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Inspired by a tiktok by @loafwheel
It's 2006 and Mike now has a wife and a daughter. One day Mike's daughter discovers old pictures of Mike and his childhood friends which leads to old thoughts and feelings that Mike thought he had buried coming back.
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Mike's disappearance was sudden and not nearly as complicated as the citizens of Hawkins believed ,one day he was there and the next he simply wasn't. Sometimes people wondered if he even existed in the first place, but his dirty clothes still piled the floor, jamming his closet door open and baking in the sun, releasing waves of pungent musk. Posters of bands he never got to see were still plastered against his water damaged walls, corners hanging over as they tried to peel themselves away from the grief and decay. But so little of his social remains were left behind, like an idea that never came to fruition. Only those who knew him well remembered that they knew him at all.
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mike wheeler goes missing at 17 years old. 5 years later he is trying to live with the guilt of leaving everyone behind in hawkins and battling with his humanity. Will byers attempts to track him down and they end up in the same town.
Angst and gay shenanigans ensue.Series
- Part 1 of An ode to life and related works
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You're coming back and it's the end of the world. by jupiterinretrograde, lions_eyes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Jun 2025
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Will Byers comes back to Hawkins, and Mike Wheeler's whole world falls apart-- but he wouldn't take it back for anything.
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Anyways, don't be a stranger. || Byler by tabbysmiwi
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
25 Jun 2025
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What do you do when you like your best friend? And what if you and your best friend are both guys... and what if it's the 80's?
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A slow-burning Greatwise fic with a focus on both characters' Personal lives as well.
Will is trying to heal from years of trauma while being a good son and friend. Afterall its not about him everyone has shit to deal with. Gareth is trying to be Will's friend or maybe more but those walls are high. Then there is Gareth's absent father and responsibilities with his little sister.Love is two fucked up people saving each other.
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give it a hundred years, it won’t go away by wistfulenchantress
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Good Place (TV)
23 Jun 2025
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The woman sits behind a desk, and Mike sits across from her. “Hi, Mike. I’m Tahani.” He notices a peacock bowtie around her neck. “How are you today?”
“I’m good,” Mike replies. “Thanks.”
He pauses, and some semblance of reality kicks in.
“Where am I? What is this?”
Tahani nods. “Right, yes. Ah, I almost forgot. You, Michael Wheeler, are dead. Your time on earth is over, and you are now in the next phase of existence.”
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I'm a walking Contradiction (Byler) by SpaceToad3000ineedbyler
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jun 2025
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1: aftermath of the piggyback episode but before they get home
2: Nightmare
3: home again
4: Breakup
5: Jancy Parallel
6: An interesting take on the mind flayer?
7: classified information :P
8: Monster fight
9: grief
10: Max’s Letter
11: apology
12: to be determined
Title based on the song Walking Contradiction by Green Day
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"Vecna could've killed him. Why didn't he?"
The words spill out of Mike, his posture hunched as his eyes the floor and his thumb brushes against Will's. Nancy can tell Mike has been dwelling on those thoughts so she lets him answer his own question.
"Nancy, Vecna's trying to weaken him completely. He has to. Because..we all know Will can sense him. And it's jeopardizing his plans, so he needed to take him out of the picture. But he still kept him alive. Vecna is still after him. And now what? I'll still lose him, just later now? Nancy- Nancy. You don’t understand. I. I cant lose him. I can’t. Because-"
Mike abruptly stops, snapping his mouth shut and darting his eyes away from her watchful gaze.
Oh. Oh.
The puzzle pieces click into place and she feels realization wash over her slowly.
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After a harrowing incident where Will almost drowns, secrets spill at his hospital's bedside.
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He’s now come to his senses that his plan is a bit faulty. He spent months ensuring it was final, with no mess and no guilt. However, what if they try to stop him? What if they beg him to stay? His biggest fear isn’t dying, it’s being forced to continue living as he is, and that is why his plan must work, because he has wrecked his life beyond repair. His body is no longer connected to him, it is now just meat that he can destroy with every cut.
or Mike commits suicide. Will isn’t sure how to react when forced to attend his funeral. + alternate happy(?) ending where mike is hospitalized
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Immediately post-Season 4, the gang are catching up and reuniting at Hopper's old cabin. Mike, who's been on the edge of a panic attack for the past few days, excuses himself to get some 'fresh air'- unbeknownst to anyone but Joyce, who still isn't fully up-to-date on the Vecna situation. After about 30 minutes, the group notices his absence and are immediately concerned. They can't find Mike anywhere in the surrounding area, but they find the exact thing they were dreading; a small gate.
Mike finds himself in the Upside-Down, but the circumstances are strange. Vecna is nowhere to be seen and the area around him is completely barren. It's an elaborate plot to torment Mike with his greatest fears; forcing him to relive his own worst memories with his family and friends by his side.
How much could one kid have to hide, anyways?
Third-Person Limited with Alternating P.O.V.'s
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As most know, it can be a mere match that starts a fire, such a small, simple thing, yet a thing that can cause immense destruction. What if Will told you a kiss does much the same, alike in it's simplicity yet a thousand times more dangerous. Flames lick at Will's insides and it's no longer an innocent press of lips, it's much, much more. It's the beginning. It's the end.
Will is loved gently for the first time.
Will is loved gently for the last.
He pulls back, head spinning. Will sees the look of horror in Mike's eyes and he knows he's pushed too far, pulling at the boundaries of a love so fragile you could hardly call it love at all.
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- Part 1 of Star tripping
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Prepare to be like totally insane by the end of this. Based on a fever dream I had—
When Will makes a wish to understand his best friend, he finds himself trapped inside his mind instead…
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Will gets trapped inside Mike’s mind and is shitting bricks
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Will Byers makes a bad decision and not by choice now it is only up to Mike to take care of him for the rest of the night and maybe this will resolve the unspoken tension of the two and maybe more.
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growing up in the 1980s, of course will byers had never met another queer person before. he wasn't even sure they existed, until the day veronica miller swooped him off his feet (or so everybody thought.) as he connects with a fellow queer teen, he realizes he's not alone. they explore themselves and their troubled lives together.
but when will gets a "girlfriend" mike wheelers jealousy arises. what is this feeling, he wonders. what is this feeling?
this takes place in 1987, when the main group is around 16. for the sake of the story, the upside down has been defeated (in season 4, lets say around that time.) el defeated vecna before the "earthquake" happened, and the upside down went down with him. obviously i am writing this before season 5.
i am also well aware this is all lowercase, the contents of the story will have proper capitlization.
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slice-of-life story in which mike and will attend school as boyfriends after the events of season 5.
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One Hell Of A Summer by apooltoshedmymemory
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT - Stephen King, The Goldfinch (2019)
16 Jun 2025
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Mike wheelers’ cousins come over for the summer and he realizes he’s been taking the special relationship he has with Will for granted.
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Very very fictionalized version of what could have happened after "It's not my fault you don't like girls" + also very fictionalized flashbacks. Nowhere near canon but hey
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,196
- Chapters:
- 1/2
- Kudos:
- 13
- Hits:
- 120
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William, It Was Really Nothing by BYLERKISSMUST_HAPPEN
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jun 2025
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I’m not sure where this is going yet but it’s basically me manifesting s5 byler will hopefully be a project and all the tags I put will actually have meaning
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Mike Wheeler is doing fine in highschool.
Perfectly fine.
Until he's not. Until Chance calls him like a drunk (closeted) loser.
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"This is really weird you know that?" Will smiled, "I missed you." He said a little quieter.
Mike's heart fluttered. He knew missing your friend was normal, but the way Will said it felt different. "I missed you too." Mike whispered, "I love you" went unsaid as he bit the inside of his cheek.
or Mike getting his shit together, maybe.