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the comforts that make us feel numb by passerine_in_jade
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Oct 2023
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“No, but really. If I were a girl,” Mike presses on, looking up at Will with red-rimmed eyes through dark lashes. Leaning in. Somehow, fully unaware that this line of questioning has Will's heart climbing up to his throat. “Would you want to kiss me?”
Will and Mike get high in the desert.
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17 Apr 2026
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something better than these broken parts by odysseus_day
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Apr 2026
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Mike Wheeler has a lot of problems with where his life has ended up, but his most prevalent at the moment has to be just how irrevocably stupid his decisions have started to become.
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Or, in which it takes almost a decade post-finale for Mike to finally accept what he's spent his whole life running from... but better late than never, right?
(Featuring: messy post-college Byler, platonic soulmates Madwheeler, and Mike Wheeler's severely unmedicated BPD)
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09 Apr 2026
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PEAK trainwreck mike wheeler and a truly beautiful journey <333
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i'll dream awake (now i'm wide awake) by starrylance for lxthetruth
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Mar 2026
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“Do you want to be my friend?”
Mike learns what it means to be brave. It begins with love.
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27 Mar 2026
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this is literally the most underrated and GORGEOUS fic on this website. easily the best mike wheeler character study i’ve read <3 genuinely cannot recommend enough WHAT R U STILL DOING READING MY BOOKMARK NOTES GO READ THIS!!!
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you wanna be friends forever (i can think of something better) by wheezykaspbraks
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Sep 2019
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It’s just past midday on a Saturday in the middle of summer break, and Will thinks that he’s in love. It’s not a new thought — after his first oh crap I think I love my best friend realization at thirteen, Will’s spent a good four years coming to terms with it. Somewhere along the way it became a fact of life; the sky is blue, Dungeons and Dragons is the best tabletop game in the world, Will’s entire existence revolves around his undying adoration for Mike Wheeler.
in which will loves mike almost as much as he hates himself
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24 Mar 2026
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I Look Just Like You In All My Dreams (What Does It Mean?) by PainterOfWords
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler isn't a religious person. He's been through too much to actually believe.
But then he looks in the mirror. And he sees his frog face, and twig arms, and his stupid continent-sized birthmark, and he knows.
Someday, this knowledge won't hurt as much. For now though, it's a vice to the heart; a cage to the soul; a prison to the mind.
It’s a labyrinth, twisting and turning, every new passage a lie, every corner a dead-end, every slope a trap.
And Mike is never going to escape.
OR: It's the summer before senior year. Mike Wheeler has a gender identity crisis, Willow Byers almost has a sexuality crisis (she's a lesbian), Max Mayfield is tired of these idiots.
!! this isn't a straight byler fic okay M just doesn't know she's trans yet !!
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For a long while, which Will felt too embarrassed to admit, part of the reason he left this secret unsaid was so he could cling on to the smallest scrap of possibility. A little imaginary corner of his mind and heart where he could pretend Mike might maybe, just maybe, one day feel something more.
It was foolish, he knew this. But it had been his.
And now? Now it was gone.
They’ve survived the near end of the world. Now Will just has to survive telling Mike the truth. It seems a lot easier than it is.
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20 Mar 2026
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That was the shape of his love: quiet, unnoticed, and expendable.
But this? Mike’s grip told a different story. This was not expendable.
Will’s spent years believing he was the one who’d slip through the cracks — the one no one would notice until he was gone. But when he nearly falls apart, it’s Mike who holds on like letting go might end the world.
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- Part 1 of Byler — The “Ever Since” Verse
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20 Mar 2026
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honey in your mouth when you gave me my name (tears in your eyes when you pull it like a chain) by chameleonsd1sh
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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No crackling sounds seep from the walkie to his nonetheless anxious ears. Tonight, like any other night, he stares. Feels its weight in his hands.
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mike has a new ritual. or, really, an old one.
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i'll keep your brittle heart warm by stardustandswimmingpools
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Feb 2026
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Will rocks forward, bearing his weight through to his feet. His voice mingles with the sound of cars below them.
“There's a game I play sometimes,” he says, eyes fixed on the sidewalk underneath. “It’s called ‘Could I survive this?’”
Mike presses his lips together. Slowly, he rests his feet back on the snowy fire escape.
“Are you playing it now?”
Will nods.
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“They pulled your body out of the quarry.”
It’s a story Mike’s sure Will’s heard many times, but it’s been watered down — rewritten, almost; masked by the exhilaration of the unknown, the riveting supernatural adventure that awaited them. Will doesn’t know the truth — not the full one, at least. The one fogged with cries, splinters in throats, You said he was alive! The air hangs differently now, four years later, and Mike thinks Will can sense it, because he lets out a strained, choked noise.
Death seems to follow him everywhere. It's only natural Mike breaks down about it, late at night, letting a few secrets slip in the process.
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12 Mar 2026
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Mike would do anything for Will. Would he die for Will?
(Or; While exploring the Hawkins church, Will's mind falls under Henry's control. Mike does all he can to bring Will back.)
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11 Mar 2026
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i didn’t see you before (but i see you now) by starlightandmoondust31
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Feb 2026
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“I just can’t deal with it alone anymore, Mike.”
Mike pulls away and stares directly into glassy hazel eyes. “You don’t have to. From now on, I’m here. I’ll be here.”
“Will.”
“What?”
“That’s my name. Will Byers.”
Mike grins, “Well, Will Byers, do you want to be friends?”
(Or: how summer insomnia, a best friend who knows his soul inside and out, and a piece of printer paper permanently alter the trajectory of Mike Wheeler’s life.)
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08 Mar 2026
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03 Mar 2026
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my personal fav will byers was never found au!!!
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All this time, he’d thought El was penance, for his failure to protect Will. That being with her was atonement, for wanting the wrong things, for feeling the wrong way. But it hadn’t helped— Will kept leaving. And El did, too. Mike keeps losing people, and nothing he does brings them back.
Each time Mike thinks of Will, he feels the weight of cosmic responsibility.
He's doesn't know what he feels for Will anymore. But he knows for certain that it isn't allowed.
non-linear series retrospective, from mike's perspective. (aka: the mike pov we all deserved)
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03 Mar 2026
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THE mike wheeler angst fic imo
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Mike doesn't want to wear dress pants and a tie in their family picture and Nancy doesn't understand why. But knows a trip down memory lane and painting her little brother's nails might open it up.
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like you've discovered something you don't even have a name for by kissingpractice
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2024
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The desert keeps on passing by the window, and the sun keeps on setting, and Will tries not to burst from the strength of his emotions. Mike’s heavy head shifts minutely, settling more comfortably in a dip on Will’s shoulder, and he leans more of his weight onto Will. It’s a form of torture. Will doesn’t want it to end.
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Mike falls asleep on Will's shoulder in the van.Bookmarked by FrodoInAFez
22 Feb 2026
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siken references??? in MY byler??? it’s even more delightful than you think :)
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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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20 Feb 2026
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this fic made me feel like i was run over by a city bus (said with the utmost affection)
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Will has always been better than Mike. He knows how the story is meant to go. He knows how it is meant to end. He knows to stick to the script, to never ask for anything more than what has been written in the stars for him.
Mike is reckless, and he is selfish.
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You Never Cried to Them, Just to Your Soul by princessglittertiger
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Dec 2025
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It happens when he gets a phone call. It’s around 10:30 at night. El is asleep on the couch, and Jim is nearly there himself when the phone starts to ring. He picks it up, clearing the sleep from his throat. "Hello?"
“Oh thank god,” He hears Nancy sigh. The relief is nearly palpable through the phone. “It’s Mike."
Goddammit.
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10 Feb 2026
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peak mike wheeler crashout <3
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"'So, what? You have a crush on Will?' Max asked sarcastically. Then Lucas looked back at her seriously. 'Oh.' She softly spoke."
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Max, Lucas, and Will go to college and live together. Polyamory ensues.
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- Part 1 of More Than A Feeling