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“And if you were-” Mike swallowed hard, the words ripping out of him, painful, slurred, and honest in a way he’d never let himself be sober, “I just wish you were a girl.”
Will froze.
Mike kept going, unable to stop himself now, like the admission opened the flood gates. “It’d be so much easier if you were a girl. Everything would make sense. No one would question anything. I wouldn’t have to feel like… like I’m wrong.”
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Mike and Will have kept their relationship tightly locked behind closed doors. But when they decide to start a youtube channel with Lucas and Dustin, fans notice how close the two seem to be. And the spotlight on the relationship Mike isn't ready to be public deepens a crack between them.
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- Part 1 of Fear and Acceptance
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27 Feb 2026
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“You always do that,” Mike whispered.
Will blinked. “Do what?”
“Pretend you’re fine right up until you’re not,” Mike continued. “Like you’re trying not to be a problem.”
Will scoffed, but it came out weak. “You’re projecting.”
“Am I?” Mike took a half-step closer. Close enough that Will could smell his soap, clean and familiar, layered with something warmer underneath. “Because from where I’m standing, it looks like we’ve both been tiptoeing around the same thing.”
Will swallowed.
Don’t, his brain warned.
Some bands make albums. Some bands make ghosts.
Static Hearts grows up alongside the people inside it—through basements, road years, fame, and fallout. At the center are Mike and Will, learning too late how to speak honestly and too early how to endure.
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or, the story where Mike and Will accidentally turn unresolved tension into a multi-platinum record
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Bookmarked by wisemari
20 Feb 2026
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Where Will Byers is madly in love with Mike Wheeler, but Mike has a girlfriend.
However, that never stopped true feelings from becoming uncovered through flirty signs, paintings, letters and basements.
(Written to take place in the 18 month time gap between season 4 and season 5)
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05 Jan 2026
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When Will needs to get his thoughts out of his head, he writes a letter he never intends to send. He addresses it to Mike, and tells him everything.
Feeling lighter than he has in weeks and buoyed by the adrenaline of writing it all out, Will acts on an impulse and ends the letter with, "If you’d be willing to give me a chance, I’d be really happy to date you. If you’re open to trying it, please meet me in Castle Byers this Saturday at 2:00pm. I’m not asking for any promises, I’m not asking for forever or anything like that; all I’m asking is that you give me a chance. Come if you want; if not, I completely understand, no hard feelings, and I’ll never, ever mention this again."
He forgets all about the letter, and the distinctive red envelope he stowed it in, until he turns around to find it missing. Now, Will has to think of some way to stop Mike from reading that letter - or should he wait at Castle Byers on Saturday at 2:00pm and pray for a miracle?
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- Part 1 of The Red Envelope
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- 10/10
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Bookmarked by wisemari
17 Dec 2025
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The world is ending, which means for the time being, Will is living at the Wheeler’s house with Mike and El. Which means his life is once again a third-wheeling roller rink nightmare, and he’s basically invisible to Mike.
Until Jonathan gives him $20 to go to an art sale, and he meets Tobias, a guy just as into art as he is.
It’s not long before him and Tobias start dating.
And then suddenly, Mike’s paying attention to him after all.
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Will gets a boyfriend. Mike doesn’t like it.
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- Part 1 of Tobias Universe
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Bookmarked by wisemari
12 Dec 2025