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"Don’t," the other Mike cuts in, fast and low and urgent. "Don’t do this here. Don’t do this in front—" his eyes slide over—”not in front of them."
"Why not?" Will's future self snaps. "You wanna talk so bad, let’s talk."
"Not like this.”
“No—exactly like this,” he shoots back. “You don’t get to keep doing that. Acting like protecting him—yourself—is the same thing as protecting me.”
That lands harder. Quieter. More dangerous.
“You think he doesn’t deserve to know?” he goes on. “You think I didn’t?”
“Will.” A warning.
“You wanna start with the summer?” he says. “Or should we just skip ahead to New York?” A beat. His mouth twists. “Or even better—Dustin’s graduation?”
[Or: The one where Will and Mike meet their future selves, and discover they have some... unresolved issues.]
[Or or: The one where your humble author somehow stumbles ass-backwards into a series finale re-write?]
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- Part 3 of parallel hearts
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27 Apr 2026
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"When we win, when there's peace and I can be myself. Maybe then we can talk again."
Jane doesn't think about why he doesn't chase her. Not a minute, nor an hour, nor a week later. Mike doesn't look for her. Maybe I broke his heart, she believes.
based on a tweet
OR : “m11 is already broken up and mike is spending more time with will and the wonder twins get into a fight over mike and no one in the party can figure out why they're fighting”.- Language:
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06 Apr 2026
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In the summer of 1989, the Byers family moves to Montauk, cutting short Mike and Will's last summer together before college. Certain he'll never see his friend again, Will confesses his love on their last night together, rocking Mike's world entirely. As the tear-filled goodbyes draw to a close, however, Mike is suddenly offered the unexpected opportunity to travel with the Byers family and help them move.
They have five days out of state together to address Will's confession, learn to communicate, and maybe, just maybe, say a few things they should have said all along.
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20 Mar 2026
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It's 1995, and it's snowing in Hawkins. Will has not been home in five years. He hasn't laid eyes on Mike Wheeler in five years. A phone call that he can't ignore, a long drive, and he's there, in front of Mike's house, like nothing has changed. And maybe, nothing has.
Or: Mike falls apart. Will puts him back together.TW suicide attempt
(Everyone was far too happy in that epilogue for my liking... you will mourn el properly and you WILL have trauma and you WILL ALL be miserable. This will be really depressing but I fear I have no choice in the matter. Byler I will avenge you.)
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- 8/8
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25 Jan 2026
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Will wakes up to find Mike Wheeler sleeping on his floor, only four years younger. Now it’s up to the Party to get him back to his own timeline.
Title from the song Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
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- Part 1 of landslide
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08 Jan 2026
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i'm not in love (so don't forget it) by blueandyellowarc
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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He knows, it’s all his fault. He knows. But there are tears stinging in his eyes and he calls Will again, because how the hell is he supposed to figure this out on his own? He calls again, and again, and again, and again, until Will picks up.
“Mike. Let it go. It’s almost morning, you should sleep. Why can’t you do as I ask and not call me?”
Mike swallows, voice coming out as a pathetic croak, “Will. Will, I can’t lose you. I can't-” The tears that have been burning in his eyes impatiently, finally roll down his cheeks in fat, slow, drops.
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Will needs time away from Mike, time to focus on college and time to get over his unrequited feelings. For the first time, Mike is not the one to push Will away and he cannot stand the feeling. He ends up calling Will, even though he asked him not to, desperate to get him back. It's not too late, is it?
inspired by "I'm Not In Love" (10cc) lyrics!!
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Bookmarked by IntrovertedWitch
04 Jan 2026
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Mike would like to believe in ghosts— really, he would. Especially after everything that happened with Will. He wants to think that his best friend is watching over him from the other side— but he’s not entirely convinced.
Which is why he’s here, breaking into an old abandoned house. No one in Hawkins dares to go inside; there have been rumors about this building being haunted since before Mike was born. Flickering lights, a shadowy figure in the window, scratching from the inside; Mike calls bullshit.
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Mike has made a hobby of searching supposedly haunted buildings for his late best friend, Will. He’s always come up empty handed. Why would this time be any different?
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23 Dec 2025
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you know me better than i do by unidentifiedblackthorn
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Sep 2022
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Will was all out of excuses to keep avoiding Mike. He didn’t think he’d be strong enough to keep avoiding Mike either way - not with Mike calling him everyday- but this feels entirely too soon, the memories still fresh. Will feels that if he even thinks about Mike he could feel the phantom of Mike’s fingers digging into his hips, his lips pressing into Wills’ pulse, the thickness of his hair between Wills’ fingers.
The Wheeler’s front door opens on its own, and Will jumps from where he’s standing, letting out a small yelp in surprise.
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Will can't avoid Mike forever, and they talk about what happened the day they got high together.
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- Part 2 of nobody's ever loved me like you do
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Bookmarked by IntrovertedWitch
22 Dec 2025
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i’d love to see me from your point of view by unidentifiedblackthorn
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Jul 2022
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Now that Will’s sitting and Mike’s the one that’s standing, he looks impossibly tall. Tall and lanky, and huge. He should sit back down, Will thinks, lay back down next to Will and stay in their own secluded little bubble.
“I really want to kiss you,” Mike says, and Will’s eyes snap back up to his so violently he thinks he hears his own neck crack with the force of it.
“Don’t,” Will croaks, before his brain has even processed the words. “Don’t say that.”
“Okay,” Mike says easily, still staring. And what the actual fuck is going on? Is Will hallucinating? Is the weed making him hallucinate? “So sausage and pepperoni?”
Will stares dumbly at him. “Um - yeah. Yes.”
“Cool,” Mike replies and then just turns around and leaves Will sitting dumbly in his own room.
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Mike and Will get high on Jonathan’s weed and Mike has an amazing idea.
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- Part 1 of nobody's ever loved me like you do
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Bookmarked by IntrovertedWitch
21 Dec 2025
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It's not that Mike wants Will to be a girl, but if he were, their lives would be so much easier.
(Or; during a game of truth or dare, Will ends up in El's clothing. Mike can't help but notice how similar they are.)
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19 Dec 2025
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Will stirred sleepily to the sound of voices and a heavy weight beside him.
“Whazup?” he mumbled, lifting his head off the pillow and blinking in the darkness.
“Shhh, it’s fine,” replied Mike’s soft voice, breaking through the stillness that had followed Will’s muffled question, “I’ve got this one. You can go back to sleep.”
Mike and Will take turns staying up with Holly, who has begun to have nightmares about the monsters in Hawkins. Things take a curiously domestic turn.
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Bookmarked by IntrovertedWitch
15 Dec 2025
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palms and fingerprints are stained all red by sapphosfreckles
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Dec 2025
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“I always knew you were…”
“What?”
“Magic.”
Jesus. Now it was Will’s turn to blush.
There are snowballs, and then there’s… that.
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After the fight at the MAC-Z, Will cleans the wound on Mike's cheek in the radio station bathroom.
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07 Dec 2025
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Love is a fickle thing.
At least, that’s what Mike’s dad had always told him. So Mike assumes his love for his best friend will fade away and disappear into the deep recesses of his mind until he ultimately forgets it ever existed. Except it doesn’t, and it won’t.
Love is a fickle thing.
Just not for Mike.
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After a thoughtful talk and subsequent breakup with El, Mike has to renavigate his friendship with Will and the overwhelming feelings that come with it.
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25 Nov 2025
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Mike is burning up, inside and out.
Externally, there’s a bubbling burn wound carved across his shoulder— but, to be honest, a simple injury is the least of his worries. He’s more concerned with the aggravating, endlessly-perplexing internal dilemma that’s been plaguing his mind for God knows how long; why is he completely incapable of acting normal around Will?
Every time he sees Will— or even dares to look him in the eye— Mike feels this sort of fire burning deep in his chest, hot and all-consuming and completely inexplicable. And, no matter how hard he tries, Mike just can’t figure it out;
What is wrong with him?
(or; Mike has no idea why his heart starts to race around Will. It takes a near-death, some close encounters, and a few aggressive-but-caring talks from Jonathan for him to figure it out.)
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22 Nov 2025
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When Max is sent away for a month for advanced out of state hospital treatment, Lucas is left with way too much time and way too many feelings. So when he notices the unresolved tension simmering between Will and Mike, he decides to do something about it. But before he can even process what that truly entails, he’s already knee deep in secrets, feelings, and “friendships” that are a lot more complicated than he signed up for.
OR: What starts as a distraction from missing Max turns into the most complicated plan of Lucas’s life as he shifts from helping Will get over Mike to setting them up together (because he’s the bestest, most supportive friend ever, obviously!)
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Bookmarked by IntrovertedWitch
22 Nov 2025
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Second Chances Burn the Brightest: The rise and fall and rise again of Fall Out Girl by StregaLuna
Fandoms: Fall Out Boy
18 Dec 2024
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Fall Out Girl is dead. That's how this story begins. The band fizzled out for various reasons in the 2000s. Pat and Pete broke up - it was messy. Pete has a kid and is divorced, and so does Jo, but she isn't. Their music suddenly goes viral online, and everyone is asking what happened to Fall Out Girl. Now, they, with the help of their manager, are getting the band back together years later. It's told in interviews because I read Daisy Jones and the Six and liked the idea but didn't like the actual book. This story is about the power of female friendship, making amends, and confronting the awful sexism and other terrible isms so prevalent during the 2000s. It's also about rock music because I really love rock music.
This is based on real events. But not all of it, so read with discretion. Don't take most of this as things that really happened; some are, some are not, but there's a lot of female trauma (trademark) in here too. Because I gender-bent it for a reason, and women have to move through the world differently. I don't think I've ever written anything that wasn't an examination of myself in some way, so it's a bit of that too. Obviously no hate to any of the real people mentioned in this fic.
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05 Jan 2025
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And the toughest part is that we both know
What to happened to you
Why you're out on your own
Merry Christmas, please don't go- Language:
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27 Dec 2024
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09 Aug 2024
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One Night In Bangor (And the World's Your Oyster) by Atalan
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
31 Jul 2019
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"All right, I know I'm going to regret asking this," Aziraphale says. "What exactly does this wager entail?"
Crowley grins like the cat that not only got the cream but has absconded with the entire cow. He grabs the bottle and swigs straight from it despite Aziraphale's tut of disapproval.
"The pot goes to whichever demon can get an angel into bed by the end of the evening."
AKA The Fic That Tumblr Made Me Write. Heaven and Hell share a corporate party once per millennium. This time someone's had the bright idea of issuing a challenge to the demons of Hell. Crowley has no intention of missing the opportunity; Aziraphale's just enough of a bastard to make him work for it.
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22 Oct 2023
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“What do you want me to do?” Remus says, tiredly. All he wants is to curl up on his bed. Smoke a pack of cigarettes. Get drunk. He can’t stop looking at Harry.
“Remus...” Dumbledore is gentle. Remus hates when he has that tone. Hates that he knows it will hurt. “There is no one else left.”
A bitter laugh escapes him. “So you’ll curse the poor thing with a werewolf for a guardian?”
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Bookmarked by IntrovertedWitch
19 Apr 2023