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Ruthless and heartbroken Paladin Michael crosses dimensions to steal Will Byers' heart with love and adoration. The Party only sees a grieving widower and a devout, but Mike sees a glimpse of darkness behind his eyes.
To protect the only person who matters, Mike must break his boundaries, confront his deepest traumas and simply... strike first.A story of feral devotion, visceral confrontation and a confession that was buried for years.
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- Part 1 of Unhinged Mike Wheeler
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16 Jul 2026
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Did I ever tell you about the time I went backpacking through Western Europe? by Levi_Fuckerman
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Jan 2026
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"I'm actually so excited to have you live with us," Will said giddily.
"You are?"
Mike hoped it didn't sound as pathetic to them as it did to him.
Will grinned at him. "For sure. I can finally do something about that hair of yours."
Despite himself, Mike laughed out loud, cherishing the taunting.
It was going to be fine. If he could have this Will by his side again, he could take other men having their way with him a thin wall away from Mike. Couldn't he?
Or: Will gives Mike a little bit of tough love, encouraging him to stop wasting his life. Mike moves in with Will and Dustin in New York only to realize that Will has a very - very - active sex life. Mike is okay with it for about three nanoseconds before he loses his mind, regretting every choice he ever made and desperately wishing it was him there with Will.
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- 28,140
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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13 May 2026
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“You need to stop having sex with your boyfriend.”
“Excuse me?”
“I know I was the one who suggested it, and I know you have good intentions,’ Robin continued to his mortification. “But it really hasn’t been helping. In fact, I’d say it’s gotten worse.”
“You have pavloved Mike into yelling at us,” Lucas cut in, impatient. “It’s sick. It’s cruel.”
Snapshots of the 8 months worth of planning for the Byers-Wheeler wedding
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- English
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- 17,108
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Bookmarked by indignant
08 May 2026
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Note to self: reread when we want to feel happy
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Alpha Mike/ Omega Will 18mo + ST5 rewrite (Updated Summary)
It's in this moment, where Will has to sit to support the weakness in his limbs and hold back tears of relief, that he knows he's truly screwed.
And so is Mike.They're all in danger, they always have been, but Mike has a target on his back that he has no idea about. He doesn't know.
Vecna knows everything. He knows how much Mike means to him and it's not a question of if but when and how something is going to happen. Will doesn't know how to convey to him the danger he's in. The danger that Will has put him in by virtue of caring too much in the wrong way.
Unfortunately, Will doesn't get the privilege of having an internal weakness. His biggest weakness is walking and talking and reckless and ridiculous and Vecna would possess Will to kill him just for the joy of breaking Will.“I don’t want to hurt you,” he admits in a low voice. It feels like a dirty confession.
“You won’t," Mike says immediately, almost affronted, and Will wants to cry harder. "Why would you-”He's going to throw up. He's going to scream. Neither are going to help, so with tears in his eyes, he decides he won't let Vecna have this.
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- Part 1 of Heated Pull Universe
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- English
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- 174,819
- Chapters:
- 20/23
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- 314
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06 May 2026
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Will Byers is spending his break giving art lessons, and Holly Wheeler just so happens to need a tutor.
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Mike opens the front door expecting a stranger. Instead, he gets his childhood best friend, and a summer that's about to completely rewire his brain.
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- English
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- 38,807
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- 16/16
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05 May 2026
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“I mean, honestly, don't you feel a little overwhelmed with it sometimes, Will? He's your paladin in DND, yeah, we get it, but at some point it's a bit... We all got pretty protective of you after the upside down, wanted to do things for you, of course, but.."
Dustin tries to find the words.
"It's like he just...never turned it off, like he's convinced the moment he looks away, pays attention to anything else, you're gonna vanish,”----------------
Will has never thought his and Mike's, admittedly, unique friendship was a bad thing, not until a debate between the party about Mike's inclination towards him has him second guessing the entirety of their friendship. With evidence that Mike has been neglecting his sister in favor of doting on his every need, Will makes it his mission to fix the relationship between Mike and El by stepping aside and no longer accepting the care Mike tries to give him, encouraging him to pay attention to El instead.
Mike is, decidedly, not a fan.
Faced with the idea of losing Will, he takes things into his own hands.Bookmarked by indignant
03 May 2026
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The Breaking Point by pickled_pepperoni (suspicious_salami)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
30 Jan 2026
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When Will presents as an omega, Mike's protective instincts kick into overdrive. Which is normal. Alphas protect their pack. That's just biology.
Except Mike can't stop thinking about Will. Can't stop noticing everything about him. Can't stop wanting to be near him constantly.
That's... probably not normal.
Or: Mike is oblivious, Will has been pining for years, and everyone's just waiting for Mike to figure it out.
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01 May 2026
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give me your shirt (now give me your heart) by Kagome300
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
29 Mar 2026
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"The first time Will really noticed it was when he was nine and quarters mysteriously found their way into his pocket at the arcade.
He had left Mike alone with his jacket and returned from the bathroom with two whole dollars more than he'd started with in his jacket pocket. Will had looked at Mike suspiciously, but his friend had insisted that he didn't know what Will was talking about.
The next time they were at the arcade, Will was prepared. He had counted his money three times before he left his house and kept track throughout the day. Then, during an intense round of Space Invaders, Will had felt Mike bump his arm. He hadn't thought anything of it in the moment, distracted by the game. But the next time that Will shoved his hand into his pocket, he found seven new quarters waiting for him.
He was sure then: Mike was secretly slipping him quarters."
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aka the one where Mike gives Will the Princess Treatment his whole life.
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Max
15 bucks says we know by the end of junemy stalker
Whoa someone’s confidentdustin
you guys are not seriously betting on thisdustin
how bored are you????el
Verydustin
fine 10 bucks says nothing’s going on between them and you’re all insanemy stalker
Are we bad people for betting on thisdustin
probablyOr: The party (and some special guests) place bets on whether or not Will and Mike are together.
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- English
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- 16,105
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 324
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29 Apr 2026
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Will is trying to move on.
Mike is trying to prove that he doesn’t have to.
Or: A string of texts blurs the line between obsession and need, leading to location pins and decisions you can’t undo in the morning.
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- English
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- 45,840
- Chapters:
- 17/17
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- 679
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- 1,264
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29 Apr 2026
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Disconnected by calmb4storm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow
07 Jan 2026
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Panic begins to run through his veins, speeding up his pulse and his breathing. “I can’t– why don’t I remember it? I don’t remember any of it.”
Mike blanches. “Any of what, Will?”
Jonathan’s hand is on his knee. Both of them are too close. He can’t breathe.
“The Upside Down. I… I can’t remember any of the Upside Down.”
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OR: A Will Byers-centric/Byler canon version ST5!
(now a post-finale fix-it fic.)Series
- Part 1 of Disconnected Universe
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- English
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- 169,356
- Chapters:
- 31/31
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- 862
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- 3,627
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28 Apr 2026
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When Max is sent away for a month for advanced out of state hospital treatment, Lucas is left with way too much time and way too many feelings. So when he notices the unresolved tension simmering between Will and Mike, he decides to do something about it. But before he can even process what that truly entails, he’s already knee deep in secrets, feelings, and “friendships” that are a lot more complicated than he signed up for.
OR: What starts as a distraction from missing Max turns into the most complicated plan of Lucas’s life as he shifts from helping Will get over Mike to setting them up together (because he’s the bestest, most supportive friend ever, obviously!)
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- 70,763
- Chapters:
- 16/16
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- 1,203
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- 7,716
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- 130,787
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28 Apr 2026
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Will swallows down his fear and stares at the door unblinkingly. Kill the monster. Take the risk. Cast fireball. Shoot the gun.
Of course, he hadn’t expected it to come from behind him.
The light burns bright into his retinas. The whole room shakes, wood paneling nearly busting at the seams.
A rolled seven. An unrewarded risk.
The beast’s got him.
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Stranger Things re-telling, but make it byler.
(Season 1 of 5)Series
- Part 1 of i know the end
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- English
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- 64,235
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- 16/16
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21 Apr 2026
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Will could not help the question that burst from his lips, it had been ricocheting around his brain like a stray tennis ball and was simultaneously causing him the most excitement, distress and exhilaration he had felt in his entire life.
“Are you my husband?” he blurted. Mike blinked in surprise.
“What?”
Will lost his nerve slightly. He wondered if he had been horribly wrong about this, and maybe in this strange timeline he was just a friend staying over and maybe he’d made a mistake and the daughter wasn’t really his daughter and—
Will faltered. “Um, I — well, I just thought you were — I mean, you are my husband, right?”
Mike looked very alarmed. He was staring at Will as though he had grown a second head.
“Obviously…?” he said, “Are you feeling alright? Did your mom make you try her D-I-Y coffee again?”
When nineteen-year-old Will Byers wakes up to find himself in his forty-three-year-old body, he must—with no experience whatsoever—play the part of world-renowned freelance painter, father of two very troublesome teenagers, and most strangely of all: Mike Wheeler’s husband.
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- English
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- 114,230
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- 13/13
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- 723
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20 Apr 2026
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For their senior year spring break, the Party sets sail on a 7-day cruise to celebrate the next chapter of their lives. Not much has changed since their last reunion, as long as you don’t count Mike and Will breaking up two years ago, which fractured the friend group permanently and made it so neither of them could stand to be within ten feet of each other.
It’ll be a trip they never forget - that much Will is sure of.
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- English
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- 142,596
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- 9/?
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- 1,958
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- 5,385
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17 Apr 2026
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@d20dreamer: Can I clean you up afterwards? Seeing you all messy like this drives me mad to take care of you
Rainbowbaby paused the movement, leaning his torso forward to read the chat with the toy still humming quietly inside him. “Look at that… d-d… dreamer wants to clean me. Yes… l-love, you can. How would you do it? Tell me, make me imagine…”
@d20dreamer: With soft tissues first, to wipe the bulk… then neutral soap and warm water, rubbing slowly until you shine again. I’d dry you with a fluffy towel and cover you with your cosy cardigan!
For Mike Wheeler, life is a matter of lists, absolute control, and organization, whose only system failure is his fixation on a camboy from a streaming platform. However, when he crosses paths with the sweet and reserved Will Byers, the lines between his digital obsession and reality begin to blur. Will is a masterpiece of broken glass and hidden scars, trapped in a game far more dangerous than Mike ever imagined. When the ghosts from the boy's past — and the shadows of a predatory industry — threaten to reclaim him, Mike realizes that being a 'safe harbor' means fighting a war he wasn't prepared for.
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- English
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- 387,370
- Chapters:
- 14/14
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- 330
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17 Apr 2026
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Now, Mike had almost three extra years' worth of memories, including the revelation and inevitable acceptance of his feelings for his best friend and the subsequent aftermath of said best friend’s heroic sacrifice.
“No, no, no, NO! I just got you back! Please, please, Will, please–I can’t lose you, not again! WILL–”
He remembered the two girls placing their hands on his shoulders, Kali’s sympathetic grip and El’s agonized clench as they gazed down at their adopted brother.
Now, here he was, the summer it all started going too wrong to right.
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After Will sacrifices himself to defeat Vecna, Mike is sent back in time to the beginning of season 3 to prevent any more tragedy
Now, he'll do whatever it takes
For Will.
(thank you all for following along!)
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- Part 10 of stranger things
- Part 1 of All the time in the world
- Language:
- English
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- 34,080
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Collections:
- 1
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- 599
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- 4,186
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- 942
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- 72,440
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17 Apr 2026
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Will raised an eyebrow at his friend's antics, then dropped his eyes to where he knew Dustin had reached a hand out towards him.
“This summer, we stick together. You and me, Byers.”
Will grinned, taking Dustin’s hand and shaking it. “You and me, Henderson.”
A rewrite of S3:
The night Dustin gets back from Camp Knowhere, he brings the Party up to the highest point in Hawkins to set up Cerebro. He thought that his friends would be excited to have him back-- even if it wasn't the most entertaining to sit on a hill and talk into a radio with no response, he thought they would at least wait for him before going home. He thought it was going to be the best summer ever.
Instead, he finds himself and the one friend that didn't leave him, Will Byers, intercepting a weird Russian transmission.
And, well... if he couldn't have the best summer ever, at least he and Will would have an eventful one.
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- English
- Words:
- 56,530
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 477
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- 4,378
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- 1,023
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- 67,808
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16 Apr 2026
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touch me with a kiss, feel me on your lips by jeaanmoreau
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 May 2026
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“Is it cause you used to have a crush on me?” Mike asked, abruptly.
“What!” It was Will’s turn to blush harder, giving him a glare reserved for Mike Wheeler and Mike Wheeler only. “No. God. That was ages ago. I’ve been past that for a long time.”
Mike motioned like he’d made his point. “See? So? It wouldn’t be weird.”
So, Mike likes guys. Fine, Will can live with that. Except now Mike's worried about having fallen behind and would really like some help practicing how to kiss a guy from his also-into-guys best friend. And Will is trying really, really hard to be a good mentor to him, so what is he going to do, say no?
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- Part 1 of heavenly
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 149,086
- Chapters:
- 30/30
- Comments:
- 6,347
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- 8,607
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- 2,053
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16 Apr 2026
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In the summer of 1989, the Byers family moves to Montauk, cutting short Mike and Will's last summer together before college. Certain he'll never see his friend again, Will confesses his love on their last night together, rocking Mike's world entirely. As the tear-filled goodbyes draw to a close, however, Mike is suddenly offered the unexpected opportunity to travel with the Byers family and help them move.
They have five days out of state together to address Will's confession, learn to communicate, and maybe, just maybe, say a few things they should have said all along.
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- English
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- 48,479
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Comments:
- 356
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Bookmarked by indignant
15 Apr 2026