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Paint doesn't lie, and Will Byers is done trying to.
To the critics, his senior thesis is a masterpiece; to Will, it’s an intentional surrender. He’s spent seventeen years protecting a secret that is now a six-foot tall, undeniable oil painted public love confession. The doors are open, the truth is out, and Mike Wheeler, his best friend, his roomate—the boy at the center of every canvas—is five minutes away from seeing it all.
Or; Will is tired of hiding his feelings and paints a love confession for Mike. <3
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08 Jul 2026
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i'll be all that you want (all that you need) by fucknoceda
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jan 2026
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It’s been six years since Mike Wheeler discovered that he’s completely hopelessly in love with his best friend, Will Byers, since he doesn't know when.
It’s been six years since Mike Wheeler and Will Byers grew apart.
It’s been six years since Mike Wheeler is nothing but a coward, waiting for another chance that won’t ever appear.
And it’s been somewhere near forty three minutes that Mike Wheeler has been crying over the sight of Will Byers in a suit with a bouquet of flowers in his hands at the opposite side of the church altar.
It's Lucas and Max's wedding, Mike is a groomsman and Will is a bridesman and they have a lot to talk about.
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08 Jul 2026
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please, please, please (let me get what i want) by rosethewise
Fandoms: Stranger Things - Fandom
23 Jan 2026
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After a tense dinner in Hawkins where Mike calls out Will’s New York boyfriend, a newly single and exhausted Will ends up on a eight-hour road trip to Montauk with his childhood crush, Mike Wheeler. He has no idea the feelings he buried are about to come flooding back.
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08 Jul 2026
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“We haven’t done this since middle school,” Will says, voice barely above a whisper.
“Huh,” Mike whispers back. “Yeah, guess not.”
A couple years ago, Mike read a National Geographic article about a phenomenon called the polar night. In the farthest north and south regions of the globe, there are weeks, sometimes months depending on how close you are to the poles, where the sun does not rise above the horizon, plunging the world into a perpetual nighttime. Living in such conditions, the article had explained, can affect one’s circadian rhythm, heighten issues with concentration and energy levels, and cause a spike in depressive symptoms among local populations. Some resort to using light therapy lamps to mimic the daylight.
It was only after the Byers moved away, all those years ago, that Mike began to understand what the prolonged absence of the sun can do to a person.
The Upside Down is gone, and everyone has made it out unscathed. In the aftermath of the not-so-end of the world, snowballs turn into avalanches. Sometimes it just takes time.
or: Mike gets into Brown, Will gets into RISD, and the friends-to-???-to-lovers slowburn that ensues.
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07 Jul 2026
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I would tell you that I loved you (if I thought that you would stay) by ThatCatKenmaAndLevSaved
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
06 Jul 2026
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"Maybe there is a correlation between how easy the conversation is getting and how many drinks Will has had, too – Mike notices Will’s red cheeks, tipsy behaviour and more unbridled way of talking to Mike. Which isn’t a bad thing at all, quite the opposite – Will is honestly adorable and knowing that he isn’t as aware of his surroundings as he was in the beginning makes Mike feel bolder too. He dares to hold Will’s gaze longer, even for just a few seconds, and when their knees brush against each other he doesn’t pull away right away. Will probably doesn’t even notice those things, but Mike is happy as it is."
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Mike Wheeler is a mess, a simp and bad at feelings - but he also has this new motorcycle that Will is not averse to...
Mike and Will meet again one year post-canon, in which they haven't spoken at all. One day, Will suddenly appears in the store Mike is working at, and Mike realizes that his feelings for Will have not changed in the slightest - but he still needs Steve and a motorcycle ride first to build up the courage to finally do something about it.
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07 Jul 2026