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When Blue meets Yellow in the West by UsernameTaken26482
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Dec 2025
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When the weather starts to cool and wind starts to change, the basement gets cold and Will starts to grow paranoid. He can only trust Mike, he had no reason to it, no rhyme.
He's loved Mike for so long, going to him is second nature. So when things go sideways, he goes to his best friend to make sure they don't flip upside down.
But when Mike gets confused, and Will fucks up.
who are they to go to?
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What good is writing anyway? What good is being the “heart” of the entire party if he can’t even control the constant tempest in his own heart?
Mike feels like he’s merely an empty shell of the boy he once was. And honestly, he can’t even begin to recognize the man he is becoming.
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Mike Wheeler is tormented and pursued by Vecna, and is quickly running out of time. Only Will’s love and Heroes by David Bowie can save him. -
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Mike and the party usually went to the cafeteria for their lunch break.
…except when Mike's stomach started to twist and he suddenly felt so tired and every noise around him would multiply until it’s all just too painful to just ignore. These times were… different. Today was one of those days.Or
Will helps Mike open up to him about his issues in their school bathroom after he just had a panic attack.
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STRANGER THINGS CHAT FIC!!!!
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mik: sofia by clairo
dus: damn not even a hello..
mik: hello
dus: ohhKAYY then.
max: bruh stop choosing lovey songs im gonna hurl all over you micheal wheeler. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE.
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Going back to Hawkins seemed like a nightmare to Will Byers. Especially when he understood it also meant seeing Mike Wheeler everyday. Mike Wheeler, who he thought was left to rot in his past, a vague memory of an old friendship from middle school. A friendship neither of them could keep alive as phone calls eventually faded and letters stopped coming in. It's been five years and Will Byers now sees Mike Wheeler as nothing but a stranger.
Too bad Mike Wheeler cannot keep his eyes off Will, no matter how hard he tries not to. He simply doesn't understand what went so wrong, his so-called best friend won't even look at him anymore. And why the hell hasn't Will told him he was moving back from California.
It just seems like they view their friendships on totally opposite sides of the spectrum.
TW. Eating disorder, mental and physical abuse, child abuse, self harm -
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In which:
Vecna forces Will to reveal the one thing he'd planned to take to his grave.
!!ongoing!! endgame Byler + possibly some other ships (to be decided on)
(and here's a link to the song this fic is named after, some (but not all) of the lyrics are so byler coded - https://open.spotify.com/track/3kgYZ1g4QRvDS7Z0L9dxbN?si=e3bbef5042874e69)
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- Part 2 of Byler fics 💛🩵
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"I'm right here," 'Will' countered, his head tilting slightly to the side. "Everything you want is already here."
Want?
This creature knew nothing about want.
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Or, Mike breaks Will out of possession for a second time.
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something in the static (i’ve been having revelations) by animalthemuppet
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Dec 2025
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He’s twenty-two in his room in the dark, holding the Christmas lights close to his chest, waiting, wishing, hoping, praying for anything.
The lights flicker.
Mike should call Nancy, he should call his sponsor, he should call Lucas, he should call Dustin, he should call Jonathan, he should call Max, he should call Jane, and he should call his mom.
He should call anyone for help, tell them it’s getting bad again, call for anyone except for who he does-
“Will?” He calls out, voice shaking, strangled, a question and a prayer.
The room glows.or: Will Byers died in 1983, Mike Wheeler lost it. Ten years later he's talking to the lights again (nothing is really as it seems)
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After the blackout, Hawkins doesn’t heal so easily. The town is cracked open, the Party is scattered, and the monsters everyone tries not to name are still out there, waiting. Between nights shared on a mattress by the heater, bike rides through broken streets and plans whispered over walkie‑talkies, the kids of Hawkins are pulled back together for one last fight —against the things that crawled out of the Upside Down, and the ones that have been growing quietly in their own hearts.
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Your Destroyed Castle (Along With Both Our Hearts) by 0oglyMoogly
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 Dec 2025
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Mike can't sleep. He's always slept well in Castle Byers. Maybe it'll still feel like Will is still there.
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Mike is confused as to how he’s managed to screw up all of his closest relationships—again. He’s sick of feeling stuck and tired and like he doesn’t know how to fix anything.
So, when a crawl almost goes awry because Mike’s distracted, he realizes that he needs to figure out how to fix things. And fast. Especially when his mistake makes him confront things he’d been trying really hard not to think about:
One, he and El haven't really been in a relationship for a long time.
Two, he's almost lost his best friend more times due to his own stupidity than he can count. Only, this time, he doesn’t know if he can fix it.
And three, something is about to break open inside him, and he's terrified.
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Set between seasons 4 and 5.
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Mike is in love with Will and its giving him problems.
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Mike Wheeler is overwhelmed with emotions and regret after his parent's near-death and missing sister. The only person who can pull him out of his spiral is Will.--
“You’re– practically my entire life at this point. Y’know? I told El my life started when I found her in the woods, but it didn’t– It didn’t. It started when I met you on the playground. You’ve practically altered my life from day one. I don’t know what I’d do without you.” -
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“No, no. I don’t have a girlfriend,” he says. The Party continues to stare at him. Will looks down at the table, biting nervously at the inside of his cheek. There is a flash of something on his face, as if something in him has shifted. He continues his contemplation for a bit, and as Mike is about to speak up to once again tell his friends to lay off, Will breaks the silence:
“Do you guys know Chance?”
or; In which Mike and Will navigate the line between best friends and ex-boyfriends just fine, until little love notes start appearing in Will’s locker and Mike is forced to confront the feelings that come with them.
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"it feels as if the entire point of mike wheeler’s existence is to love william byers.
and mike can’t keep it in any longer."
mike confesses some stuff to an unconscious will after their encounter with vecna. he also has a talk with robin.
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Will has been plagued by nightmares for the past few months. He, Joyce, and Jonathan have been living at the Wheelers' house for a year and a half during quarantine. Mike and Will no longer speak like they used to. Mike no longer needs Will the way Will does. At least, that's what he thinks.
Or the story of how little Holly inexplicably helps Will and Mike get closer again.
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Mike Wheeler finds a „love” letter in his school locker. Then another one, and ten more. At first he thinks they’re from a girl but soon he finds out who’s really behind them.
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“Would you kiss me if I was a girl?” Mike whispered.
“No.” It was so immediate, so sure. Mike's heart dropped.
“Oh. Okay. I mean, yeah of course. Me neither, like, either way.” Stupid Mike, stupid.They fell into an uncomfortable silence but neither of them moved, Mike felt like his feet has melted into the concrete below them. He didn’t dare look Will in the eye, even if there wasn’t much else to look at.
“Now ask if I would kiss you as a boy.”
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Mike realised Will's feelings, then realises his own, then fucks it all up, then fixes it.
Work and chapter titles from Not Running by The Beths
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After Will is rescued from the Upside Down, the Byers move away from Hawkins, desperately hoping for a fresh start. Three years later, they are ready to return home.
Still haunted by his trauma, Will is desperate to return to people who understand what happened to him. He is excited to reconnect with his old friends, but upon his return, he discovers that the Party has moved on without him. As he tries to find his place in the new group, Will wants to cause as few disruptions he can. However, as his friendship with Mike begins to intensify, he starts to realize that may not be possible.