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darling, you got to let me know (should i stay or should i go?) by andiwriteordie
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Jun 2022
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Nobody expects it to be Mike.
Everyone is expecting it to be Max or Nancy, who both have already been targeted. Or maybe El, whose childhood in Hawkins Lab makes her the perfect target. Or Will, who has gone through more than enough trauma in the past three years alone for all of them.
Nobody expects it to be Mike.
Or, the one in which it's Mike, not Will, who Vecna targets.
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18 Feb 2026
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The first time, Mike thinks it’s a dream.
Three days into the end of the world, the whispers begin.
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13 Feb 2026
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Stranger Things, with one small change:
El and Will are psychically connected.
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13 Feb 2026
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(The Real) Stranger Things Season 3 by midnighteverlark
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Aug 2022
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(Because after (gestures at what Netflix gave us), we really needed a rewrite.)
It's summer vacation, 1985.
After everything that's happened in the past two years, Will just wants to go back to the way things were - and the Party seems to be racing on ahead, leaving him behind as they get swept up in the new adventure of being teenagers. But when something darker threatens to reenter their lives, the Party has more to deal with than just dating and summer shenanigans.
Joyce knows that something is wrong - she can just feel it. And Hopper knows by now to trust her instinct. Together they set out to find answers - and find that not all is as they assumed.
Unappreciated and heckled at her internship at The Hawkins Post, Nancy picks up the phone to a strange call. Sensing a story, she grabs Jonathan and chases the lead.
El isn't sure who she is - or if she has the strength to defeat the evil that's rearing its head in this once-quiet town.
Dustin picks up a strange code on his ham radio.
Steve hates his Scoops uniform.
Something strange is stirring in Hawkins - something that wants to get back in.One summer can change everything.
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12 Feb 2026
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“Nah, man,” Lucas shakes his head, leaning back as he snacks on an apple, “he got, like, buff. Do you see his arms?”
Mike does, in fact, see Will’s arms. He has not stopped seeing his arms.
“She definitely sees his arms,” Dustin very unhelpfully points out, waggling his eyebrows, and Mike gets the overwhelming urge to bash his own head in.While volunteering at the Hawkins' help center, it seems like every girl around has a newfound interest in Will Byers, and Mike doesn't know why he feels the way he does.
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10 Feb 2026
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Any other superpower would have been better, really. Fire-wielding, telekinesis— even growing an extra arm would have been preferable to mind-reading.
Will hates his newfound powers, and he hates the constant headaches that come with them, and he hates the weird thoughts and feelings he never even wanted to know about in the first place that constantly invade his mind. He hates it all, but he can’t escape his own brain— so short of removing his head entirely, what can he even do to change it?
But— thankfully— with a little help from his friends, and a lot of pain from Mike Wheeler, Will learns to control his telepathy— and, maybe, learns a little too much from his best-friend-slash-lifelong-love’s intricately confusing mind.
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09 Feb 2026
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As Will is destroying Castle Byers, a sudden bolt of lightning strikes.
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A VERY self-indulgent AU exploring a Season 3 in which Will has powers. Written in outline format.
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08 Feb 2026
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Hand under my sweatshirt (Baby, kiss it better) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Nov 2025
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Will looked up.
Mike was frozen mid–chew, a piece of pasta hanging stupidly from his fork. His eyes were wide, fixed on Will’s chest.
On the hoodie.
On his hoodie.
The moment stretched like elastic. Mike blinked once. Twice. Then the blush hit - an immediate, fierce red crawling up his neck to the tips of his ears.
“Oh,” he croaked, voice cracking.
Will blinked. “Oh?”
“That’s, um, that’s…” Mike swallowed hard. “That’s my hoodie.”
Will felt heat rush to his own face. “Uh. Yeah. Sorry. I… I forgot to return it. I’ll give it back later.”
“No!” Mike squeaked, far too loudly. He cleared his throat violently. “I mean, you don’t have to. I’m not, like, I don’t need it. You can, um. Keep it. If you want.”
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Will borrows Mike’s hoodie once. Then twice. Then it becomes…a whole thing.
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07 Feb 2026
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And I became hypnotised (By freckles and bright eyes) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Nov 2025
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“Sorry, sorry,” Mike said, stepping aside and gesturing stiffly at the couch like a Victorian gentleman offering someone a seat. “You can, um… sit. First. If you want.”
Will narrowed his eyes playfully. “You’re being weird.”
“You’re being weird!” Mike hissed in a whisper, horrified. “We’re both being weird!”
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Mike and Will have finally started dating… they just have absolutely no idea how to act. From failed cuddles to awkward almost-kisses to disastrous hand-holding, they stumble their way through figuring out how to be boyfriends, together.
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07 Feb 2026
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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?”
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Will starts complimenting Mike.
Mike stops functioning.
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07 Feb 2026
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You took me by the hand (today was a fairytale) by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Dec 2025
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Mike hadn’t meant to hold Will’s hand. It was an accident. Honest.
A stupid one. A completely innocent, absolutely-not-premeditated accident. At least… mostly.
Because sure, Mike thought about it. A lot. More than a normal person should probably think about their best friend’s hands. He was fully aware it was weird. Mildly concerning. Possibly diagnosable.
But he couldn’t help it.
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Mike Wheeler accidentally starts holding Will Byers’ hand. Then it stops being an accident.
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07 Feb 2026
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Mike leaned back slightly, gripping the chains, staring up at the sky as it shifted from blue to purple. He thought about everything they’d lost and everything they’d somehow kept. About how Will had been brave in ways Mike still didn’t understand. About how he’d almost lost him, more times than he could count.
“I was really scared,” Mike said suddenly, before he could stop himself.
Will turned to look at him. “Of what?”
“Of losing you,” Mike admitted, his voice quieter now.
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Mike starts kissing Will on the cheek. He tells himself it’s about comfort, about making sure Will is still here. He tells himself it doesn’t mean anything at all.
He is very wrong.
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06 Feb 2026
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Tell me that I'm all you want by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jan 2026
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He was happy for Will. He was. He wanted Will to have someone. Someone who made him smile like that, even if it hurt to look at. Even if it made something ugly and sharp crawl around inside Mike’s chest.
Because this wasn’t about Mike.
This was about Will finally being honest. Being able to be himself.
And Mike was going to be okay with it.
He had to be.
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After Will comes out, Mike is completely, totally, absolutely fine about it.
Except for the part where he’s weirdly upset about Will having a crush on Lucas.
And the part where he can’t stop thinking about Will.
And the part where everything finally clicks.
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06 Feb 2026
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Mike took the hair elastic from Will, then just… stared at it. He blinked once. Then again.
“I have no idea how to use this,” Mike admitted, before letting out a small, self-conscious laugh as he looked up at Will, genuinely bewildered.
Will grinned, the tension easing just a little. “I mean, I can braid your hair for you if you like,” he said lightly, teasing. “We can have a slumber party.”
Mike snorted, rolling his eyes. “Why not,” he said, easy and unguarded. “Go on then. Braid my hair.”
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Hair braiding, mutual pining, confessions, and the inevitable kissing.
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06 Feb 2026
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In the heat of your electric touch by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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“Feels nice…”
Will froze. Absolutely froze.
His hand was buried in Mike Wheeler’s hair. Mike - who was practically draped over him now - looked blissful. Borderline euphoric. His eyes had fluttered half-shut. There was a tiny, content smile on his lips.
Will stared down at him, heart doing somersaults.
“Uh,” Will said intelligently.
Mike made another sound - soft, almost dreamy - and nudged Will’s hand, encouraging, needy without even realising it.
Will’s brain short-circuited.
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The first time Will runs his fingers through Mike’s hair, it’s an accident.
The second time… maybe not so much.
Before long, Mike is leaning into every touch, Will is desperately trying not to make it weird, and the Party is very, very done with them.
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06 Feb 2026
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05 Feb 2026
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Will holds his breath and waits. Waits for Mike to take back the offer, to say he was joking, to say that was a stupid idea. But he doesn’t. He simply stares at Will and bites his lip, as if awaiting Will’s judgment.
“I’m not sure…”
“I mean, friends can do it,” Mike adds, running a hand through his hair. “It’s not like— it’s just, it can calm your body.”
After being on heat suppressants for a few months, Will begins experiencing symptoms of a phantom heat. Mike, an alpha, offers to help relieve the symptoms by scenting him. As a friend. Totally as friends.
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04 Feb 2026
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as someone who doesnt read abo, this is just too wholesome and cute. got me giggling and kicking my feet while reading it
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i am caught, right inside your line of fire by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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“Why are you touching him? You don’t own him.”
Will dropped his head into his hands. “Mike, oh my god—”
Paladin Mike’s jaw tightened. “I do not own him,” he said immediately. “He is—” He stopped, swallowing. His eyes went back to Will softening, and that softness made Mike hate him even more. He could recognize the look, and saw it mirrored in his own eyes countless times.
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“He is the Light. By your oath, I am bound to him. My liege.” He bowed his head slightly toward Will, his mouth wrapped around the word like it was a prayer. “My cleric.” He said after, softer.
“Oh my god.” Will flushed, impossibly. “That is crazy. He is actually crazy."
Max, who had been standing with her arms crossed behind them, muttered, “Jesus Christ,” under her breath.
Mike Wheeler is going to explode, because there is an alternate, armoured version of him, following Will Byers around like he belonged to him.
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03 Feb 2026
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what a match: i'm half-doomed and you're semi-sweet by perexcri
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Dec 2022
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One month ago, if you had asked Will Byers what he’d do if Mike Wheeler threaded his fingers through his hair, looked him dead in the eyes, and started leaning in for a kiss, he wouldn’t have said this.
He wouldn’t have said he’d be staring right back into those yawning dark eyes, one hand on Mike’s waist, the other against his cheek. There wouldn’t have been any lightning in his veins or blood rushing in his ears.
He wouldn’t have said that Mike Wheeler would be tilting his head in the opposite direction, eyes widening just the slightest as if asking permission, his mouth slightly parted.
He wouldn’t have imagined it at all.
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“Come to NYU,” he says. Mouth moving before he really knows what he’s saying, what he’s offering. Thinking not about Mom, or Mike, or the ghosts of this town, but of himself, and what he wants. “With me. You and Lucas. Let’s all go. I’m sick of Hawkins.”
(or: will byers and the art of moving on.)
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31 Jan 2026