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"Mike’s thoughts are racing but really, there is only one thought that’s floating around his brain, a thousand iterations of the same thought swirling around and around: Will tried to kiss me. More than once. I almost let him."
or: Will gets doped up on pain meds after Dustin accidentally hits him with a board, and Mike is being normal. He is.
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04 Aug 2026
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Friendly Neighbourhood Nurse by caratarmystay
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Spider-Man - All Media Types
23 Mar 2026
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Will had always been good at minding his business. So what if superheroes existed? Not his problem. He didn't care for any of them. Until Spiderman falls into his life, bloody and in need of help, and all of a sudden it becomes his problem.
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26 Jul 2026
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"Is- Is it yours?" Will can't help but ask.
"No clue," Mike brings a hand up and traces his fingers over the dried blood, hisses when he gets close to his hairline.
Will moves like on autopilot. He crosses the small bathroom in what feels like a split second, and grabs onto Mike's wrist.
"Don't," he blurts. Pulls his hand away like he got zapped with electricity. "D- Don't.. touch it. Need to clean it."
"Right. Yeah," Mike mutters. His face does something weird, but it's gone as quickly as it comes. "Can.. Can you do it for me?"
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Mike asks Will to clean his wound, and things escalate
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17 Jul 2026
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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.
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16 Jul 2026
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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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16 Jul 2026
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Mike searched his eyes. “Will, I’m right here. I’m here.”
“I know.” Will said, too quickly, as though he was compensating for something. He knew that Mike was with him, yet something was deeply, seriously wrong.
“I know.” He said again, quieter.
A beat. Will was breathing faster now, eyes focusing and unfocusing at what seemed like an uncomfortable speed. The air suddenly felt thicker. His eyes dialed in on the corner of Mike’s mouth.
“I can’t see you.”
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The Mindflayer's death (and by extension, the Hive) left Will Byers without sight. As he tries to navigate this new existence, Mike wrestles with his identity and love for Will.
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11 Jul 2026
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Mike and Will get tricked by their friends into spending a week alone at a beach house after they get tired of their unspoken chemistry.
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24 Jun 2026
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08 Jun 2026
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“Okay! So, usually when you’re supposed to kiss the girl she’ll give you like a signal. Here, like this.”
Will waits, eyes flitting between Mike’s. It’s a long beat. “Are- are you messing with me Mike? What’s the ‘signal?’ You’re just looking at me like you always do?”
Mike turns bright, bright red, so much so that his freckles are in danger of disappearing.Mike proposes practice kissing and Will assumes it's platonic.
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22 May 2026
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“I—I would tell you.” He says reflexively, but he doesn’t take it back. The words are true. He hears Mike’s breath catch and his hand twitches. “I just wouldn’t want you to– to pity me. Or see me… differently.”
“I would never.” The response is instant. “You’re strong. I’d never pity you. I… god, how do I explain?” Mike turns his body to face Will head on and grabs his hand properly. Will feels a shiver run through him, but he squeezes back all the same. “I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry, for what you’ve been through, whatever it is. But it would never, never make me look at you differently.”
“Promise?”
“I promise."
Or: Will breaks down after the events at the MAC Z and trusts Mike to help him pick up the pieces.
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29 Apr 2026
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You Say That I Look Angry (Well, Hell Yeah, You're Fucking Right) by wstrnplsr105
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Apr 2026
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“Your crush? That Tammy guy, or whatever. If he couldn’t see how amazing you are, he didn’t deserve you anyways.” Mike explains, his gaze intense as he smiles at Will.
And all Will can think is: he cannot be that dense.
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Or, Mike Wheeler is, in fact, that dense, and Will Byers decides to confess right before he sacrifices himself.
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27 Apr 2026
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I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you by mogiah for cannibalismyuri
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jan 2023
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Will wonders how he managed to end up in such a disastrous situation because really, that’s the only possible word to describe what’s going on right now. They’re in the middle of the schoolyard, trying to have lunch, all eyes are on them and Will can’t help but think about all the times he could’ve stopped this from happening.
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Mike comes to Will's rescue when a girl starts to flirt with him.
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20 Apr 2026
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“Woah,” Will whispers to himself incredulously, laughing a little under his breath as he shuffles through the pages of the letter again. He can’t help but admire the smooth, off-white stationery, its pleasant weight in his hands. A serious-looking “MJW” watermark adorns the top of each page, totally at odds with the entertaining missive and its author’s garbled cursive. Will laughs quietly to himself again. What sixteen-year-old boy on earth has monogrammed stationery?
Michael J. Wheeler, apparently. Where did Max find this guy?
Mike Wheeler is insecure, even by normal teenage standards. So when his friend, Max, connects him with her old friend from California, he's surprised by how easily they get along. But as the weeks wear on, their letters grow increasingly personal, and they make plans to embark on a week-long trip, Mike can't let go of one inconvenient, anxiety-inducing thought: What if he wants to be more than friends?
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11 Apr 2026
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mike wheeler and the great mystery of holding hands by cosmocopium
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Apr 2026
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“My hands are cold,” Mike complains, even making sure to force a shiver for dramatic effect. He isn’t sure whether or not Will is going to take the hint this time. “You know, since I forgot my gloves.”
“And I think I lost mine,” Will sighs, and he sort of looks like he’s hyping himself up to do something. “Do you want to hold my hand?” He offers, his voice suddenly going soft and his face turning seven shades redder. “For, uh — for warmth.”
Will has warm hands. Mike discovers he likes that a little more than he should, and with it he discovers something about his feelings.
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04 Apr 2026
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It's 1992, and Mike and Will are juniors in college and living together in a tiny NYC apartment. Life is great. It's everything Mike could ever want: his best friend, an incredible city, and the world at his fingertips. The only problem? He's in love with said best friend and has no idea how he could ever tell him.
Luckily for him, he's presented with an opportunity to get much closer to him every Friday night, as long as he promises not to get all weird after. How hard could that be?
Or: Mike and Will become friends with benefits and the universe laughs because they're both ridiculously in love with each other.
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- Part 1 of Nirvana
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30 Mar 2026
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This summer had been hard on Mike Wheeler.
As in... 'Hard'.
Apart from the cloying heat that seemed to permeate his lungs and stick to every inch of his skin, he had suddenly begun to notice things about his best friend that he wasn't sure were normal.
In fact he knew they weren't.
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Set in the summer of 1989 after graduation, when Mike starts looking at Will with different eyes than before... and has a very 'hard' time concentrating on anything else.
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- Part 1 of Fireball
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26 Mar 2026
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tell me, is it really love? by agustplz (shout_out_lou)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Sep 2022
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Will Byers loves Mike Wheeler.
It shouldn’t be a big deal. Of course he loves Mike. He always has. But it’s never felt like this. It’s never hurt to think about it, but it also never felt like a revelation rather than a fact. It hurts, and there’s nothing he can do to ease the pain. He looks across the room at Mike and all he sees is beauty where minutes ago he only saw his best friend. He notices entire constellations in the freckles strewn across his nose, stars glittering in his eyes, and it all seems inevitable. He loves Mike. He loves him and it’s a foregone conclusion, a wish on a shooting star destined to burn out. He loves him and he can’t ever have him, not in that way, and there’s nothing in the world that can ever hurt him again quite like this.
OR: When the party dares Mike to tell someone he loves them for one hundred days, Will doesn't expect to be the unlucky recipient. He definitely doesn't expect it to consume his last three months in Hawkins. But like most things in his life, absolutely nothing goes to plan.
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15 Mar 2026
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
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11 Mar 2026
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In this post-apocalyptic world, the rules are simple: you kill the infection.
When Will doesn’t return after a supply run, Mike knows exactly what not to do - though he doesn’t consider himself well-versed in following orders.
Because Mike Wheeler has never been good at letting Will Byers go.
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10 Mar 2026
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Mike decided since this would be the last summer the whole party was together before leaving for college, they should do something different - something special...
and so The List was born.
Set in the summer of 1989, straight after the series finale. All seasons canon.
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09 Mar 2026