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A certain scene from the movie popped up, causing Will’s mouth to drop open and for his eyes to widen as he soaked in what was on the TV.
Of all the scenes in the movie, Mike had returned The Outsiders paused during the few, brief seconds when Sodapop was getting out of the shower in the background of the shot. Sodapop haphazardly covered himself with a towel, and then wrapped the towel just, like, stupidly low around his hips, his chest still wet and bare from the shower.
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3 times that Mike Wheeler doesn’t rewind his rental movie before returning it to Family Video + 1 time that he does.
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Bookmarked by evsthewise
05 Mar 2026
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this just increased my livelihood.
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“Yes, the name Will the Wise will certainly be known throughout the land: Protector of the world, saver of his party member’s asses from their hotheaded leader! In fact, his name is so great, allow me to lead everyone in a song for his honor! Oh for he’s-“
“That’s really not necessary, Dustin, but thank you,” Will interrupted, at the same time Mike exclaimed, with cheeks flushed in anger, “Hey! I am not a hot-head!”
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According to a divine prophecy, Mike and his party have a year to defeat Vecna before the Undying King fulfills his mission of destroying the world and killing everyone on it. So, no pressure.
On top of this, Mike has been given his own prophecy which states that, during the final battle with Vecna, he would meet the person he was destined to fall in love with- His soulmate. Except there was one problem with this:
Mike was sure he had already met his soulmate: His best friend, Will Byers. (Fantasy!AU)
(NOTE: Edited December, 2025.)
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Will scowls. “Not funny,” he says for a third time. “Go away.”
Mike drops the stick unceremoniously. It falls to the damp forest floor, tumbling over itself before coming to a stop, splashing a few drops of water onto the hem of Will’s pants. “Okay fine,” Mike says. “I’ll bite. What’s your deal?”
The other fact of the matter is this: tomorrow, Will is going to walk into the Upside Down and not look back. Tomorrow, he is either going to kill Vecna or die trying — and Mike is not going with him.
Even the actual apocalypse had to end sometime, but Will didn’t exactly expect it to happen like this.
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03 Feb 2026
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astrobi everything you touch is gold
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take a little moment (find the right words) by astrobi for wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 May 2023
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“Wow,” Will breathes out, just on this edge of teasing. “You sound very confident about this.”
“Well,” Mike shrugs, swallowing hard in a desperate attempt to soothe his very, very dry mouth, “I don’t know why someone wouldn’t be interested in you.”
“Oh?” Will says, and it’s definitely teasing now, enough for Mike to feel himself turning warm, all down his neck and to the tips of his own – sadly unpatterned – socks. “Someone?”
“Yeah.” Mike nods. Oh, god. This is fine. “In a very arbitrary sense of the word. Just– people. Someone.”
Mike is approximately ninety-eight percent sure that his feelings are requited. That last two percent, however, has really been throwing him for a loop.
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Bookmarked by evsthewise
10 Jan 2026
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(Cuddling with your homie while watching animal planet. this is one of my fav comfort fics)
“Fine,” Will says, then sits up, blankets falling off his shoulders. “I’ll let you go.”
“So generous of you, Will,” Lucas says, already grabbing for his keys. “Mike has an early morning workout with me tomorrow. He’s going to start lifting weights.”
“Mike is doing no such thing,” Mike points out, as Will hops off his bed and Mike does his best to untangle himself from the mess of sheets. It’s become a bit of a running joke to them now, but they both know that Mike is not opening his eyes for good until his last alarm goes off at ten. “Mike is taking advantage of his free morning tomorrow and sleeping.”
“Then Mike can stop complaining about getting winded from going up a single flight of stairs,” Lucas replies, and Mike doesn’t know why they’re having this conversation in the third person, but he’s sure nothing good can possibly come of it.
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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Bookmarked by evsthewise
14 Dec 2025
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this started my byler obsession. so instead of glazing this fic, i'll just put my fav quotes:
"He knows this face like the back of his hand. It’s the same mop of curls he always used as a reference to practice drawing hair. It’s the same dark eyes that helped him learn about light reflections. It’s the same lips that he used to daydream of when he knew very well it was wrong, but it was the only thing that kept him sane during the roughest times."
---"Love is the most isolating thing in the world for boys like Will.
And Jonathan might’ve been an outsider his whole life, but at the end of the day he gets to hold his girlfriend’s hand in public, he gets Christmas dinners and movie nights, and it doesn’t matter what kind of music he listens to; he will conform to social norms in a way Will never could."
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"Will watches Mike look at his mouth for several seconds. It makes it hard to breathe, knowing Mike wants this. That he’s wanted it for a while – that Will is the reason Mike was struggling for so long.
Will leans forward to close the gap between them.
“Wait.” Mike pulls back.
Will stares at him. “What?”
“Sorry. I just –“ He falls back onto his back.
“You – don’t want to?”
“No, I do. I just –” He grabs Will’s arm and pulls. Then he’s rolling them over, switching places, and Will doesn’t even have time to register what’s happening – because Mike is already hovering above him, suddenly very close. Will looks up at him, heart stuttering.
Mike places both hands on Will’s jaw and gently tilts his head, so the candlelight catches Will’s face. He feels the warmth of the flame on his skin. Mike’s eyes move over his face, slowly, deliberately.
“I wanna look at you this time,” Mike whispers.
Will’s breath catches.
He stays still, as Mike studies him carefully. Like he’s really seeing him. Every part of him. Like he isn’t afraid of what he might find. And if he’s not afraid – then maybe Will doesn’t have to be either.
Slowly, Will slides his hand to the back of Mike’s neck, just where his hair starts. His skin is warm and soft.
Mike’s breathing is shallow, a little shaky. His fingers brush over Will’s jaw, tracing his face like he did last night – only this time, his eyes follow.
“Are you gonna do it?” Mike asks, voice low.
Will can’t breathe, astonished by how close they are. “Do what?”
“Take what you want.”
What he wants.
What he wants is to kiss Mike breathless. To bring their bodies together until he’s hot, dazed, and gasping. He wants to kiss him for as long as it takes for him to understand that he can. And then, in the morning, he wants to talk and talk and talk until they find a way to make this work."
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"They look at each other, like they’re recognizing each other – in all the ways they want each other."
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"And Will still can’t process everything that happened today – but maybe, if he kisses Mike long enough, he’ll understand.
Maybe they’ll find a possible future somewhere in all the places their mouths and bodies meet. A reason why this is worth it, for every reason that it’s not.
And at some point, Will might look inside himself for the familiar guilt, the shame of what they are and what they’re doing.
But Mike is doing it, too – Mike’s kissing him, too, and for the first time in his life, Will shares the guilt. He shares the shame.
And in sharing, it turns into something entirely different."
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a cruel summer with you by andiwriteordie, astrobi, wiseatom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Mar 2026
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“Oh, come on,” Will says, struggling to keep his voice neutral in a different way. His mouth is dry, and he hates Mike for it even more. “Is this what it’s going to be like this summer?”
Mike looks back at him, considering, lips pursed in an effort to shut down the smirk that Will knows is fighting to break free. Will doesn’t dare to let his gaze catch there, focusing instead on holding Mike’s stare, because this, too, is a game.
Five years into a rivalry with bittersweet origins, the only thing Mike and Will want is to beat each other at this summer’s camp counselor competition. But being back at camp is dredging up old memories, and as Mike and Will lose momentum and gain something else entirely, it becomes increasingly clear that one summer can change everything.
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- Part 5 of in the quiet of the night
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Bookmarked by evsthewise
02 Dec 2025
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the author's premise is bold, and it hits you unexpectedly, on a very high speed, with no brakes whatsoever; which means the possibilities of reading this at a normal pace is NOT an option, and you might as well surrender yourself to the narrative and let you be consumed by the scrumptious writing.
they just casually waltzed into my life, shoved a brick right into my face with a note attached:
"best eaten raw". And indeed, this can't be seen by eyes that are jaded with classical tropes that include the miscommunication trope as their biggest trigger warning, lest the casual reader be caused to pause and be brought back to their doomed ship from a faraway Fandom. Just to be safe, if you dislike people who take the long walk to angst island (a population of zero habitats) instead of just going the easiest way and take a shortcout to love island, then you can still turn back where you came from my dear traveler.The story is an embellished repertoire of words upon words filled with the undeniably attraction of two frustratingly well-written idiots who think the world will stop spinning the minute they admit to have a tinge of fondness for each other, but nonetheless is revealed in the way they're naturally orbiting around like fools, a likeness that imitates the sun and the moon, and that as much as they're polar opposites who'd rather burn into the pits of their ardent passion, they make perfect sense in the same way a cat and a dog learning to speak the same language to express their deep-rooted hostility.
In all honesty? I'm so glad I stumbled upon this. I hereby declare this fanfic a diamond that puts to shame any other Byler fanfic!!
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you rearrange me 'til i'm sane by miketozier (smallcuts)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Aug 2022
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Will has never had a girlfriend (or a boyfriend) before. There may or may not be one person behind the reason why.
Bookmarked by evsthewise
30 Nov 2025
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i love everything this author writes