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In The Good Place, Michael keeps rebooting Eleanor's fake afterlife because she keeps figuring out something is wrong.
Henry Creel has the same problem. His prisoner is Mike Wheeler. His fake Hawkins keeps collapsing. The first one fell apart because of a fake ID and the legal drinking age of Indiana, and it only gets worse from there.
It's also, accidentally, a love story.
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Eleven times Henry Creel reset the timeline because Mike Wheeler is an insufferable little gremlin, and one time he didn't
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the wonder twins vs. simon cowell by abysstrips
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Britain's Got Talent RPF, One Direction (Band)
12 Feb 2026
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When Jane discovers Harry Styles was in a band, she beams. When she finds out Simon Cowell was rude to this band, she decides he must pay.
The only logical response is dragging her brother all the way to London to audition for Britain's Got Talent as magicians when they're really just using their telekinetic powers. Will thinks it's insane but he is also going along with it anyway because that's what siblings do.
Featuring: aggressive British accents, an alarming number of singers, Ant and Dec being national treasures, and Will Byers accidentally roasting Simon Cowell on live television.
(They have superpowers. They've fought monsters. How hard can a talent show be?)
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Will gets dumped by Carlton/Carlos/whatever and fired from his job on the same day, takes a last-minute summer job as a tattoo artist to avoid his mom's wedding planning, and doesn't tell Mike Wheeler he's in HIS town.
Mike's living THE college life, getting piercings, crashing concerts, but when he shows up at midnight with his "boyfriend" Riley hoping for a couple's discount on tattoos, Will Byers is the last person he expects to be the artist.
They're both lying. They're both idiots. Max Mayfield has had enough. So have I.
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A story about three tattoos (a d22, a witch hat, and one more), two lies (Riley and Carlton), and one truth (they've been in love since they were twelve).
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Mike's afraid of bad haircuts and incapable of admitting he's in love.
Will's just trying to get some water.
What follows is an impromptu haircut, years of unspoken feelings, and a confession that only makes sense when you're both exhausted and standing way too close in a bathroom at 2 AM.
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Will cuts Mike's hair. Mike has a crisis. The Wheeler bathroom is a witness to the world's most domestic love confession ever.
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"If you don't know you're in prison, you're unlikely to escape."
When Will comes out, Mike freezes. It's the worst possible reaction, and he knows it. But how is he supposed to respond when he's spent years burying the same truth?
With three days until they face Vecna, Will and Mike must navigate their feelings, the Upside Down connection threatening to tear Will apart, and the terrifying possibility that honesty might be the most vicious thing of all.
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Will comes out. Mike can't breathe. They have three days until November 6th.
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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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06 Jun 2026
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"imagine that. imagine happiness. i’m probably not writing it but you can imagine it :)" HAD ME DEAD 😭 the emotional whiplash to laugh reading the authors note after the run of THAT ending was insane. I loved every second.
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All in all, these five months and two weeks had completely, entirely, and unequivocally been the best time of Will's life. It wasn’t a hard standard to reach, considering the other 200-something months he’d lived, but it really couldn’t get better than Mike Wheeler buying you Thai food and calling you baby.
Well, maybe one thing; which was that Mike was changing.
Or, 5 times Mike discovers himself, one friend at a time, and once where he does it all by himself
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"It's your first day," Karen tells him. "This is exciting! You'll make so many friends."
"You think so?" Mike asks nervously, his wide eyes staring at her.
"Absolutely."
Karen Wheeler doesn't condone lying to her children, but she believes white lies can be considered harmless. They won't remember, anyways. But if Karen was telling the truth to her son, she'd have to admit how she's actually desperately nervous about his compatibility with his classmates.
After school, when Mike is rambling about his new best friend, Karen decides that if Will Byers makes her son this happy, she'll do everything in her power to make sure they stay friends forever.
Or, Will and Mike's relationship through the eyes of their friends and family (plus their own). Will is nonspeaking autistic, and Mike is also autistic. Neurodivergent friendly fic with them falling in love!
// title from Coming Home by beabadoobee
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23 Mar 2026
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The cutsiest loveliest fic ever, I think about it all the time and quote it to strangers. Peak characterization too<333 Fixes bad days. Fixes everything actually 💙💛
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Will's never been in a situation worse than this. How's he going to spend the next few months with Steve Harrington, resident douchebag of Hawkins?
Mike's never been in a situation more infuriating than this. How's he going to spend the next few months alongside Robin Buckley without strangling her?
Robin has never seen two teenagers more head-over-heels for each other than Mike and Will. Can they just get their heads out of the sand already?
Steve has never been more nervous around a teenage boy. Something about Will makes him feel guilty.
(Or; In the oncoming apocalypse, Mike and Will are forcibly 'buddied up' with Robin and Steve. It gets worse before it gets better.)
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23 Mar 2026
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AHHHHHHHHHHH THIS WAS SO ADORAAAABLEEEEEE (my bookmarks are generally more cohesive but there's only so much you can write while giggling and kicking your feet)
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The Secrets That You Keep (When You're Talking in Your Sleep) by DH_epub
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 May 2026
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Mike thinks it all started the day the Byers moved into their house.
Having sold their house in Hawkins a year and a half prior and moved to California, when they came back, and the town got put in lockdown, they didn’t have a place to go.
Mike had kindly offered up their place during dinner.
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The 18-month gap between s4 and s5 told from Mike's POV with minor other POV's as the story progresses. The gap has been lengthened to encapsulate more time passing. They start at 16, but by chapter 6 they're 17 1/2 with them turning 18 chapter 32/34.
Also known as the answer to Mikewhatthefuckdidyoudo gate
Steve Harrington is to Mike what Robin is to Will
Season 5 Rewrite to follow WHILE THIS IS A COMPLETE WORK, THE SEASON 5 REWRITE IS A WIP
Everything is tagged appropriately. If you choose to read, that is your prerogative. No smut occurs until chapter 36.
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- Part 1 of Do You Want to Know a Secret?
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21 Mar 2026
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funniest most well written fic EVER omg and if I didn't read the whole thing downloaded on an airplane I would've loved to interact with the author more- luckily it's not completed yet so there's still time!!!