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1. Public Bookmark 32

   When Blue Meets Yellow On The Swings by TheGoldenPen

   Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)

   • General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Series

   26 Nov 2025

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • mini byler
   • miwi
   • miwi byler
   • Young Byler
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Pre-Canon
   • Pre-Season/Series 01
   • POV Will Byers
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Gets a Hug
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Homophobic Language
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler in Love
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • mike and will being kids too young to understand their feelings for each other
   • Mike loves Will's art
   • lonnie doesn't
   • Lonnie Byers Being an Asshole
   • Good Sibling Jonathan Byers
   • jonathan byers being the best big brother
   • Good Parent Joyce Byers
   • Joyce Byers is a Sweetheart
   • I Love Joyce Byers
   • mike wheelers "will voice"
   • origin of mike wheelers "will voice"
   • byler in kindergarten
   • Canon Compliant
   • byler
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Sharing a Bed
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Pre-Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • mike and wills first sleepover
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Supportive Joyce Byers
   • Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Young Love
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler-centric
   • will learns what fag means
   • mike and joyce supports him
   • Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler Friendship
   • Will Byers & Lucas Sinclair Friendship
   • Mike and Will meet Lucas for the first time
   • and also
   • but they also meet lucas
   • The Duo Becomes a Trio
   • Comfort/Angst
   • Bad Parent Lonnie Byers
   • lonnie byers leave them
   • Mike comforts Will
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • but lucas is also there
   • and they all meet dustin for the first time
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Ableism
   • these three are just slight but i just wanted to warn you
   • Bullying
   • also
   • Or do they?
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • will byers is a romantic
   • a cheesy cheesy romantic
   • will byers realizes that his feelings for a certain friend are very special
   • Fluff

   Summary

   This is the story about how Mike and Will fell in love. It focuses on their early years, all taking place before season 1, and they're all canon compliant. The stories are standalones, so you can read whatever one you want to, or you read them in chronological (release) order

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   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by yourmismatchedsocks

   07 Jan 2026

2. Public Bookmark 7

   The Paladin & The Cleric: A Byler Anthology by crazytogetherr7

   Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)

   • General Audiences, Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, M/M
   • Series in Progress

   09 Dec 2025

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane & Dustin Henderson & Maxine Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Erica Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Christmas Fluff
   • Christmas Presents
   • Love Confessions
   • Idiots in Love
   • Requited Unrequited Love
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Kissing in the Rain
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler Break Up
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Tooth-Rotting Fluff
   • Childhood
   • Childhood Friends
   • Meet-Cute
   • Playgrounds
   • Kindergarten
   • POV Will Byers
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has ADHD
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship
   • Family Video (Stranger Things)
   • Steve Harrington Works at Family Video
   • Robin Buckley Has ADHD
   • Mike Wheeler is a Little Shit
   • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • Homecoming Dance
   • Robin Buckley Has a Crush on Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • Will Byers Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Fluff
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Boys Kissing
   • Forehead Kisses
   • Making Out
   • I Will Go Down With This Ship
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Protective Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper's Cabin
   • High School
   • Shut Up Kiss
   • Music
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Post-Season/Series Finale
   • Platonic Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship
   • Pre-Canon
   • Canon Compliant
   • Cute Kids
   • Class Differences
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Hurt/Comfort

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   Works:

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   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by yourmismatchedsocks

   07 Jan 2026