never been more certain about something in his life. Will Byers is going to be an Omega--a male Omega--and the second that happens, he'll lose everything. Some knothead Alpha like Troy or James will claim him as their own and no one will be able to stop them. Luckily, the Party has a plan. It might be complicated and unconventional. It might not even be legal, but it's something and that's all Will really needs. Something. And Mike's more than willing to try it if it means saving Will.
But what if Will isn't the one who needs saving?
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Feb 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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Vecna reaches out a spiked claw, tipping Will’s chin to look up at him—to face him in his full, terrifying glory. “There is no god, William,” he says softly, eyes burning. “Only me. And I have already won.”
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in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, mike and will venture to the middle of the upside-down, with hopes of ending things once and for all. of course, they both get a little more than they bargained for.
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Her curious line of thought was interrupted by a tight hug. Surprised, she took a moment before tentatively hugging back. Adrien’s body was so much larger than her own.
“It’ll be alright,” Adrien mumbled into her chest. “Ladybug will fix this.”
Marinette cautiously ran a hand through his hair. It felt soft, she noted with triumph. Good thing she had washed it the night before. “Right. Or— or Chat Noir,” she said slowly.
There was a slight pause. “Or Ladybug,” Adrien said, small.
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Adrien and Marinette get body-swapped by an akuma. Chaos ensues.
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11 Feb 2026
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The chill of the November night is all-consuming now, freezing him to the bone, and Mike pants as branches smack him in the face in his urgency.
“Shit, shit, shit, shit—” He gasps, running as bushes rustle behind him and then—
That same guttural sound. A trill, rising and falling in the dark murkiness of the woods.
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On his way home from a friend's house, young Mike sees something terrifying.
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- Part 1 of The Vanishing of… Mike Wheeler…?
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30 Jan 2026
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The Trashmouth & The Cleric by wasitcasualnow
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT - Stephen King, IT (Movies - Muschietti)
14 Feb 2026
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Richie Tozier has a mouth that gets him into trouble.
Will Byers has a habit of noticing things he probably shouldn’t.A fake relationship sounds harmless enough—just something to get through the summer in Hawkins, explain a few sleeping arrangements, and maybe irritate the right people. It’s not supposed to mean anything. It’s definitely not supposed to make anyone jealous.
But loud jokes turn into quiet moments, and pretending starts to feel a little too real. And if the plan began just to make two boys squirm, no one is prepared for what happens when it actually works.
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20 Jan 2026
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Trapped under the same roof, Will and Mike are forced to share spaces as Hawkins falls apart around them. From petty fights to emotional breakdowns, the two train wrecks have to work together with the team to navigate the governments secrets of the upside down. As much as Will wants to tell Mike the truth about the painting and the awkwardness shared between them, Mike remains blind to wills painfully obvious signs. Can they work something out to avoid the team breaking apart or accept the fact that they're falling for something much deeper than friendship?
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Mike being a little shit while Will slowly looses his mind
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20 Jan 2026
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IN BREAK
Will Byers grew up as an intersex kid in California, and Mike grew up as a pretentious idiot with no real friends in Hawkins.
One forgettable—or unforgettable—party later, their paths collide. The next morning, both would love to pretend nothing happened. But that’s impossible, because Mike discovers that the cute boy from the party is the brother of the cute girl he’s trying to date… and because Will’s pregnancy test shows two bright, undeniable lines.
Content warning: teen pregnancy handled seriously; mentions of mental health, bullying, and abortion (no character has an abortion).Bookmarked by Luscinios
20 Jan 2026
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Mike pushes into his hands, but Will keeps him still.
"Ask again," he says. Because he's greedy, and he wants Mike to want him.
He stares at Will's mouth. "Please."
"Again."
El is gone.
Will tries to figure out how to move on in New York, and Mike follows him. Their apartment is haunted not by ghosts, but by the two of them.
Or: Catastrophically traumatized boys cling to each other and accidentally figure out how to be close—too close—while moving through their grief.
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- Part 1 of Supervoid
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“I can show you the real thing, if you want me to.”
“What?”
“We could practice. I mean, actually kissing. I wouldn’t mind.”Or Will is getting ready for a date and looks defeated, before it even started. Helping him practice might be just the thing to help Mike make sense of his own confusing feelings.