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Mike Wheeler is on a mission.
Someone out there is breaking his best friend’s heart, and Mike is absolutely determined to find the girl responsible and put a stop to it.
...If only people would stop looking at him like he’s the world’s biggest idiot—and actually take him seriously—this would all be a lot easier.- Language:
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24 Dec 2025
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“You get all prickly and you like, act like someone pushed an invisible button when they do that.”
Mike can’t help but scowl just a little, the way his mind’s twisting and turning at her words not helping the confusion he’s felt since setting foot into this room. “Do what Max? You're making no sense.”
“Like, it physically harms you when, I don't know, when these boxes are placed over you?”
He pinches the bridge of his nose before saying, “Boxes?”
Max is quiet for a moment, and suddenly the air's thicker, harder to navigate and a little more uncomfortable. “The social boxes,” she says, and Mike’s looking at her for far too long.
Social…boxes.
A part of him recoils at the claim, almost wants to reject it and call her delusional but…but why? Why is that the first reaction he has?
Five times Mike shrugs off the questions inside growing up and one time asks about them.
Their friends deliver the answers
(He/him is used for a good bit but if you squint you can catch some they/them moments during Mike’s self discovery)
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18 Dec 2025
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If Mike were to be questioned about what happened earlier, he would say that he didn’t mean for it to happen at all.
And, like, yeah, he’s not lying or anything. He really wasn’t planning on kissing his best friend straight on the mouth in a valiant attempt to shut him up, but saying that he didn’t mean for it to happen implies that it was a mistake, accidental, unthinking, even; and that’s–well–that’s not strictly true, either.
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16 Dec 2025
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Mike's breath hitched again, not out of fear but something else— something he was too afraid to name, something he had suspected for a long time and buried deep.
Across the MAC-Z, Will wiped at the blood under his nose.
He’s beautiful, Mike thought fleetingly, unable to control it, and secretly not wanting to either.
Then Will fell to his knees, and time snapped right back into place like a broken rubber band.
or, Mike and Will in the immediate aftermath of the MAC-Z (ft. Lucas) ; 5x04 coda
Note: now complete with chapter 2 added! (please check updated tags)
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14 Dec 2025
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barriers (i'll break 'em down) by booksandpaperss for significant_ace_nnoyance
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
12 Dec 2025
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“Will?”
A light clicks on to his right, bathing a sleepy looking Will in a warm glow. “Hi,” Will says.
Mike grins like a maniac. “Hi,” he replies, and dives right onto Will’s bed.
It's the Byers first night back in Hawkins with the Wheelers, and all Mike wants is for Will to be comfortable with him again. He gets a little more than he bargained for.
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12 Dec 2025