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Everyone on the coast of Long Beach was terrified of Mike's kind. Living at the edge of the ocean, violent, ravenous creatures lived as sea monsters. Eyes like a cat's, claws meant for ripping skin apart, iridescent scales that yet hid in the dark so seamlessly, tails pushing them so far you could never out-swim them, and teeth that could tear right through bone.
But Will loved watching them over the edge of the boat, just tall enough to keep him safe above the glittering yet so unknown waters. Watching the sirens pass, he was always fascinated by them. The perfect painting.
His parents grew stressed about his love for them, ever since he was a kid. But he knew to keep away from the "infested" waters.
Or did he...?
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His webs. Are not. Working.
“Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck-”
He can feel tears pricking at his eyes and being blown away by the wind. The terror settles deeply into his bones, clawing into his gut and making itself known.
Usually, he can escape these things. A bit tired and sore, but still escaped them. But no, he just had to use all of his webs up in the fight without realizing.
Or, Will Byers is spiderman. Mike Wheeler is Mj. it goes about as well as you think it would.
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At twenty-two, Mike’s life is far better than he ever thought it would be. He graduated from The University of Chicago in May, after getting his diploma in English, and his entire future being at his fingertips (something he always thought he would be terrified of) feels almost exhilarating.
He loves his apartment back in Chicago and it’s horrible winters, he loves his shitty car that’s dented to hell and back. He loves sitting at his typewriter as novel ideas flow from his fingertips. He loves that he finally did it, he escaped Hawkins. It’s something he’s proud of even four years later, because he left and grew into himself and didn’t become his goddamn father like he was always terrified he would. He loves that he healed enough to willingly return to his godawful hometown for his sister’s wedding.
More than anything else, he is completely and utterly in love with Will Byers.
And that is something his best friend can never, ever know.
OR: the party returns to hawkins for jonathan and nancy's wedding in 1993, and mike is sick of pining after his best friend from a distance
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17 Jul 2026
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I'm crine what the heel
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Will Byers is perfectly content with his adult life: his Manhattan apartment, his roommate who he is definitely no longer in love with, and friends he wouldn't trade for the world. So what difference does it make when his step-sister reappears after disappearing to California as soon as they finished college? Who cares that Dustin might have a thing for her, and Mike is suddenly being a better roommate, and Lucas keeps giving him this look like he knows something no one else does?
Certainly not Will. That's for sure.
OR: a friends x the party sitcom au
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Hopefully they weren’t. Hopefully he could slip in quietly, make his way to the bathroom for a hot shower, and then crawl back onto the makeshift air mattress on Mike Wheeler’s floor, letting sleep take him somewhere else for a change.
Unfortunately for Will, things never went quite the way he planned. He was so close—he’d managed to open and shut the front door without a sound, the only light in the house coming from the stairwell. He took it as his cue, stepping carefully up the stairs, around the corner, and—
“Where have you been?”
Right into Mike.
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or: will is spiraling, mike is panicking, and yes, making out with a jock somehow seemed like a good idea at the time.
title inspired by: Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters) - 1017 ALYX 9SM, Ethel Cain
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Mike Wheeler is thirty years old, three years married, and incredibly unhappy. After an unexpected AOL Instant Messenger group chat with the Party, Mike reconnects with Will after several years and realizes that maybe his life doesn't have to be so bad.
Or: A 2000s epistolary fic in which Mike falls in love with his childhood best friend and cheats on his wife.
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The concept of what would happen after defeating Vecna hadn’t ever materialized in Will Byers’ head. And, now that he was living it, he kind of wished he’d been more prepared. Trying to hide his nightmares, the level of stoned he was, and his very, very new relationship with Mike Wheeler was nothing short of impossible with the wave of Religious Paranoia infecting Hawkins post-Upside-Down.
But who was he to complain? It could always be worse.
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Or: Will and Mike navigate the terrifying realities of what it means to be a gay couple in Religious Small-Town America during the 1980s
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Based loosely on concepts from the album “Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You” by Ethel Cain.AU: Will only came out to Mike before the final fight with Vecna.
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With the near-apocalyptic events of the 1980s over and done with, the survivors of Hawkins attempt to regain some sense of normalcy in their lives. A new decade awaits, unmarred by the insanity that once loomed overhead, but moving on is easier said than done...
Will Byers and Mike Wheeler, once inseparable friends, find their bond shaken in the aftermath. Taunted by unspoken secrets and mocked by insidious fears, their paths diverge... but they never truly leave one another. Fundamentally incomplete, they build their own hollow lives in solitude...
When choice and chance eventually leads them to reunite, they are forced to face their demons once and for all...
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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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There are three things Will and Mike learn on a random afternoon after high school graduation:
- Teen magazine quizzes are way more intense than expected.
- They are wildly unprepared for college.
- Taking advice from anonymous “fever confessions” is a terrible idea.Unfortunately, they only realize the third one after they’ve already started acting on the first two.
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Will and Mike accidentally read a very inappropriate teen magazine and decide the best way to prepare for college is to practice being less inexperienced… on each other.
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Will makes a friend in Lenora. Things get loud.
Or: Will meets Argyle’s cousin and the two get too close for the Party’s liking, sending Mike on a mission during his spring break at the Byers.
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If you're too shy, let me know (you're the one that makes me feel right) by thatdizzyedge
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Jun 2026
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Mickey goes light-headed before the thought has even formed. Maybe that’s why she can't stop herself from blurting, "Are you wet?"
"Yeah," Willow says in a rush of exhaled breath, like she was waiting for Mickey to ask.
"Oh my god," Mickey says intelligently. "Holy shit."
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When Mickey wears boxers for the first time, Willow learns to ask for what she wants.
Bookmarked by vampireempiree
04 Jul 2026
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“You do like it,” Mike teases. “I can tell.”
“Obviously,” Will huffs. “You know what I like.”
Mike does. What a surreal feeling it is, to be the one who knows what Will likes. What makes him blush, or shy away. What turns him on. To be the only one who knows these things.
“Yeah,” Mike says softly. “I know.”
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Will becomes the patron saint of pretending to sleep with guys to help them come out of the closet. Mike isn’t exactly thrilled with the situation.
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Will,
I found this old journal of yours when I was looking for photos to put in your grad album for tomorrow. I thought you would want it. Maybe you’ll find some old drawings!
Love, Mom
The day before Will graduates, he reads through his old journal - the entries spanning from 1984 to 1986, narrating the indescribable guilt and shame he felt through those years.
But he’s made it out now, and decides to write one last entry.
A letter to his 13 year old self.
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Join Mike and Will alongside the rest of the party for a week of summer employment as they experience the epic highs and lows of teenage lifeguarding and relationships.
Bookmarked by vampireempiree
01 Jul 2026
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SO FUCKING FUNNY OMGGG
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you are the best thing (that's ever been mine) by Kagome300
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jan 2026
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"I know stalker was mine." Max poked Lucas in the ribs with her finger, making him yelp. Then she waved her hand at Mike and El. "And Mike and El were each other's first kiss. So I had to ask you, Dustin."
"El wasn't my first kiss."
For a second, Mike couldn't believe he'd said it. But he had. Five pairs of eyes swiveled to him, including his ex-girlfriend and his crush slash best friend.
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aka the one where Mike accidentally admits to the Party that El wasn't his first kiss, it was Will. Title from Mine by Taylor Swift since I wrote this whole thing just listening to Speak Now.
Bookmarked by vampireempiree
28 Jun 2026
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"Working at the cafe has its ups and downs. For example, free smoothies, good. Annoying customers, bad. Will Byers, good. Will Byers, bad. In the few months since getting this job, Mike has maybe, just slightly, developed a huge crush on his coworker. In his defense, Will just makes it so easy. Shiny brown hair, shinier eyes, and the shiniest smile. Mike is so down bad that he can’t even think of another adjective. Will turns his head, and his silver hoop earring glints in the sun. Shiny. Mike thinks about quitting on the spot. He’d throw his apron on the ground and everything, really make a show of it. Maybe that’ll get Will’s attention. God, he’s a loser."
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Mike Wheeler versus his own thoughts, and Will Byers versus running away with no warning.
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Willow Byers moves into Michelle Wheeler’s blue room with yellow ribbons, lip gloss, and a duffel bag full of things Michelle doesn’t know how to look at.
They share a bed because they’re girls.
Because they always used to.
Because no one looks too closely at sleepovers.
Until Michelle does.
Until Willow lets her.
Until the gloss smears between them.
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Willow is a cheerleader.
Michelle is in Hellfire club.
The two couldn’t be more opposite after growing apart for years.
So why is it so hard to stay away from each other?
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“No!” Mike exclaimed, “Holly, I’m not marrying him!”
“Why?” Holly whined, as Mike tried to walk away. She threw both arms around his legs and sank to the floor, sitting on his feet so that it was extremely difficult to walk.
“Because,” said Mike, trying to free himself from her grip by shaking his legs. She only held on tighter.
“But he’s so amazing,” said Holly, as Mike shuffled his feet slowly when he realised she would not be relinquishing her hold on him anytime soon. He dragged her into the hallway so he could put on his coat. “He’s the best, most incrediblest, most fantastic babysitter in the whole world! You should marry him!”
Or; Will Byers, well-known as an outcasted freak at Hawkins High, is Holly Wheeler’s babysitter, and perhaps the loveliest person Mike has ever met.
Bookmarked by vampireempiree
22 Jun 2026
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I'm actually crying this is so stinking cute 🥺