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Mike laughs helplessly. What else can he do? “Okay, well, when you say it like that it sounds insane.”
“It is insane!” Will runs a hand through his hair, still visibly stunned. “Mike, we haven’t seen each other in twelve years and now you’re somebody’s father?!”
“Pretty much, yeah.”
Or, Twelve years after losing the boy he loved, single dad and bestselling author Mike Wheeler runs into Will Byers at his daughter’s library story hour and realizes some people never really leave your heart, no matter how much time passes.
Or or, Mike learns how to say I love you and mean it this time.
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"Tell me, Sir Michael, do they ever let you out of that suit? Or do you sleep in it to hide the fact that there's nothing underneath but duty?"
Mike doesn’t blink. "I sleep in it so that if someone like you tries to sneak into the Prince's quarters at night, they find six inches of steel instead of a door."
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Jealous personal knight Mike Wheeler will shatter anyone who dares to touch his prince. That includes slimy Lords from the South who want to court him.
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Mike’s nineteenth birthday weekend was already perfect the moment Will Byers arrived at the airport.
The rest is just the icing on cake.
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Mike Wheeler gets the birthday he deserves. (thanks to Will) <3
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- Part 2 of Icing on the cake
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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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“How did you do that?” Mike asks, voice low, like he’s afraid of the answer.
Will turns toward the window instead of answering right away. The late afternoon light stretches across his room—the pile of sketchbooks stacked precariously on his desk, a thrifted lamp in the corner, the steady hum of traffic below. New York noise, in his New York life, something he built all by himself.
“I cut the bruises off the peach,” Will says. “It’s not perfect—not what I thought it would look like.” He offers a small shrug. “But it’s still sweet.”
Mike doesn’t answer right away. And Will doesn’t say that some bruises don’t come off so clean.
Or; Will runs into Mike in the NYU advisors office after two years of radio silence and effectively turns his life upside down (again).
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you took my heart (i was sleeping..well not really) by monachopsis_22
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
05 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore, despite living under the same roof. Will is avoidant and spends most days in the basement, and Mike has never felt so alone.
Then the power goes out, and Mike desperately wants to understand what went wrong, and to know what that damn painting means.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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07 Jun 2026
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The smile that spreads across Mike’s face is involuntary, like it must exist in Will’s presence. It’s like he waters the parched soil of his mind.
Mike doesn’t realize how badly he needs him until he’s had a drink. And right now, he thinks this weekend is exactly what he’s been needing.
OR: After years of grappling with his feelings, Mike visits Will in Chicago for a weekend during his junior year of college.
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- Part 1 of SKYA Universe
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02 Jun 2026
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Twenty-two years after leaving, Will travels back to Hawkins to face his past. Only Mike now lives there, too.
Or, ‘He might as well have carved 'Mike' into his thigh. It would have been more honest.’
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Bookmarked by cooltrick
11 May 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
I finished this last night & I am already mourning that I will never be able to read it for the first time ever again. This shit changed my life. My favorite fic of all time. ): <3
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Mike grins so widely that he displays each one of his baby teeth. "Open it," he says. "It's a card. I made it for you."
When Will gingerly peels the birthday card open, Mike’s uneven handwriting is displayed across the page.
The p’s in happy are backwards, the y wobbly and curled at the end, and the k in Mike is also flipped the wrong way. The word birthday is etched in their kindergarten teacher’s steady print, and it seems like she'd also added the punctuation for him.
Happy birthday, Will!
Love,
Mike WOr: Will Byers' birthdays from age six to adulthood, told through cards from Mike.
Bookmarked by cooltrick
24 Apr 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
Made me cry. In the good kinda way. My tummy hurts I love them so much. ): Mike ): u softie ):
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After a string of bad relationships, Will Byers is done with dating - for real this time. Mike Wheeler, alone for the first time in his life, is determined to make the most of his fresh start at the coast. When they meet at Maxine's on Will’s 30th birthday, they think they can make time for one last indiscretion before turning over new leaves.
They didn’t realize how long, exactly, this one night stand would last.
Bookmarked by cooltrick
24 Apr 2026