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New York, March 1990. Will shows up at Mike's apartment with a surprise gift. They both enjoy it more than anyone could imagine.
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And then his hips are pressed up against the backs Mike's thighs, and he can let out the breath he didn't realise he was holding. When he finally manages to open his eyes, he looks down between them, at where he can see their bodies colliding. He shifts his weight, deaf to the panting, half-hearted cries Mike's unable to suppress, and does a double take.
He squints. Blinks. Moves a little-
Has to fight back a scream.
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Alternatively: I'm a big boy and the idea of skinny boy belly bulges turns me on.
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Lucas and Will make a competition out of who can fuck Mike better.
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Art School Confidential by cyclogenesis (addictedkitten)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Feb 2026
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In which Mike moves to Indianapolis after his first semester of college, rents the apartment next door to Will, and gets a job as a nude model in Will’s life drawing class, and then Will has to deal with all of that. (This is an ongoing process.) Featuring a domesticity speedrun, life in a university district in the early 1990s, mutual care-taking behaviors, baffling vegetables, Mike wearing a shirt with a kitten on it, and The Cure haunting the narrative.
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Follows Mike Wheeler and Lucas Sinclair in the aftermath of Vecna’s defeat.
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Will wasn’t sure how they even got the idea to start kissing, all of them, but once the cleric ran his hands through Mike’s messy hair, playing with the curls that were shorter than his paladin’s hair, and tugged a little bit harsher to see more of Mike’s throat and leave pinkish red bites there, it escalated from there on very quickly.
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never cried to them, just to your soul by Demiwitchwoodwalker
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jan 2026
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The last time he’d stood this close to the edge, Will had been gone, he’d thought he was dead. Nothing had mattered anymore, except protecting his friends, keeping those he had left safe. He hadn't wanted to live then, not without Will. He didn’t want to live now. Not because Will was gone—he was just across town in Mike’s room, probably not thinking about him or where he was for even a second—but because he didn’t deserve to. Because he was wrong, because he was sinful, because he didn’t matter, because nobody needed him and they never had. He’d just wanted them to need him because he’d needed them.
All he ever did was hurt the people he needed. Why would anyone ever need him? He was–
“Mike, where the hell are you?” Will’s voice latched a tether around his chest, pulled him back, pushed down his younger voice, silenced Troy and James.
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It's October 1986, the Byers have been living with the Wheelers for 3 months now, and Mike can't sleep through the night, waking to nightmares and struggling to reconcile his growing awareness of his feelings for Will with the expectations of everyone around him. It all comes crashing down around him very quickly and suddenly (though it was a long time coming).
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Maybe it’s the lingering adrenaline from the false alarm a moment ago, but Mike suddenly has a bad feeling deep in his gut. Something is off. Slowly, he walks around to look at Chrissy’s face.
White eyes. Rapid blinking. Unfocused. Unseeing.
Mike’s terror multiplies tenfold, heart rate ratcheting back up. He blinks and it’s Will standing in front of him, glaze-eyed and shaking, seizing, eyes twitching in their sockets, stuck in a waking nightmare as the Mind Flayer forces itself into every orifice.
He blinks again and it’s Chrissy, going through the same thing. Or something very similar.
Fuck. Not now. Not again.Or: After witnessing Chrissy's death, Mike finds himself on the frontlines of the latest interdimensional battle—and at the top of Hawkins’ Most Wanted list, as police, crazed townspeople, and otherworldly monsters all vie to get to him first.
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- Part 1 of Come Sleep
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say gex byler
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doing my best (was it enough) (i love you, i love you) by strawberry_hiraeth
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Dec 2025
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What Mike is trying to say is that if it’s between him, or someone he loves, he will get them to safety while taking the blow meant for them. He will let the bomb go off, and he will take the claws to his chest. He doesn’t care if the price is his life, as long as they are safe.
So when he hears Holly’s screams from upstairs, Mike doesn’t even give himself a chance to think before he’s grabbing the knife he has beside him from cooking in the kitchen and racing towards Holly.
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Broken down (hungry for your love) by jessescreations
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Jan 2026
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“It’s not real, you know,” Ted’s voice echoed in his head—a tinny, rhythmic drone. “It’s not love, not romance. It’s a sickness.”
Mike almost moaned in relief once the door fell shut behind him, the peaceful quiet of his home surrounding him. He dropped his bag on the floor and crossed through their small apartment, already knowing where he’d find the one he needs. There he was—Will Byers, in all his glory.
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Mike Wheeler has a really bad day thanks to Ted Wheeler, Will helps him feel better :) -
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"Mike?" Will asks, jaw dropped open in bewilderment, hand still clutching the door knob.
The Mike standing in front of him is wearing a rickety jacket that almost swallows his thin frame entirely, and has his arms curled around himself, his shoulders hunched. His hands play with his sleeves as if nervous. His body is trembling. And it's the state of his body that really makes Will's blood run cold in horror.
There are bruises all over Mike's face. The black eye he has is stark against the whiteness of his skin, reminding Will of drops of dark paint on a blank canvas. His lip is busted, and Will can see traces of dried blood on him. And most noticeably, he has a ring of bruises around his neck, in the shape of hands.
Upon seeing Will at the door, Mike's expression simultaneously lightens and crumples.
"Will." He croaks out, desperation and vulnerability clear in his shaky voice.
After not speaking nor seeing eachother for 5 years, Mike suddenly turns up at Will's door, bruised and bloodied.
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He takes a deep breath.
“I want him the way I should have wanted Jane.”
Max is quiet, when he finally manages to look at her again. Her brows draw together slightly, pausing.
“But,” she whispers, in the space between them. “Will is a boy.”
Mike feels new tears well up behind his lids.
“Max.”
Something shifts in her expression, her mouth parting slightly.
“Oh.”
It’s quiet. Mike’s mouth pulls itself into a bitter smile. “Yeah, oh.”
or, it’s summer ‘90, and while everyone is off to college, Mike and Max scoop up ice cream in the rebuilt Starcourt Mall, reluctantly bonding over their shared hatred for children (and Mike’s little sister and idle friends) who just can’t seem to leave them alone.
or, 5 years later, it isn’t Robin and Steve working at Scoops Ahoy: it’s Max and Mike (who also get accidentally drugged. It's definitely not Steve's fault.)
(inspired by that gorgeous fanart by falloutlaw on twitter!)
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Will moves back to an upright position, wiping his hair out of his eyes, head and shoulders peeking above the water. “Mike,” he says, pulling Mike up with him, their fingers still intertwined.
“Yeah?” Mike says, tilting his head so the water trickles out of his ears, wincing slightly. “What is it?”
Will’s eyes dart back and forth between his, and then Mike feels his hand squeeze his own. “I don’t want you to, like, think I moved back for you,” he starts, which in and of itself would be enough to get Mike’s soul soaring straight out of his own body, if it weren’t for Will’s thumb pressed against his pulse point like some kind of mortal tether. “Because it’s not like that, I promise. But I think– I think I realized there’s a difference between things you want and things you need, you know?”
mike wheeler on losing people and having them again, the difference between wanting and needing, and finally letting go.
ft. robin buckley, will byers, and the mortifying ordeal of working in the food service industry
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“Will…” Mike whines again, his hips twitching as if he wants to grind down, but he knows he’s not allowed to yet.
Will pauses his drawing momentarily to swipe a thumb soothingly over Mike’s waist, pinching a little just to see him squirm, “I’m nearly done.” He promises, his voice a husky rasp, thick with lust.
Mike shivers hard, a whimper rattling from his lips, the skin around his eyes red and moisture shimmering in his eyes. He’s so desperate, but he’ll be good, Will knows.
His drawing isn’t the best. The fine lines are shaky, the shading is off, but given the treat in his lap, Will doesn’t hold the poor quality against himself. It’s not that bad, and he’ll probably end up refining or redoing it later.
It may not be a van-gogh piece, but it captures the supple flesh of Mike’s thighs, folded at the knees and squished against Will’s legs. He draws Mike's lips, plush and glistening, the teary look on his face as desperation builds, and the defined dip of Mike’s waist, his hands bound in string behind his back.
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Or: Will's classmate draws Mike in her sketchbook, and Will gets a little possessive.
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- Part 33 of Mike Wheeler suffering
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He sits at his desk and thinks to himself about the story he can never tell.
It isn't the story of the mage; that, perhaps, is the easiest story to tell. An acceptable one, a story of love and loss, of power and politics, of magic and monsters.
The stories he grew up on are the same stories he's doomed to tell now. Of supernatural entities and learned helplessness.
No, the story he can never tell is one he's never seen or read before. One that could never have a happy ending.
It goes like this:
Four boys playing a tabletop role-playing game in a basement. Loud, chaotic, wild. There is a distinct air of youth surrounding them. They are untouched by trauma and unharmed by life.
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mike wheeler, grief, and the (love) story he cannot tell.
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Left His Heart There in the Sea by Concerned_terrapin
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Jul 2024
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“Mr. Byers! I was hoping to catch you. This is Dr. Owens, from Hawkins National Laboratory.”
Will pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, already feeling a headache beginning to form in his temples. "I’m kind of in the middle of a lecture here, can this wait?”
“I’m afraid it can’t. We need your assistance urgently.”
“And why do you need me?” Will was unable to suppress the bitterness in his tone, “You’ve got plenty of experts and doctors on your staff. I’m just a grad student, and I’m halfway across the country. What could I possibly do that no one else could?”
Dr. Owens cleared his throat on the other end of the line, “You’re the only one who’s been there and made it out alive. Honestly, we could use your expertise. We’ve caught a specimen. A live one. And you’re definitely going to want to see this.”
Or, it's 1998 and the Upside Down is still alive and kicking, and something new just came out.
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He’d stared at Will without really seeing him, so caught up in his own thoughts—a constant, monotonous beat of oh my God, I’m alive. Oh my God, Will has powers. Oh my God, he saved me.
And then—
Oh my God, he’s beautiful.
The thought had stopped him short, had landed with a soft and devastating clarity.
Beautiful.
That single word had broken something open within him, something he’d spent years reinforcing with lock and chain and prayer and denial.
After Will saves Mike from the demogorgon at the MAC-Z, Mike finally lets himself acknowledge a truth he's been running from for years:
He is in love with Will Byers.
Now all Mike has to do is come to terms with that truth—especially when Joyce sees it too.
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Ted and Karen are not getting along, at all. Ted has managed to gamble away more than they can afford, and Karen is desperately trying to fix it. Unfortunately, Ted is a stubborn, prideful asshole and wont take a loan from his father, even if his children starve because of it.
Due to this issue, there has been a lot of fighting in the Wheeler household. Screaming matches between the parents are common now, and it has been detrimental to Mike and Nancy. Karen recognizes this, so she sends Nancy to live at a friends house for a week, and Mike to stay with Will for a week, in hopes that they get it figured out by then
Mike tries to cope. Will tries to help.
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A Byler fic where they are itty bitty babies. Mike and Will are six in this fic. Each chapter can be read as a standalone, but they all match. Chapter one provides further context. -
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Sir Michael tilted his head, squinting at Will. Without warning, his hand came to cup Will's cheek, turning his skin at least ten degrees warmer. "He looks like you," Sir Michael continued, "and he has your name. Your moles, too."
His thumb came down to brush the mole over Will's top lip. The touch felt soft, strangely reverent. "My— moles?"
Mike had the same sentiment, albeit with more displeasure. "His moles?"
Will makes a wish. Sir Michael the Brave comes to fulfill it, but Mike Wheeler makes his wish come true.