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baby blue (prettiest angel in the room) by reki_writes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Jul 2026
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Frat or become a huge disappointment. Those were the only two options he had upon arrival.
So far, Mike thinks he's been doing a great job at playing pretend. It came to him naturally by now—the art of smiling through things he'd rather not examine too closely.
Boys weren't supposed to be pretty. Especially not ones that were part of a frat house.
In which Mike joins a fraternity believing he has to become someone else to avoid disappointing everyone around him. As he struggles to fit the expectations of masculinity, he begins a journey of confronting the parts of himself he's long buried and discovering who he truly is.
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17 Jul 2026
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i'm leaving (but home is where you are) by reki_writes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 May 2026
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Living with your childhood best friend and going to college with them was supposed to be fun. A new chapter of your life, where self-discovery took shape in the mundaneness that came along with adulthood—with bills and mails piled up by the front door, and the four walls that enclosed the supposedly comfortable life you've built for yourselves.
Except no one warned Mike Wheeler about the sudden aversion, the made-up excuses and Will's need for distance, like he couldn't bear to be around him anymore.
Change really was the hardest pill to swallow.
Mike and Will seemed to have outgrown each other. While Will's busy moving forward, Mike finds himself still stuck in the past, riddled with guilt—grief catching up to him when he least expects it to.
Maybe a trip back home would be able to fix what they had left.
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03 May 2026
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Long Live the Fast Times (Long Live Us) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Nov 2025
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“I love her like I love Lucas, or Dustin, or Max. Like a friend.”
Will nodded slowly. “Like me.”
“No,” Mike said before he could stop himself, “not like you.”
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Holly gets taken by Vecna and Mike knows he has bigger problems than his unrequited feelings (or so he thinks) for Will Byers. That doesn't stop him from spilling his guts anyway and avoiding the ensuing conversation by diving headfirst into the mindscape to save his baby sister, and maybe find Max along the way. But Will isn't going to let him get away with a confession that easily. AKA Mike is clocked by more than one person in the midst of the apocalypse and figures he might as well go for broke.
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15 Jan 2026
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“Mike–”
“They're not mine, I swear–!”
“Try them on for me, would you?”
What?
“Huh? W-What do you mean try them on–?” Mike stammered nervously, breaking out into a cold sweat.
“Try them on. They seem like your size.” Will says without missing a beat, eyes free from judgement and a knowing look written all over his face, as if he could see right through Mike’s facade as he lied through his teeth. “Unless you wanna give them away?”
He’s so sneaky. Ogling Mike unabashedly, his intentions clear as day behind those brown eyes of his.
And the worst part? Mike would probably indulge him. He’ll give in eventually and put on those stupid heels because it would make Will happy.
And what Mike Wheeler wouldn't give to make Will Byers happy.
So if wearing these goddamn heels would achieve such a thing, then Mike was more than eager to please.
OR; Mike Wheeler tries wearing heels for the first time and discovers a lot about himself. Will likes it on him too apparently.
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12 Mar 2025