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Will has been kept hidden by his guardian Henry for as long as he can properly remember. And he trusts him to know what's best for him, but Mike, a curiously attentive boy from the nearby village, has invited him to the Royal Art Festival and Will's aching to go and experience life on his own.
Mike hasn't wavered in searching for the prince he lost over a decade ago. But he's easily distracted. And meeting Will in the village has become his most fascinating distraction yet.
Spending the next three days together might just answer all their quietly lingering questions. -
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“Girls are just so hard to talk to! You wouldn’t get it, Will. You should count yourself lucky.”
“Are you insinuating that I’m lucky for being gay?” Will whispers the last two words.
Mike stays at full volume, “Kinda!” Then he slings an arm around Will’s shoulders and pulls him close, lowering his voice to a normal decibel. “Look, it’s simple math, Will. Boy plus boy equals endless conversation. Boy plus girl equals awkward eye contact and even more awkward silence.”Or: Will thinks Mike wants to date Jane so he orchestrates the perfect plan to get them together. Even though literally no one asked him to.
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and all my instincts, they return by casper_aristotle
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 Mar 2026
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During spring break of 1987, Will returns to Hawkins for the week. Mike has to navigate more than just his complicated romantic feelings when he's forced to really look at how he's been acting in his best friend's absence. At least Will knows how to knock some sense into this self-pitying idiot.
Or: the week Will Byers found out Mike Wheeler was in love with him
*Loosely inspired by Sixteen Candles (1984)
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- Part 2 of In Yours Eyes (I Am Complete)
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On a summer day in 1985, Mike finds himself forced on a trek to Lover's Lake where, Dustin says, there's a dead body waiting to be discovered. The journey is long and emotions run high, as Mike tries to figure out what's bothering Will and realizes why he acts the way he does with his best friend.
Or: the day Mike Wheeler found out he was in love with Will Byers
*Loosely based on Stand By Me (1986)
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- Part 1 of In Yours Eyes (I Am Complete)
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Will can’t allow himself the luxury of a wet dream tonight, so he wills for Mike to stop moving.
Mike does not stop moving.
Will frowns, mustering up more focus, sharpening his control.
Mike still doesn’t stop, but he lets out an annoyed whine. “What’s fucking tugging at me right now?”
What.
“I’m—trying to stop you. Stop.” Will’s voice comes out warped and distant, unused to being spoken out loud in the dreamscape.
Mike stops moving, as instructed, breathing heavily against Will’s open mouth. “Why? Isn’t this—isn’t this just a dream? Come on.”
Huh?!
What is Will’s subconscious trying to achieve right now?—or—
Will's powers have been acting up lately, thanks to the stress of college and a part time job.
He finds solace in his usual lucid dreams. Except, suddenly — they get clearer. More vivid. More out of control.
Will assumes it’s just his subconscious working through some very obvious problems.
Mike assumes he’s just having weird sex dreams about his best friend because he’s stressed and pent-up.Neither of them realizes they’re sharing them.
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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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don't let me ruin it (again) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Mar 2026
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Graduation is supposed to be the start of Mike Wheeler’s future.
Instead, it’s a loop he can’t escape.
As the same day repeats endlessly, Mike is forced to face the questions he’s spent years avoiding. And soon, he’ll have to realize the way out isn’t in saying the right thing.
It’s in finally learning how to listen.
Or: the universe ships Byler harder than any of us do.
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You paint dreamscapes on the wall by psychotic_fangirl369
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Feb 2026
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The thing was, Will loved Mike. He had always loved Mike. Loving Mike felt less like a choice and more like gravity. Something he’d learned to live with, something constant and unyielding, even when he’d tried, desperately, to move on.
“Your… your what?” Will managed finally. His voice sounded distant to his own ears, thin and unsure.
Mike swallowed. “My boyfriend,” he repeated, a little quieter this time, like maybe if he said it softly enough, it wouldn’t sound as insane. “I need you to be my boyfriend."
💕💕💕💕
After coming out, Mike asks Will to pretend to be his boyfriend for a trip home to Hawkins. It seems simple enough.
Except pretending is harder when you’ve already been in love for years.
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Will wakes up to find Mike Wheeler sleeping on his floor, only four years younger. Now it’s up to the Party to get him back to his own timeline.
Title from the song Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
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