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Will Byers has never met the night-shift barista he keeps fighting with through sticky notes. However, after a scheduling mix-up, electrical issues, and one long night, things start getting a lot more complicated.
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(very late) Day 6 of #sttwtpride2026: Enemies to Lovers
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- Part 4 of sttwtpride2026
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09 Jun 2026
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we thought this place was haunted (it was just us) by secretxgardensinmyxmind
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Jun 2026
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Two years after his husband’s death, Mike Wheeler lives quietly in a cliffside mansion with his eight year old daughter and more ghosts than he knows what to do with. He doesn’t talk about the past.
Will Byers isn’t looking for love when he takes the live-in cook job at Rosecliff Manor. He's just trying to start over in a new town, with a new job and with the walls carefully built around his heart.
Living under the same roof wasn’t supposed to mean anything.
But grief recognizes grief.
And sometimes healing looks a lot like falling in love.
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- Part 1 of we thought this place was haunted
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09 Jun 2026
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They're Not You (A Bravebyers One Shot) by Eggsbaconcheese
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Feb 2026
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My first entry into the Bravebyers verse
Paladin Michael attempts (and fails) to console Will after a night terror, making it clear that Mike is the only one who can really be what Will needs.
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28 May 2026
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An early flight, candles in a stack of pancakes, and a box of Reese’s Pieces.
Mike Wheeler has a plan to make Will’s nineteenth birthday perfect--if he can just stop being an idiot long enough to say the words.
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Will gets surprised, romanced and spoiled all day by a flustered Mike Wheeler.
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- Part 1 of Icing on the cake
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26 May 2026
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Two months after the almost-end of the world, Will nearly blows a (literal) fuse and discovers he still has powers. Mike discovers he has a very niche type.
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20 May 2026
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14 May 2026
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Will’s friends dare him to ask out a quiet boy at their college, and the date goes very well. His friends don’t believe him until they accidentally overhear the pair.
What Will never expected was that accepting that dare would be the best thing he ever did
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14 May 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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12 May 2026
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Paint me a picture, one I can look back on when I lose you. by sunniesdoll
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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Sometimes, all he can think about is how he’ll kill himself.
“Will! Will, come on- come on, wake up-”
His lungs shudder as he breathes in, hands gripping his face, his shoulders, alternating wherever they could.
“That’s it- that’s it, come on, come back to me-”
He feels dizzy, out of it, the way he always did. He’s pulled into a chest, a heartbeat he could spend forever memorizing, and tries to get his bearings.
Or, Will is going through some shit. He knows a way to get out of it, but... no one seems content to let that happen.
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11 May 2026
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It only took a moment before the physician smiled. “Well,” he said, with satisfaction. “That settles it. You are approximately nine weeks along, Your Highness.”
Nine weeks.
Without thinking, Will’s hand drifted down, resting against his lower abdomen. There was nothing there, not really. No visible change, no difference he could feel beneath his palm yet.
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or: As an Omega, Will knows what he was married for. It was merely to form a political alliance between their two kingdoms.
So when he finds himself pregnant, and Mike suddenly begins to care in ways he never did before, the reason seems obvious. It’s not love, it’s only the heir.And then, when he loses the baby, Will is certain he will lose everything else too.
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05 May 2026
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answers you seek will never be found at home by miwiheroes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Jan 2026
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Will’s not supposed to be hiding in corners, forcing a fake smile when Mike asks him if he’s okay. He’s not supposed to brush off insults like they're jokes. He’s not supposed to vanish for six hours during a school day, leaving Mike feeling like he’s slipping away all over again.
Whoever said that beating Vecna’s going to fix Hawkins’ problems, Will’s problems, Mike’s problems—they deserve an earful. They deserve to feel this weird, hollow dissatisfaction chewing away at their chests.
aka mike begs will to escape their small town after too many run-ins with homophobic small-town bs. he knows will's meant to find himself elsewhere, but he never expects to find an answer to the age-old question of his own fate. prom, gay bars, sleazy hotels, train stations, two lesbians and their not-so-legal marriage - they aren't the traditional sources of wisdom, but he can't complain.
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04 May 2026
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Public Bookmark 298
Mystery Work
Part of Anon
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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30 Apr 2026
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“Dude,” Dustin says, sounding kind of horrified but also kind of delirious with elation. “Oh my God, you like him. You like Will. Will. As in, our Will. Our best friend Will.”
“I do not–” Mike tries, even though he’d kind of just admitted to accidentally kissing Will Byers, a little, so maybe that’s an entirely fruitless road to go down.
Listen. No one should ever let Mike make decisions right after he wakes up from a nap, okay? Especially not decisions where Will is concerned. This is so not his fault.
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27 Apr 2026
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“Jesus, Will. No! Yes? I don’t know. I’m just saying if your type is people that look like him then it’s kind of shallow- not shallow- restrictive. There’s many other physiques out there. And yeah, Lucas has beautiful glistening skin, broad shoulders, big muscles and a deep voice. And he is athletic with nice hair-”
“Kinda sounds to me like he is actually your type.” Max grins.
“Thanks, bro. I appreciate it.”
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Mike has come to believe that Lucas is Will's type. (He is not.) Mike now thinks the best way to handle to situation is to either be more like Lucas or to change Will's type. Except he is stupid and everyone is tired of him.
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27 Apr 2026
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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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27 Apr 2026
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Will’s never painted himself. He didn’t know he could. He even thinks he almost looks handsome. Which is stupid. Because Will isn’t handsome. Will wouldn’t wear a tux. Will wouldn’t let Mike feed him cake. Wouldn’t paint Mike like this and hang it in the hall and—
And—
He can’t breathe.
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Will Byers and Mike Wheeler have a sleepover in 1989 and wake up in 2012
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27 Apr 2026
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When the monsters are finally gone, there’s nothing left to hide behind.
Not from the town.
Not from each other.Bookmarked by MatchingPromises
25 Apr 2026
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In the middle of fighting interdimensional monsters and saving the world, Will trusts Mike with his secret.
Turns out, that’s all it takes for Mike’s hunger to spike.
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- Part 1 of Me and William
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25 Apr 2026
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"Have you talked to him today?" Jonathan asked, gesturing to Will, who was now approaching the sink. Mike didn't need Jonathan to explain who he was talking about.
"No, he's been in the basement all day. I thought he was just painting or something," Mike replied, shaking his head before lowering his voice. "I think he's having an episode."
Jonathan nodded. "I mean, maybe, but he hasn't had one in a long time," he said, voice growing softer.
Mike knew Will was still recovering from everything, still adjusting to being back home. Everything that had happened in the past couple of years certainly hadn't been great, but Mike thought things were getting better, or at least easier.
"I know," Mike whispered, looking back to Will, making sure he hadn't left the kitchen yet. Will was finishing up rinsing off his plate. Mike turned back to Jonathan. "What should we do?"
"I don't know. I mean, you were always the one that he wanted. You always knew how to talk to him and knew what he needed," Jonathan said, pausing before continuing. "Honestly, I think he would probably just want you."
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Will had an episode, and Mike was there to help.
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25 Apr 2026
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death is love, love is death (or the times you brought me back) by Nehm
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Mar 2026
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“They say there’s no love as obsessive and dangerous as a vampire’s.”
Their bodies are close.
Their hands between them, tucked to their chests.
“Are you falling in love, Mike?”
“Aren’t you?”
Or: When Will stops Mike from choosing to burn in the sun, he earns himself an ancient stalker and a romance that will take his life.
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24 Apr 2026