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Mike lets out a frustrated groan and knocks his head back against the seat—like Hopper’s the one being cryptic here.
Mike’s voice cracks slightly when he repeats, “He hurt Will.” More urgent this time. More desperate.
“Okay. I get that,” Hopper says slowly. “But it doesn’t explain why—”
Mike cuts him off, sharp. “If Will didn’t tell you, then I’m not telling you.”
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When Hopper gets a call about that damn Wheeler kid, he's pissed. Until he realizes what exactly he's dealing with.
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25 Feb 2026
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Would? by m00nlightbae
Mike lets out a frustrated groan and knocks his head back against the seat—like Hopper’s the one being cryptic here.Mike’s voice cracks slightly when he repeats, “He hurt Will.” More urgent this time. More desperate.
“Okay. I get that,” Hopper says slowly. “But it doesn’t explain why—”
Mike cuts him off, sharp. “If Will didn’t tell you, then I’m not telling you.”
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When Hopper gets a call about that damn Wheeler kid, he's pissed. Until he realizes what exactly he's dealing with. -
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“Whoa, hey, just lie back.” Will scoots up so he can push Mike’s shoulders. Mike crumples with barely any effort, elbows giving out. Will catches the back of his head and sets it carefully on a child sized mattress that’s been here since 1983. The first time. Will shivers.
“You cold?” Mike asks, lulling his head to look at Will. His lids are drooping; he’s clearly struggling to stay conscious, yet still somehow has the capacity to catch Will shivering. Jesus. He’s so. Just so.
In the aftermath of the painting fight, Will gets taken. Mike rescues him, and they narrowly escape Vecna’s lair at a cost: Mike is injured. And it could get much worse if Will doesn’t figure something out fast.
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25 Feb 2026
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love so bad by booksandpaperss
“Whoa, hey, just lie back.” Will scoots up so he can push Mike’s shoulders. Mike crumples with barely any effort, elbows giving out. Will catches the back of his head and sets it carefully on a child sized mattress that’s been here since 1983. The first time. Will shivers.“You cold?” Mike asks, lulling his head to look at Will. His lids are drooping; he’s clearly struggling to stay conscious, yet still somehow has the capacity to catch Will shivering. Jesus. He’s so. Just so.
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In the aftermath of the painting fight, Will gets taken. Mike rescues him, and they narrowly escape Vecna’s lair at a cost: Mike is injured. And it could get much worse if Will doesn’t figure something out fast. -
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“We tell each other everything,” Mike says, hushed. He’s not disputing Will. He’s just hurt. It’s written all over the pinched, sharp lines of his face.
Will shakes his head. “Not this. I couldn’t.”
Mike exhales a broken oh into the gaping space between them.
Will comes out to two of the most important people in his life, and confesses something a little more along the way. It’s private, intimate, and entirely his own.
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25 Feb 2026
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he's you by booksandpaperss
“We tell each other everything,” Mike says, hushed. He’s not disputing Will. He’s just hurt. It’s written all over the pinched, sharp lines of his face.Will shakes his head. “Not this. I couldn’t.”
Mike exhales a broken oh into the gaping space between them.
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Will comes out to two of the most important people in his life, and confesses something a little more along the way. It’s private, intimate, and entirely his own. -
the walls we crashed through by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Sep 2022
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someone on tumblr said there's not enough byler secret relationship content out there and yk what they were right so i fucking made some you're welcome
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25 Feb 2026
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the walls we crashed through by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
someone on tumblr said there's not enough byler secret relationship content out there and yk what they were right so i fucking made some you're welcome -
You are the best thing that’s ever been mine by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Dec 2025
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The compliments had started small.
“You did good,” Will had murmured, a few hours after the battle, as Mike tried very hard not to cry or pass out and Will clung to consciousness by a breath. And then, the next day, “Thanks for always being there for me. I couldn’t have done it without you.”
Totally normal. Totally Will. Mike could handle that.
But then it… spiralled.
“Your hair looks good today,” Will said one morning in the kitchen while trying (and failing) to pour cereal without spilling half the box.
Or, as they were walking to the Byers’ car: “I love your freckles. You know that, right?”
💕💕💕💕
Will starts complimenting Mike.
Mike stops functioning.
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25 Feb 2026
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You are the best thing that’s ever been mine by psychotic_fangirl369
The compliments had started small.“You did good,” Will had murmured, a few hours after the battle, as Mike tried very hard not to cry or pass out and Will clung to consciousness by a breath. And then, the next day, “Thanks for always being there for me. I couldn’t have done it without you.”
Totally normal. Totally Will. Mike could handle that.
But then it… spiralled.
“Your hair looks good today,” Will said one morning in the kitchen while trying (and failing) to pour cereal without spilling half the box.
Or, as they were walking to the Byers’ car: “I love your freckles. You know that, right?”
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Will starts complimenting Mike.Mike stops functioning.
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Oh. She thinks he and Will are dating.
And Mike knows it's wrong, he knows it is, but his mom is waging psychological warfare on him in the frozen food section at eight in the morning, and he hasn't even had coffee yet, and he really, really needs this. It would be vindicating. It would be his one chance at proving to his family that his thing for Tom Cruise wasn't a phase. And most importantly, it would be kind of hilarious.
"Mom," Mike says slowly, ducking his head to make pointed eye contact for the first time over the course of their conversation, "Will and I are together. Romantically. And I'm not having Christmas dinner without him."
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25 Feb 2026
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winterland by orphan_account
Oh. She thinks he and Will are dating.And Mike knows it's wrong, he knows it is, but his mom is waging psychological warfare on him in the frozen food section at eight in the morning, and he hasn't even had coffee yet, and he really, really needs this. It would be vindicating. It would be his one chance at proving to his family that his thing for Tom Cruise wasn't a phase. And most importantly, it would be kind of hilarious.
"Mom," Mike says slowly, ducking his head to make pointed eye contact for the first time over the course of their conversation, "Will and I are together. Romantically. And I'm not having Christmas dinner without him."
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barriers (i'll break 'em down) by booksandpaperss for significant_ace_nnoyance
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Dec 2025
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“Will?”
A light clicks on to his right, bathing a sleepy looking Will in a warm glow. “Hi,” Will says.
Mike grins like a maniac. “Hi,” he replies, and dives right onto Will’s bed.
It's the Byers first night back in Hawkins with the Wheelers, and all Mike wants is for Will to be fully comfortable with him again. He gets a little more than he bargained for.
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25 Feb 2026
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barriers (i'll break 'em down) by booksandpaperss
“Will?”A light clicks on to his right, bathing a sleepy looking Will in a warm glow. “Hi,” Will says.
Mike grins like a maniac. “Hi,” he replies, and dives right onto Will’s bed.
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It's the Byers first night back in Hawkins with the Wheelers, and all Mike wants is for Will to be fully comfortable with him again. He gets a little more than he bargained for. -
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“I’m about to do something really shitty,” Will said. “But I think we might die today. And I guess I’d rather live with you hating me than die without you knowing exactly what I am.”
Or, Mike Wheeler gets kissed, lives, and tries his hand at a happy ending.
Series
- Part 1 of Come On, Pilgrim
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25 Feb 2026
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This Human Form by cowardnthief
“I’m about to do something really shitty,” Will said. “But I think we might die today. And I guess I’d rather live with you hating me than die without you knowing exactly what I am.”Or, Mike Wheeler gets kissed, lives, and tries his hand at a happy ending.
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And they could never tear us apart by Now_With_Conviction
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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It’s a chorus of confusion. Mike does not move. No one approaches him.
And Will barely reacts. That alone, in Mike’s opinion, is damning.
Mike holds tight to his gun, index finger on the trigger, and does not look away from Will’s face, not for a second. He does not explain himself, despite Hopper and Nancy and El and Mrs. Byers closing in on them, hovering as if a bomb was going to go off.
Instead, the edge of a growl emerging, Mike speaks only to the monster: “Get out of Will now.”
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25 Feb 2026
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And they could never tear us apart by Now_With_Conviction
It’s a chorus of confusion. Mike does not move. No one approaches him.And Will barely reacts. That alone, in Mike’s opinion, is damning.
Mike holds tight to his gun, index finger on the trigger, and does not look away from Will’s face, not for a second. He does not explain himself, despite Hopper and Nancy and El and Mrs. Byers closing in on them, hovering as if a bomb was going to go off.
Instead, the edge of a growl emerging, Mike speaks only to the monster: “Get out of Will now.”
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(it's not my fault) i don't like girls by steve_the_hair_harrington (peter_parkerson)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jul 2019
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He watches Mike turn to smile at El as Lucas digs Skittles and Kit Kats out of the vending machine, and he wants to bang his head against a wall. Dramatic, maybe, but he thinks he’s earned the right to be just a little dramatic. If nothing else, it would get Mike’s attention.
Will closes his eyes, free hand running through his hair. When he opens them again, Mike is standing in the middle of the room with his arms full of candy, looking nervously between Will and El, who’s moved to sit three seats down with her nose in a magazine.
He’s going to go to El. He’s going to go sit with her and try to patch things up because their relationship is...on the rocks or whatever and El is the only thing he cares about anyway, so -
“Hey,” Mike says.
Will blinks up at him, grip on the armrest automatically loosening (but only just). Mike gives him this timid sort of half-smile that Will doesn’t return. “Hi.”
Stranger Things 3 missing scene fic in which Mike actually apologizes for his and Will's fight in episode 3.
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22 Feb 2026
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(it's not my fault) i don't like girls by steve_the_hair_harrington (peter_parkerson)
He watches Mike turn to smile at El as Lucas digs Skittles and Kit Kats out of the vending machine, and he wants to bang his head against a wall. Dramatic, maybe, but he thinks he’s earned the right to be just a little dramatic. If nothing else, it would get Mike’s attention.Will closes his eyes, free hand running through his hair. When he opens them again, Mike is standing in the middle of the room with his arms full of candy, looking nervously between Will and El, who’s moved to sit three seats down with her nose in a magazine.
He’s going to go to El. He’s going to go sit with her and try to patch things up because their relationship is...on the rocks or whatever and El is the only thing he cares about anyway, so -
“Hey,” Mike says.
Will blinks up at him, grip on the armrest automatically loosening (but only just). Mike gives him this timid sort of half-smile that Will doesn’t return. “Hi.”
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Stranger Things 3 missing scene fic in which Mike actually apologizes for his and Will's fight in episode 3. -
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The world is quite literally ending. His girlfriend just broke up with him. Mike can't stop thinking about Will.
“Will can stay with me.”
Will looks up from the spot he was looking at on the floor. “What? I can?”
“Stay at my house tonight.”
Will plays with his own fingers. Mike can't stop looking at them. “What? Mike, why? I’ll be okay here.”
“It’s just one night,” Mike says, a little loudly, a little desperate.
“Okay,” Will replies, a little loudly, also a little desperate, a little too fast like he had been meaning to say yes the entire time. “Yeah… Yeah, I’ll stay over.”
And now they’re here. Both sitting on Mike’s bed with the most crushing tension hanging over them. Mike wants to die in it.
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22 Feb 2026
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Let me Lead by quietforasecond
The world is quite literally ending. His girlfriend just broke up with him. Mike can't stop thinking about Will.“Will can stay with me.”
Will looks up from the spot he was looking at on the floor. “What? I can?”
“Stay at my house tonight.”
Will plays with his own fingers. Mike can't stop looking at them. “What? Mike, why? I’ll be okay here.”
“It’s just one night,” Mike says, a little loudly, a little desperate.
“Okay,” Will replies, a little loudly, also a little desperate, a little too fast like he had been meaning to say yes the entire time. “Yeah… Yeah, I’ll stay over.”
And now they’re here. Both sitting on Mike’s bed with the most crushing tension hanging over them. Mike wants to die in it.
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Maybe all the monster fighting did a number of Mike, because he cannot for the life of him remember Will coming out to him.
Either his memory is messed up, or he woke up in the alternative reality in which it isn’t a taboo subject, because Will just casually mentioned liking guys and Mike is not taking it personally at all.
Or; mike panics about will liking guys and tries to be normal about it (it doesn’t even last a day)
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22 Feb 2026
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everything about him by endlesslytea
Maybe all the monster fighting did a number of Mike, because he cannot for the life of him remember Will coming out to him.Either his memory is messed up, or he woke up in the alternative reality in which it isn’t a taboo subject, because Will just casually mentioned liking guys and Mike is not taking it personally at all.
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starving works (when it costs too much to love) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 May 2025
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“No,” Mike says forcefully, and then, with a frustrated sound, “I mean- yes, I don’t know. What I mean is, it’s bullshit that you had to deal with that, and it’s bullshit that you have to deal with-” here he gestures wildly to, Will assumes, the general shitshow that their lives have become, “all of this, and I just…” he sighs, and lets his hand fall to rest on top of Will’s. The contact, the casualness with which he initiates it, surprises Will so much that he stops trying to strangle his pinky finger with the couch thread. “You should have the things you want,” Mike says, squeezing Will’s hand.
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22 Feb 2026
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starving works (when it costs too much to love) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
“No,” Mike says forcefully, and then, with a frustrated sound, “I mean- yes, I don’t know. What I mean is, it’s bullshit that you had to deal with that, and it’s bullshit that you have to deal with-” here he gestures wildly to, Will assumes, the general shitshow that their lives have become, “all of this, and I just…” he sighs, and lets his hand fall to rest on top of Will’s. The contact, the casualness with which he initiates it, surprises Will so much that he stops trying to strangle his pinky finger with the couch thread. “You should have the things you want,” Mike says, squeezing Will’s hand. -
nothing lasts forever (but let's see how far we get) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 May 2025
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“I’m not moping,” Mike sighs, sounding objectively pretty mopey, “I’m just…”
Their sides are already all but pressed together, thanks to the relatively narrow space the bed provides, but Will nudges his thigh into Mike’s too, just to complete the line. “Just what?”
Mike sighs again, this time more frustrated than dejected. “Well, it’s weird, right?” he asks, rhetorically Will assumes, “because we’ve been obsessing for ages over how to save the world and get back to normal, but now that it’s actually happened, I’m realizing that none of us ever talked about what getting back to normal means.”
“Ah.” Will smiles to himself a little. “You want a plan.”the world stops ending. mike has some feelings about it.
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22 Feb 2026
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nothing lasts forever (but let's see how far we get) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
“I’m not moping,” Mike sighs, sounding objectively pretty mopey, “I’m just…”
Their sides are already all but pressed together, thanks to the relatively narrow space the bed provides, but Will nudges his thigh into Mike’s too, just to complete the line. “Just what?”
Mike sighs again, this time more frustrated than dejected. “Well, it’s weird, right?” he asks, rhetorically Will assumes, “because we’ve been obsessing for ages over how to save the world and get back to normal, but now that it’s actually happened, I’m realizing that none of us ever talked about what getting back to normal means.”
“Ah.” Will smiles to himself a little. “You want a plan.”
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the world stops ending. mike has some feelings about it. -
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One thing about Mike Wheeler is that he’s smart. Painfully, relentlessly smart. Smart enough to lead without being given the title. Smart enough to solve problems no one else sees. Smart enough to recognize when someone pulls the wool over his eyes.
And now, standing frozen on a rooftop with the last pieces falling into place, he realized something sharp.
His best friend had lied to him.
And Will Byers had gotten away with it for eighteen months.
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Or, Mike puts two and two together and finds out about the painting.Series
- Part 1 of The Byler Archives
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22 Feb 2026
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I Tried to Keep You Safe From Me by aeriluvs
One thing about Mike Wheeler is that he’s smart. Painfully, relentlessly smart. Smart enough to lead without being given the title. Smart enough to solve problems no one else sees. Smart enough to recognize when someone pulls the wool over his eyes.And now, standing frozen on a rooftop with the last pieces falling into place, he realized something sharp.
His best friend had lied to him.
And Will Byers had gotten away with it for eighteen months.
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Or, Mike puts two and two together and finds out about the painting. -
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“Will, I mean in this in the most platonic way, but,” Max begins. “You got, like, hot.”
Will flushes before her eyes. He turns bright red at record speed.
“I- what? No, I didn’t!”
Across the room, Mike snorts.
Or, Max hasn’t seen Will since the summer of ‘85. Despite Lucas going on about how he’s a sorcerer now, nothing could’ve prepared her for Will Byers, two years older and about half a foot taller. Surrounded by changes, the one thing that remains consistent is the way Mike Wheeler looks at Will like a lovesick idiot.
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22 Feb 2026
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when did you get hot? by emloafs
“Will, I mean in this in the most platonic way, but,” Max begins. “You got, like, hot.”Will flushes before her eyes. He turns bright red at record speed.
“I- what? No, I didn’t!”
Across the room, Mike snorts.
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Or, Max hasn’t seen Will since the summer of ‘85. Despite Lucas going on about how he’s a sorcerer now, nothing could’ve prepared her for Will Byers, two years older and about half a foot taller. Surrounded by changes, the one thing that remains consistent is the way Mike Wheeler looks at Will like a lovesick idiot. -
I Will Be Your Preacher, Teacher by epilogueboyfriend
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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“I think about you all the time, you know? What you’re doing in the city, who you’re with. Kind of makes me crazy. All the guys you bring home to your mom are assholes, by the way. Hop says so.”
Will let out a teary laugh at that, turning his hand to curl his fingers around Mike’s. “I guess I have a type.” Then, quieter, “You really think about me?”
Mike swallowed roughly, and then confessed in a croak, “Yeah, I do. I think about how much I miss you, and–I think about all the things I want to do with you.” All the things I want to do to you.
“Oh,” Will breathed.
Mike and Will get stuck in the wine cellar at the Lumax wedding.
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21 Feb 2026
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I Will Be Your Preacher, Teacher by epilogueboyfriend
“I think about you all the time, you know? What you’re doing in the city, who you’re with. Kind of makes me crazy. All the guys you bring home to your mom are assholes, by the way. Hop says so.”Will let out a teary laugh at that, turning his hand to curl his fingers around Mike’s. “I guess I have a type.” Then, quieter, “You really think about me?”
Mike swallowed roughly, and then confessed in a croak, “Yeah, I do. I think about how much I miss you, and–I think about all the things I want to do with you.” All the things I want to do to you.
“Oh,” Will breathed.
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Mike and Will get stuck in the wine cellar at the Lumax wedding. -
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“How’s your boyfriend?” Mike asked, screwing up his brow as if he didn’t know his name, as if he didn’t fucking hate him. “Carlton or something?”
“We broke up,” Will said. “About a year ago, actually.”
Mike sat up straight, so quickly he nearly knocked his beer bottle off the side of the building. He fumbled for it, catching it at the last second. Will pretended he didn’t see, though he didn’t turn his head fast enough for Mike to miss his grin.
Mike and Will return to Hawkins for their high school reunion.
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21 Feb 2026
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Beauty Mark Next to Your Mouth by epilogueboyfriend
“How’s your boyfriend?” Mike asked, screwing up his brow as if he didn’t know his name, as if he didn’t fucking hate him. “Carlton or something?”“We broke up,” Will said. “About a year ago, actually.”
Mike sat up straight, so quickly he nearly knocked his beer bottle off the side of the building. He fumbled for it, catching it at the last second. Will pretended he didn’t see, though he didn’t turn his head fast enough for Mike to miss his grin.
Mike and Will return to Hawkins for their high school reunion.
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"You like my shorts?" His voice drops, teasing but edged with something interested. His thumb strokes Will's knee again, slow and deliberate.
Will swallows hard.
Mike leans in, breath ghosting against Will's ear, "Or do you just like what's in them?"or
It’s just a pair of shorts.
Unfortunately, it’s Mike Wheeler wearing them.Bookmarked by queerofthedagger
20 Feb 2026
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short shorts save lives (lie) by mikesufferingdept
"You like my shorts?" His voice drops, teasing but edged with something interested. His thumb strokes Will's knee again, slow and deliberate.
Will swallows hard.
Mike leans in, breath ghosting against Will's ear, "Or do you just like what's in them?"or
It’s just a pair of shorts.
Unfortunately, it’s Mike Wheeler wearing them. -
and that's the thing about illicit affairs by doomedbyler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jan 2026
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During another night of a decidedly non-casual encounter with Mike, Will's boyfriend starts calling. Mike makes Will make a reckless decision.
cheating byler basically
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20 Feb 2026
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and that's the thing about illicit affairs by doomedbyler
During another night of a decidedly non-casual encounter with Mike, Will's boyfriend starts calling. Mike makes Will make a reckless decision.