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we can make it so divine by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Mar 2026
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“So I’m just now realizing,” Mike says, after he’s caught his breath and rolled over to look at Will, who’s splayed out on the mattress looking decidedly dazed, “that this might have been a bad idea.”
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would you like to stay a while by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Dec 2025
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It’s quiet for a few minutes, long enough for Will to think that Mike’s fallen back asleep. But then he speaks again, his voice a low, conspiratorial whisper: “Hey, Will?”
Will hums absently, half asleep himself. He’s always more tired after he gets emotional, and Mike’s so warm.
“I know it’s, like, not the greatest circumstances,” Mike says, “but I like this. Being- there for each other, I guess.”Maybe Will's crazy, but he's starting to think Mike might like him back.
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- Part 2 of darwinism
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she's got you mesmerized by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
08 Dec 2025
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This is what Mike’s been thinking about, in between worrying whether they’re all going to die, which definitely suggests that his priorities are a little out of whack, but he can’t help it. The past year has been bizarre, to put it lightly, but he thought that one of the better things to come out of it is that he and Will are friends again, like, real, close friends. He’s wondered, once or twice, in the midst of his own relationship’s crumbling status, whether Will has ever had any romantic entanglements, whether he plans to. Previously, Mike had ruled it out, because he thought if Will was interested in someone that he’d tell him about it, or at least not hide it. But Robin mentioned a date, and Will’s the only guy she’s been around lately except for Steve, who’s pretty obviously still hung up on Nancy (ew), so, like, what else is Mike supposed to think?
Will has made a new friend. Mike feels normal about it, really.
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still a nervous kid (after all this time) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Nov 2025
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“Remember,” his mom says as she shoves the car into park, “if you decide you want to get picked up early, I’m only a phone call away, okay?”
Will glances away from the window to wrinkle his nose at her. “Why would I want to go home early?”
His mom smiles a little and shrugs innocently. “I don’t know. Maybe you’ll get scared and want to sleep in your own bed.”
Will huffs. “Mom, I’m seven and a half now,” he tuts, “I don’t get scared anymore.”Will and Mike have their first sleepover
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- Part 8 of bylerween 2025
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you can just talk (and i'll stare at your mouth) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Nov 2025
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Mike’s hand, which is still brushing Will’s, shifts just slightly, and his pinky finger hooks loosely around Will’s own. Which is a lame, cliche move to get worked up over, probably, except that Will also might be forgetting how to breathe over it. “What if we split up?” he hears himself say, his voice coming out impressively even considering the fact that his heart is making a very valiant effort to beat right through his chest and leap into Mike’s palm, “In pairs, maybe? Mike and I can take the garage.”
“Oh, I’m sure,” Lucas mutters. Will chances a glance at Mike, whose cheeks have turned a dusty shade of pink, and who is gnawing harshly on his lower lip in what appears to be an attempt to press down a smile.Dustin plans a murder mystery party. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
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- Part 7 of bylerween 2025
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still got it by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy), wayward_sherlock
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14 Aug 2024
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the start of forever by cannibalismyuri, delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Mar 2023
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In which Mike and Will are each other's muses, and their classmates would never let them forget it.
Two stories about how much inspiration and snooping noses sticking themselves in Mike and Will's business can do for a relationship. Not that they'd ever tell the aforementioned noses that.
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William got to his feet and turned around, prayer book clutched to his chest. Michael was standing in the center of the chapel, obviously just come from sparring practice. He was still wearing his dented cuirass, a leather pauldron on his right shoulder. The moonlight through the stained-glass windows painted him in blue and gold.
“Forgot to leave your armor behind in the gymnasium?” asked William lightly, skirting around him to set the prayer book back in its tabernacle.
“Something like that,” said Michael. He stepped out of the shaft of light, joining William at the perimeter of the circular room.
William closed the ornate wooden door of the tabernacle and turned to face him. “How did you know I’d be here?”
“I know you,” Michael said simply. I love you, he might as well have said, for the way it sent William’s heart skittering inside his chest.
Michael has been betrothed to the princess since their infancy. But it’s her brother he really wants.
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it could be bad (but i wanna find out) by piecesofsunlight
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jan 2026
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“It’s not like I don’t drink at college too, you know, I mean, just because I don’t go to frat parties, if you’re worried I’m going to judge you or something—”
“That’s not what—” Will huffed out a laugh, staring up at the ceiling. He turned around. “I go to gay bars, okay? It’s—just, not your scene. Obviously.”
Will’s face twisted on that last word, half a grimace. For some reason, it was a punch to the gut. Something defiant rose up within Mike.
“Well, do you have to be a card-carrying member to get in, or something?” he asked, eyebrows raised. “I mean, a bar’s a bar, right?”
Will’s face broke into an uncertain smile. “Mike…”
“I came here for the Will Byers New York experience,” Mike said, earnestly. “Am I going to get it, or what?”
Mike visits Will in New York and realizes a few things.
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smoking cigarettes on the roof by wayward_sherlock for delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Sep 2025
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Will had climbed up to Mike’s window with a practiced ease, and while he always felt bad about waking Mike up from his much needed sleep, Will needed him, needed his soft and gentle touches, needed to know that Mike was alive and that he could keep Will safe from himself.
And now, Will feels more than just safe – he feels content. He’s sitting on the sloped roof of a house he’s known like the back of his hand since he was six with his legs curled up to his stomach, head resting on his knees, as he watches the love of his life blow smoke from his lips.
will has a nightmare the fall after the world goes back to normal. mike is there for him, always.
Bookmarked by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
11 Sep 2025
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so stupidly sweet and it’s for MEEEE god bless us all
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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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Bookmarked by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
02 Dec 2024
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so sweet so gut wrenching so perfect but would i expect anything less from ao3 user pseudologia no i would not
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Three years after moving to California, one Will Byers shows up - via dimension teleportation, or something - back in Hawkins. In the corner of Mike's bedroom. In the middle of the night. Turns out this is a bad thing, namely for Mike and Mike's sanity.
or: Will is having Upside Down Related Issues, and Mike is only helping because it's his duty as a friend. As a friend, seriously.
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Bookmarked by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy)
23 Aug 2022