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Against All Odds (Take a look at me now) by willfreakingbyers
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Dec 2025
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"Everyone had left the room, getting ready for the battle to come. Will felt everything and nothing all at once. He never thought he’d work up the courage to say these words aloud, and yet, there he was. Feeling numb, but lighter than ever.
Everyone had left the room, except one person. Mike was still there, sitting on the couch, eyes blank. He seemed lost, like he was still trying to process what he’d just witnessed."
Or what might've happened if Will and Mike actually had a one-on-one talk after the actual coming out scene.
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"I wish I could fight WICKED again, but I feel weak, and I just can't fight anymore. I guess I'm tired of fighting against them, knowing that in the end, they're the one who will win. I wish I were as strong as you sometimes, because if you were there, you wouldn't be whining, you'd work on finding a way to stand and fight. That's what you've always done, right ? I wish you were there to help me fight."
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You did the right thing by willfreakingbyers
Fandoms: The Maze Runner Series - James Dashner
30 Jun 2014
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"They had reached Paradise a few days ago. Or maybe it were weeks. Thomas didn't really know, and to be honest, he didn't really care. It was like time had stopped since they had settled there. He hadn't talked to anyone for days now, but to him it felt like months. Thomas had spent his time lying on the ground, here on the cliff, staring at the sky and the stars upon him. He had lost all notion of time, and it felt good. He didn't want to think about anything, all he wanted was to rest, to allow his mind a little peace after all the horrors he'd seen. All the horrors he'd done."
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please, please, please let me get what i want by heartpaladin (abyssalhearts)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Feb 2026
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“It's a Valentine’s thing, Mike. It's just gonna be couples there. There’s gonna be Valentine themed activities, dancing… I'm not going to show up alone.”
“I'll go,” Mike said.
Will blinked at him. “What?”
“I’ll go with you. I'll be your date.” The words came out before Mike had fully thought them through, but once he said them, he committed. “As friends, you know. I’m sure it’ll be just as fun.”
Bookmarked by willfreakingbyers
19 Feb 2026
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A soft queer Valentine's dance where college Mike realizes he's IN LOVE
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Four years after Hawkins, the Party is still close. They are just older, busier, and better at avoiding the hard conversations. Will Byers has built a steady life in New York. Mike Wheeler has a half-finished manuscript, too many quiet regrets, and a habit of showing up anyway.
The problem is the manuscript: writing it forces Mike to look back and he starts noticing what he missed while he was living it. especially where Will was concerned. After a wedding and breakup keep them all in the same orbit long enough that there’s nowhere to hide behind. After all, the truth always comes out in the end, and Mike has stepped over things for too long.
Canon-compliant post-epilogue (in my heart, this is what happens.)
Bookmarked by willfreakingbyers
17 Feb 2026
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soft and slow Byler rebuilding their relationship ❤️
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The Brave and the Wise by mike_thebravest
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF, Stranger Things - Fandom
16 Feb 2026
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Three years after graduating from Hawkins High, the party has left the town in order to find peace and happiness. Only Mike has remained around and ended up loosing touch with the rest of the party. Especially Will.
Will finally takes up the courage to visit Mike in Hawkins, dead set on finding out why he lost touch with his best friend. -
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The feeling of being wanted is a powerful drug. Being wanted by the one you want is incomparable.
"Mike," Will says lowly. "You’re— You’re so close."
Too close, his brain supplies, a little hysterical. Too much.
Mike doesn’t pull away. "I know."
"Why?"
"Keeping up…" Mike exhales a short laugh that Will feels on his neck, "appearances."
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A guy hits on Will at a party, Mike leaves with a hickey, and by morning everybody thinks they're dating.
Will knows it’s supposed to be pretend. He just doesn’t know how to act like he hasn’t wanted this for as long as he can remember.
Bookmarked by willfreakingbyers
05 Feb 2026
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Fake boyfriend turning into real love. We love to see it. So good it hurts. 😍
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Will raises his eyebrows. “Is that why you came in here?” he repeats, looking back down at the blue flannel. “To ask me about the weather in Lenora?”
“Kind of,” Mike says, and then, “well no, not about the weather specifically. I just– I wanted to talk to you.”
“Oh.” And Will looks a lot more surprised at this, actually, than the idea that Mike might have just wanted to come to his room to make small talk about unseasonably frigid California winters. “Okay. What about?”
“Anything.” The response is embarrassingly immediate. “Everything. I don’t know. I missed you.”
Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.