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Mike Wheeler writes fantasy novels now.
In his second book, a paladin falls in love with a cleric he loses long before either of them learn how to speak honestly.
Will Byers reads the dedication two years after they stop talking.
Or: to my cleric — i remember, and it was real to me.
Bookmarked by Crying_lizard
26 Jun 2026
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DO NOT read this before am exam, Im crying like a baby.
This was so beautiful oh my god I’ll never read anything this peak for a long time and I’m so sad about it <\3
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i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) by sunsetozier
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 May 2026
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Silence. Hungry, carnivorous—or maybe cavernous, vast and lined with teeth, ready to bite. The quiet before the storm, the gasped breath in before the heart stops. Tragedy tastes bitter. Blood tastes like pennies. Both are in the air, promises coating the tongue. Something bad is about to happen.
From beneath the bed, something reaches out—a mass of darkness, a shapeless nothing—and it grabs Mike by the wrist, yanks him forward. Mike chokes on a yelp and flails his arm free, blood dripping from where the shadows grabbed him, like the touch of darkness has split him open. He tries to scramble away, unfolds his legs to kick himself back but only makes himself easier, more vulnerable. The unidentifiable mass encircles Mike's ankle, and he screams something agonized, terrified—and then it pulls Mike, clawing at the carpet with his bloodied fingers, under the bed.
This time, the silence isn't hungry. It's satisfied.
will starts entering the mindscape in his dreams on the same night that mike gets taken by vecna. this is probably the least confusing part of everything that happens after.
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Bookmarked by Crying_lizard
21 Jun 2026
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How I love angst and sad yearning rahhhhhh
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"I just need you to know," Will says quietly, and he makes himself hold Mike's gaze, "that if something happens - if I hurt you, or anyone else - it's not because I wanted to. I would never want to hurt you, Mike. Never."
The words hang between them, loaded with more meaning than Will intended.
There's a pause where all Will can hear is their breathing echoing against the storage closet's walls. The hum is more distant now, buzzing in the back of Will's mind, but the uneven inhales coming from in front of him sound louder. The breath tickling his nose (because they really are that close) feels realer.
Mike's eyes are still darting across Will's face, and Will can feel him inhale sharply. "Will, why are you so convinced you're going to hurt someone? What did Vecna show you?"
Everything, Will thinks. He showed me everything. Showed me killing you over and over until I couldn't see anything else.
Somewhere between slaying interdimensional eldritch horrors, exploding an entire dimension, and risking their lives countless times, Mike and Will find each other.
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Mike has a nightmare and asks Will to tell him a secret, a nice one, to keep his mind off it.
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i am caught, right inside your line of fire by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Feb 2026
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“Why are you touching him? You don’t own him.”
Will dropped his head into his hands. “Mike, oh my god—”
Paladin Mike’s jaw tightened. “I do not own him,” he said immediately. “He is—” He stopped, swallowing. His eyes went back to Will softening, and that softness made Mike hate him even more. He could recognize the look, and saw it mirrored in his own eyes countless times.
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“He is the Light. By your oath, I am bound to him. My liege.” He bowed his head slightly toward Will, his mouth wrapped around the word like it was a prayer. “My cleric.” He said after, softer.
“Oh my god.” Will flushed, impossibly. “That is crazy. He is actually crazy."
Max, who had been standing with her arms crossed behind them, muttered, “Jesus Christ,” under her breath.
Mike Wheeler is going to explode, because there is an alternate, armoured version of him, following Will Byers around like he belonged to him.
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“No. No, Mike, can you hear me?” He nods, ever so slightly. It’s enough for Will. If he’s dying— if these are truly the last words that will ever be spoken between them— there’s only one thing he can say. “I love you. I’m in love with you, Mike, please. You can’t go. I love you so much,” Will whispers, cradling his body to his chest.
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Will confesses his feelings as Mike takes his last breaths— and then Mike decides to be a stubborn asshole about it and survives. Will is left to deal with the aftermath of his choice, navigating an awkward new friendship.
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Love is a fickle thing.
At least, that’s what Mike’s dad had always told him. So Mike assumes his love for his best friend will fade away and disappear into the deep recesses of his mind until he ultimately forgets it ever existed. Except it doesn’t, and it won’t.
Love is a fickle thing.
Just not for Mike.
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After a thoughtful talk and subsequent breakup with El, Mike has to renavigate his friendship with Will and the overwhelming feelings that come with it.
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finn dlhard gets bitch slapped and publicly humiliated by noah schnapp by drunkandbored
Fandoms: Stranger Things RPF
19 Jan 2026
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the title says it all. fuck snl.
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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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07 Jan 2026
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There’s something wrong with Will.
It started three weeks ago, almost four. Will had woken from some sort of nightmare and, instead of seeking comfort in Mike the way he usually would, he’d rolled out a sleeping bag from the closet and chosen to sleep on the floor.
No one believes Mike, except for Joyce. But even she doesn’t understand the full extent to which something is wrong with Will.
Mike understands, though. Mike has been paying attention.
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- Part 1 of eye of the beholder
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under pressure ( with or without you ) by mioprogetto
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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There was no possible reason for Foah to be trending now, right? He dug through his mind, recollecting the episodes of the just-released season five.
And then it hit him.
Byler.
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A mixed fic between Byler and Foah -- when Foah gets unearthed, they deflect it by writing their own stories about Byler, and about how the snowball turned into an avalanche
please read notes!!
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03 Jan 2026
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the duffer brothers get a taste of their own medicine by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF
29 Dec 2025
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the duffers queerbait noah and finn, so they bait them into a white van.
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The Byler Bait by wolfandsnap
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF, Real Person Fiction
01 Jan 2026
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“We’re gonna queerbait all we fucking want. It works, right? That’s the job.” — Ross Duffer.
Or: Noah is not a fan of how season five is shaping up.
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Bookmarked by Crying_lizard
29 Dec 2025
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the duffer brothers end gay by bylerbrainrot (s3ven_years)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF
28 Dec 2025
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Disgusted after seeing Foah, the Duffers decide to put an end to Byler in hopes of splitting them apart.
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29 Dec 2025
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The Deleted Footage by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)
28 Dec 2025
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We all agree that volume 2 of Stranger Things was a major disappointment. But have you ever wondered.. why? The truth is, Netflix removed some scenes because they felt it was too woke. As for me? I might have my own views, I’m pretty homophobic myself, but I’d never betray the fans like that. Having been a writer for Stranger Things, I’m here to reveal the leaked footage in written form. You’re welcome.
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beep beep (so let's ride) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things RPF
27 Dec 2025
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I shift my car into drive and rev the engine once, then twice. Their backs are to me, so just like every poor, unsuspecting fan who was forced to witness the absolutely abysmal writing of Season 5 Volume 2, they won't expect what happens next.
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vol 2 is so bad that the only way i can cope is by running over the duffer brothers and shawn levy with my car. and foah is there, i guess.
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cursing my name, wishing I stayed (look at how my tears ricochet) by mikeslawyer for afterglowsssss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jun 2025
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"Tell me a secret?"
Mike asks, like he's come to do every day, late at night, when the darkness can swallow the guilt and the regret rushing out of their hearts, when their sides press together, the floor long forgotten, ever since the first Will, please, come up here.
Will is a terrible person.
I'm in love with you. I'm having visions. I'm in love with you. I'm not really having nightmares, Vecna is tempting me with a version of you that loves me back. I'm in love with you.
"I think my death is the easiest solution to everything. The Upside Down will die with me."
Will can hear Mike swallow next to him.
"Will, I would let the world burn down to ashes if it meant keeping you in it."
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They're back in Hawkins, everything is the way it's always been, except - yeah, it's still the middle of an apocalypse, Will is having nosebleeds and Mike would sacrifice the world for his best friend but is still losing him.
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Bookmarked by Crying_lizard
21 Dec 2025
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Yearn boy, yearn. (10/10 ts was absolute peak)
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It's not that Mike wants Will to be a girl, but if he were, their lives would be so much easier.
(Or; during a game of truth or dare, Will ends up in El's clothing. Mike can't help but notice how similar they are.)
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Days In A Gilded Cage by HiddenArch
Fandoms: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
16 Apr 2023
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A Madoka Magica Post-rebellion fanfic in which we see the day to day lives of the Holy Quintet and friends. Seeing the relationships that form, the problems that arise and the devil trying to protect Madoka. Memories that seem to come back, promises now forgotten, and a perfectly stable Homura trying to keep everything together.
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Bookmarked by Crying_lizard
22 Sep 2025
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Reading this made me so happy, I’m so sad it’s abandoned 💔