1 - 20 of 91 Bookmarks by Apocry_pha
Navigation
List of Bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 154,503
- Chapters:
- 23/23
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 4,462
- Kudos:
- 12,566
- Bookmarks:
- 2,769
- Hits:
- 365,009
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
30 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
The sound of another pair of skates made Will whip his head around, just to see something pulled straight from one of his nightmares.
Mike Wheeler. On skates. Wearing that stupid smirk on his face as he glided in Will’s direction.
“What are you doing here?” Will asked, unamused.
Mike shrugged, still smirking. “What does it look like? I’m skating, genius.” Will would usually describe himself as a pacifist, but he really wanted to hit him right now.
Will Byers just wanted to get through his senior year in one piece, get his art scholarship, and place at the US figure skating championships. Enter Mike Wheeler, the loud and obnoxious co-captain of the Hawkins Tigers hockey team, and Will's former best friend.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 24,486
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 10
- Kudos:
- 152
- Bookmarks:
- 40
- Hits:
- 1,934
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
30 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Vyriy /ˈvɪrij/ — (n.) in Slavic mythology: the celestial realm where birds fly for the winter and human souls journey after death. A land of eternal spring beyond the sea. The place from which spring returns to earth each year, and from which storks carry unborn souls to the living world.
It begins with a wreath of wildflowers, a patch of strawberries, and a spirit who should have killed him.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
23 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike Wheeler writes fantasy novels now.
In his second book, a paladin falls in love with a cleric he loses long before either of them learn how to speak honestly.
Will Byers reads the dedication two years after they stop talking.
Or: to my cleric — i remember, and it was real to me.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
10 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
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.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
07 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike is expecting somewhat of a reaction. A look of disbelief. A laugh at the very least. Instead, not-Mike just shrugs. Everyone looks at him as if he just announced that the grass is green.
"And?" says Wyllan when the silence stretches, as if he's not sure if Mike's dramatic pause is going to lead somewhere by itself. Mike chews on his lip.
"I don't know?" he says. "I guess now my brain is hallucinating before shutting off?"
Wyllan arches a brow. His next words, however, are not unkind.
"Was it your first time?"
"First time for what?"
"Dying."
Mike wakes up in a forest that shouldn't exist, surrounded by almost familiar faces and a version of himself he doesn't recognise. He's pretty sure he's dead. The others have a solution for that.
UPD: Artwork added to the last chapter!
Series
- Part 1 of Some Marvelous Experience
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
02 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike wakes up one morning to find that his voice has been taken from him.
Literally. His voice is completely gone.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
01 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Will is the final piece. For Vecna to die, he has to die.
At least fate had the mercy to let Mike Wheeler hold the gun.Or: A Finale Rewrite.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
20 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
“That’s not an answer,” said Jonathan, his eyes narrowed. “You haven’t been doing what I think you have, have you?”
“What?” asked Will, “Coursework?”
“Mating with Mike.”
Will had picked up his satchel full of art supplies that he’d left in the living room earlier that day, and at these words he dropped it with a resounding crash.
“Mating with Mike?” he repeated disbelievingly, “Are you insane?”
Will spends the day in Mike’s nest, unknowing of the implications. Everyone else spells it out for him.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
18 May 2026
-
To Coexist with Himself by kokica1
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
17 May 2026
Tags
Summary
Sending a middle-school teacher with epilepsy light-years into deep space without his medication was, in retrospect, a terrible idea.
Luckily, Rocky is fantastic at detecting them and protecting Grace.
Or, WLC server thought about the prompt: What if Rocky was like a seizure alert dog for Grace?
Or or, part one of me putting chronic illness, ailments, and conditions onto Ryland Grace.
BadThingsHappenBingo Fill: Needles
Series
- Part 1 of Ryland Grace Chronic Illness / Conditions!AUs
- Part 2 of BadThingsHappenBingo Fill
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,255
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 70
- Kudos:
- 784
- Bookmarks:
- 108
- Hits:
- 3,953
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
17 May 2026
-
Enrichment by alatarmaia4
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
02 Apr 2026
Tags
Summary
The Eridians have finally gotten the water feature in Ryland's personal zoo enclosure just right (even if Rocky would like him to stop calling his dome that).
Rocky refuses to believe that humans naturally float. There is no way Ryland's entire species regularly goes into deep water for fun.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 3,676
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 528
- Kudos:
- 18,918
- Bookmarks:
- 3,031
- Hits:
- 84,097
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
16 May 2026
-
The Call Was Coming from Inside the Closet by ashadeofgreen
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
09 Oct 2024
Tags
Summary
Mike sighed. “What do you guys want from us?”
“Well,” Steve answered hesitantly, “We need volunteers to help clean the place up a little. And you guys need volunteer hours to graduate. So…”
“So you want to trick us into unpaid child labour?” Max scowled.
The Party is staying at Camp Hellfire over fall break to help their older siblings and a so-called team of experts clean the camp up in time for its grand reopening. Even with the truly odd jobs and the questionable company, the Party tries to make the best of it. Strange and frightening occurrences prevent that and make them realize that someone is messing with them— is it a harmless Halloween prank? Or is there something more malevolent hidden in the shadows of Camp Hellfire? When Mike finds himself in mortal danger, he realizes something surprising about his feelings for Will.
Well, he always did work best under pressure.
Series
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
13 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike would never admit this to anyone, but… he was drowning.
Or, Instead of Holly being taken... it's Mike.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
08 May 2026
-
i hate poetry (but not when you read it to me) by chaotycznosc
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Apr 2026
Tags
Summary
Mike Wheeler is a poet — in every possible sense of this word.
Will Byers hates English.But he still has to somehow pass it.
Mike is happy to help, but Will turns out to be nothing like his romantic novels.Or: Mike signs up for a tutoring program in his high school to get some extra credit. What a surprise it is when he gets to tutor a boy he’s had a crush on since freshman year.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 257,425
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
- 554
- Kudos:
- 1,224
- Bookmarks:
- 208
- Hits:
- 33,625
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
07 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
He barely managed to lay eyes on her before hands clamped down onto his arms and shoulders, and chaos erupted around them once again. Guns flew up as fists were thrown, and distantly, Mike heard his name among cries and other yelling, but when he lunged toward his friends, the hands on him tightened, preventing him from running to them.
It took him another second to realize they weren't just holding him back. They were pulling him away.
Post El's "death," Mike and the rest of the party are detained by Dr. Kay and the military. When Mike is separated from them, he is forced to deal with an off-the-rails Dr. Kay and an angry Sergeant holding a grudge.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
05 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike blinked at him. Mike felt like he was near tears, his head going to explode with all the emotion and pain he was feeling.
“Do you know what I thought about when I saw the demo launched at you?” he asked, pulling Mike closer to him, “I remembered our first day at the kindergarten. And– and how we played DnD for the first time. And when my mom told me for the first time my drawings are good. And me and Jon, when we built Castle Byers together,” Will swallowed, his eyes filling with tears, “I thought about all of those happy memories of mine, more than half of them included you, Mike. My whole life– it’s built around you. I don’t think I can remember a time before you Mike. And don’t you dare think that I would be able to live without you if something happened to you. I swear to god if vecna comes for you one more time, I will hunt him down myself and kill him with my bare hands,”
Or
Mike gay panics after seeing will using his powers and faints( it might be a concussion tho)
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
05 May 2026
-
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
03 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Thanksgiving Break, 1993. The Party reconnect at Mike and Will’s apartment in New York City to quickly discover that Mike and Will are two idiots in love who will never admit their feelings without some help from their friends. Alternatively, both Mike and Will have to make sense of what it means to be in love with their best friend and they've never been more terrified in their lives.
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
01 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
After Mike's head hits the pavement during the MAC-Z battle, he starts acting strange. The world is loud. Everyone smells weird. Will is pretty. His teeth really hurt.
As the military hunts Will down, Mike learns what it truly means to protect the one person he loves more than life itself. The voice in his head encourages him. It gets louder. Hungrier. Until Mike fully succumbs to its force.
He is Will's loyal companion. His sworn protector. His Dobermann.
And there is no force in the multiverse that can stop him.
Series
- Part 1 of The Mind of a Horror Fan
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
27 Apr 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Mike inhaled sharply, chest rising like he was about to dive underwater.
Then, barely above a whisper, the words scraped out of him like a buried secret coming to life.
“I’m… gay.”
The world didn’t explode.
The ceiling didn’t collapse.
Lightning didn’t strike.
But something inside him shifted. Something felt changed, like a door that had been rusted shut finally opened a crack.
--
After his ten year secret relationship with Will Byers comes to an end, Mike Wheeler begins his own journey of self love.
(Must read part one of series)
Series
- Part 2 of Fear and Acceptance
Bookmarked by Apocry_pha
27 Apr 2026