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The world is a beautiful, powerful, terrifying beast. Mike never fails to feel in awe when he sees proof of just how giant and formidable it’s capable of being, and in moments like these, he savors feeling comparatively small, miniscule in the face of everything else.
So many things feel so unimportant when staring down a natural monster.
have you ever fallen in love over the course of four months? have you ever fallen in love while chasing storms? have you ever done both?
well, mike wheeler is about to.or: welcome to tornado season 2026!
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“You should do it,” Will repeats, this time with a shrug. “She’s right, you could always stay with me if you needed to, but I really don’t think anything’ll happen. And your dad is cutting off your access to his card when we move out of Hawkins in September anyway, so you might as well use it for the fun stuff while you can, right? Like, really, what’s he gonna do? Cut you off a few months early?”
“The fun stuff,” Mike slowly repeats, feeling, suddenly, like he’s going to pass out. “Like buying lube?”
Will’s face flushes a bit as he looks away, shrugging again, this time a bit more clunky with it. “Like things that are fun,” he murmurs. “Which, I mean, lube is what we’re talking about right now, so… yeah.”
or: following their college graduations, the party decide to have one last hawkins summer before starting their "real" adult lives. mike and will start a game that pushes past every boundary they've maintained for years.
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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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“It’s not my fault that it took me so long to figure myself out,” Mike says thickly, no longer angry, instead just barely holding back tears as he repeats the sentiment that Debbie has spent so long trying to get him to believe. He’s not sure why this is the thing pushing him towards accepting it as truth, but he means it when he says it—means it, too, when he continues with, “It’s not my fault that it was hard for me to understand how I felt. It’s not my fault that I didn’t realize what it was until after you moved on. That’s not—that’s not my fault, Will.”
mike's queer journey happens a little later than will's. that doesn't mean it's any less real or valid. or: 4 of mike wheeler's birthdays and the ways things change.
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“I feel crazy,” Michelle murmurs, nosing along the column of Willow’s throat, sending a shiver down her spine. “You make me feel crazy. Do you feel that? Is it just me?”
Maybe Willow should err on the side of caution, on the side of logic—but it’s been two months and her obsession with Michelle has been a steadily growing monster, a festering desire and need that has made her dizzy, made her mind drift along to dirty places in the middle of her shifts. She has drawn Michelle over and over already and wants to feel the skin that she keep sketching onto her pages, wants to hear her, to see her, to experience whatever she’s willing to give.
It does make her feel crazy. It seems far too soon to feel so infatuated with her. Yet, she is.
She ducks her head, seeks out Michelle’s mouth again, hands guiding her face away from her neck and back up to kiss her stupid, and in between each biting kiss, she says, “It is crazy. I feel it, too. I haven’t stopped wanting you ever since I first saw you.”
i wanna lay my body down
sink into your ground
press my lips upon your browor: mid-20's lesbyler meet, are cute for 9k words, then fuck for the rest
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- Part 1 of forever bound
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everybody talks universe by sunsetozier
Fandom IT (2017), IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King
30 Jun 2021
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too good to be true by sunsetozier
Fandom IT (2017), IT (Movies - Muschietti), IT - Stephen King
31 Oct 2020
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the empty world ‘verse, started in 2018, finished in 2020. theme song is can’t take my eyes off you by franki valli and the four seasons.
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without him for far too long by sunsetozier
Fandom IT (2017), IT - Stephen King, Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 May 2019
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Mike hates this time of year.
The leaves have all fallen, covering the ground like puzzle pieces in their rightful places, so the trees are bare, naked, and dead. It hasn’t yet snowed to round out the rugged edges of the town; there are still sharp edges everywhere Mike looks — and trust him, he looks — and it feels like the atmosphere is eternally toying with him by turning dark with rumbling clouds, only to dissipate within an hour. It also gets dark at four p.m. for no reason other than to piss him off.
The world is, Mike decides, no better now than it was when it was ending.
mike's been living in hawkins since the world stopped ending, even though his friends left him behind.
well, maybe living isn't the right word.Bookmarked by sunsetozier
06 Jun 2026
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When Mike finally wandered into the art classroom, he didn’t expect anyone to be in there- but there was a boy sitting at one of the easels, earbuds in. Mike paused for a minute, observing him. He had soft brown hair, fringes barely falling over his eyes, which were a captivating hazel color; brown one minute, flashing green the next as he studied whatever he was painting. He had a single mole above his lips, which was oddly endearing, and-
Mike realized he was staring.Mike Wheeler may bicker endlessly with Max Mayfield, but since he did need her for their band, Hellfire (and she kinda was his best friend), he selflessly volunteered to get her art homework from the art room. What he didn’t know was that he would meet artist Will Byers there, and end up inviting him to their gig that night- accidentally triggering the Gay Yearning of the Century.
Yeah, Mike might be a little bit screwed.Or: a modern-day band AU where Mike is whipped, Will is the ethereal, and madwheeler have gay panics galore over the byers siblings.
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- Part 1 of face the music
Bookmarked by sunsetozier
31 May 2026
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The Price Is Right (The Advice Was Wrong) by discomedley
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 May 2026
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“No, Robin, you don’t get it. I’ve known those boys basically their entire lives, Mike is not Will’s Tammy. It’s just, like—” he huffed, frustrated now. “It’s not even a comparable situation.”
Robin didn’t seem to get it. “Sure it is! Mike’s straight, and Will’s crush on him is what helped him to come to terms with his feelings. It’s a completely comparable situation.”
Steve grabbed his keys from the dish next to the front door and started shoving on his shoes without a second thought.
“Where are you going?” Robin asked, gesturing back to The Price is Right on the TV. “This isn’t even a re-run!”
“There are more important things than the big showcase right now, Robin. You’ve led little Byers completely astray here, and I’ve gotta go fix it.”
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Steve finds out that Mike is Will's Tammy and has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
Bookmarked by sunsetozier
27 May 2026
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never let you slip away by kellogsfrostyflakes, waveyspaces
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 May 2026
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"We get it, you're hilarious. Now take these off, please, so I can go home."
"Sorry, man," Lucas says, shrugging. He stands from his spot on the floor to come to Max's side. "But it was getting bad. You've been weird since Stacey's party."
Or: Mike and Will refuse to admit what happened last Friday, and the Party has the perfect solution. 24 hours handcuffed to your best friend shouldn't be so bad, should it?
Bookmarked by sunsetozier
26 May 2026
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"What exactly are you calling for, Nancy?"
There was a moment of silence before she continued. "I'm living in Paris—for work. I can't… they won't let him leave the country, and I can't move back fast enough for it to matter."
Will felt his face pale. "What about your parents?"
"They don't want anything to do with him, not after—"
"Yeah, I heard. What about…"
"Will, there's no one else. I've tried."
"Nancy, I can't… I can't just—"
"Please. I wouldn't be asking if there was another option."
Will bit the inside of his cheek. "Okay."
Or: Mike is on house arrest for 6 months and has no choice but to stay with Will, even though they haven't spoken in two years.
Bookmarked by sunsetozier
22 May 2026