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“You think I couldn’t figure it out? As soon as you mentioned your crush, I knew. God, it all made sense then.” He took a step closer to Will. Another, and another, until their faces are only inches apart. “Why you always clung to me, why you treated me differently compared to the rest of the party, why you let me see and keep your drawings. Only me.”
Will can’t help but smile, in relief and in fondness, all his anger dissipating. Now it all feels obvious, when Mike says it aloud. He’s always cared for him in a special way, a way that reflects into his life, even after so many years. Even after their fallouts.
“It’s funny now that I mention it, especially since I’d rather die than ever be with you.”
His smile fades, and Mike truly does look like a monster. The angles of his face fall symmetrically, so similar to Henry.
Henry.
Oh.
Or; A finale rewrite with Byler, the Party, and a little bit of fantasy.
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we must stay indoors (i will stay close to you) by foxandfate
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Feb 2026
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He hears a huff of laughter, and a hand brushes his bangs away from his eyes. “You should rest,” Mike murmurs.
“I’m not tired,” says Will, and it’s true. He’d slept away the evening that blended into the night, and with a full stomach and a somewhat better leg, he’s feeling more like he can stay up a little longer.
“Your eyes are shut,” Mike protests, and Will takes the comment as a way to open them back up, though he might as well shut them again from how the sight completely takes the breath out of him.
Mike’s looking down at him, eyes shining in the moonlight, cheeks tinged pink. There’s something familiar in his face, something Will hasn’t seen in years. Since…since he was thirteen, seeing visions of the Upside Down and a shadow hovering above it all. “God, I was so worried when we got that call.”
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Will gets injured and there's only one person who can possibly offer him comfort. Only, he can't exactly ask for what he wants.
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in the lane (snow is glistening) by foxandfate
Fandoms: Once Upon a Broken Heart Series - Stephanie Garber
25 Dec 2025
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Evangeline frowned. She looked down at the ground, a light level of snow coating the road. “Thank you,” she said softly. Jacks didn’t say anything, so she awkwardly continued. “I need to head back home.”
“Okay.” Jacks didn’t move.
She rocked on her heels before turning around and beginning her journey yet again. The crunch of snow sounded behind her, and she turned around yet again. “What are you doing?”
He raised a brow. “I’m walking you home.”
“More like stalking me. Typically, when you walk someone home, you stay beside them, not behind.”
Jacks sighed but only moved next to her. “Better?”
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- Part 3 of Christmas 2025
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i'll tell you my sins (and you can sharpen your knife) by foxandfate
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Dec 2025
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The ticking of a clock. It’s not like the clock in the basement at Mike’s, more like an older one. He can’t place the exact clock until he sees it, stuck in the wall to his right.
The chime echoes and fades away, but only because Dustin is looking at him with a worried expression, not unlike Lucas’s from the day before.
“You zoned out there for a second. You good?”
“Yea, it’s just…” Will peers over at the wall again, and feels sick to his stomach when he doesn’t see it. “You didn’t see that?” Didn’t hear it?
“Uh,” Dustin turns around to follow Will’s gaze. “No?”
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under the mistletoe (feat. coffee) by foxandfate
Fandoms: The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
11 Dec 2025
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“What can I get you today?” Jude asked, already clearing the screen from the previous order.
“Black coffee.”
Her head jerked up before she could stop it. It was Cardan Greenbriar.
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- Part 2 of Christmas 2025
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Christmas 2025 by foxandfate
Fandom Caraval Series - Stephanie Garber, Once Upon a Broken Heart Series - Stephanie Garber, The Folk of the Air - Holly Black
25 Dec 2025
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The Evajacks Chronicles by foxandfate
Fandom Once Upon a Broken Heart Series - Stephanie Garber
16 Jun 2025
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dustin
Let me get this straight
MIKE takes the bar exam
And suddenly the rest of us can't play DnD???will ☀️
he's not happy about it either
trust meIm really not :(
max
boo hoo ??Or: Mike Wheeler studies for the bar exam
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16 Aug 2026
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mike wheeler’s cautionary guide to digital footprint by underchemtrails
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Jul 2026
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And then he stops. Scrolls back up.
There it is, in the bottom left hand corner with that little heart indicating a like– Will’s profile picture.
And this– well, this is enough to capture Mike’s long-fried attention span once more.
When Will likes an Instagram Reel about being in a "gut-wrenching situationship", Mike becomes determined to find the guy responsible for breaking his best friend's heart. This is not an overreaction at all.
...OK, maybe just a little.
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16 Aug 2026
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there i saw you standing (must have been a holy light) by maroon_haze
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 May 2026
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What happens when a beautiful boy radiates divinity like God never could? When the sound of his voice alone could make one fall to their knees in prayer? When he is so pure, so holy, so utterly angelic that he must have come from the Heavens themselves?
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Mike Wheeler is an atheist in a family of good Christians. Will Byers is the son of a preacher who just moved to Hawkins from California. Mike discovers that going to church might not be all that bad.
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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- Part 1 of Matador
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your eyes have a little green in them by you_get_to_exhale_now_cyrus
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jul 2026
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"I'm just trying to cut loose, that's the point of all this," he replied through a giggle, "c'mon, I wanna go dance!"
Mike watched him skip up towards the rest of their friends, slinging his arms around Lucas' and Max's shoulders. The music became impossibly louder as soon as the door opened, smacking against Mike's chest with a startle. In the blink of an eye, he watched his friends dissolve into the crowd like a cube of sugar in hot tea.
He ran through a brief list of goals before he stepped over the threshold of the house.
Find Will. Make sure he's having fun. Try not to make things weird.
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The Party goes to Stacey's graduation party. Inspired heavily by 10 Things I Hate About You.
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20 Jul 2026