simon0shrimp
Recent 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:
- 1
- Comments:
- 4,212
- Kudos:
- 11,087
- Bookmarks:
- 2,484
- Hits:
- 317,094
Bookmarked by simon0shrimp
17 May 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
genuinely my favorite byler fic of all time, the characters and how it’s written is so beautifully done. i love the relationship between characters and obviously mike and will. their bonding is so pure and perfect to me.
-
Tags
Summary
He remembers, eyes squeezed shut against the swell of nausea and vertigo that claws through him, being not-quite-thirteen, and listening eagerly to Mr. Clarke explain the science behind dreams.
“Dreams,” he’d said, “are often seen as these sacred experiences, something that has to have a deeper meaning. We have centuries of examples of dream interpretation, the art of examining commonalities between different dreams to find a single interpretation.”
“The thing is,” he’d continued, “dreams are just your brain’s way of processing and regurgitating information; a fruit-salad of information, so-to-speak. Sure, it can mean something, but it’s more likely to be a random grab-bag of facts and feelings that you’ve come across in life.”
A fruit-salad of information. Here, in the dark bathroom at a little past three in the morning, Mike breathes carefully, and tries to dissect where the supposed ingredients of his fucked-up dream salad actually came from.
Or:
Vecna is weak. Injured. He's still strong enough to hit the Party where it hurts.
Series
- Part 1 of this is where the worlds collide
Bookmarked by simon0shrimp
29 May 2026
-
How a Hopeless Romantic Handles Reverse Romance Tropes by cosmocopium
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 May 2026
Tags
Summary
One, two, three, four, five, six…
Seven.
Will turns his head to look at Mike, who’s cracking up beside him, covering his mouth and shaking at the shoulders as if he’s never seen anything funnier.
“Dude, when they said “mix-up with the rooms”…” Mike starts, stifling hysterical giggles in between his words, “I didn’t think they meant there would be seven beds.”
The Party’s perfectly planned-out road trip takes a borderline confusing turn when Will and Mike’s hotel room has entirely too many beds.
-
Tags
Summary
Mike dreads the nights.
Not for any of the reasons he'd deem "normal," whatever that godforsaken word even means. He's not afraid of the dark, nor what lies in it, no, he fears the stillness. That empty stretch of hours where shadows fall, the world itself falling silent.
The nights give Mike the time to think, and good god, Mike does not want to be given the time to think.
OR: Somehow, Mike and Will would be doing alright if it wasn't for the nights.
(If it wasn't for the nights, they think that they could take it.)Bookmarked by simon0shrimp
17 Apr 2026
Bookmarker's Notes
this is the best characterization and explanation of mikes character i’ve ever read about holy shit
-
When you're finished saving the world (Please stay with me, forever) by Peaceful_panda
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
A re-imagining of S5V2 & Finale, picking up where V1 "Sorcerer" leaves off.
Featuring:
Byler Endgame
Eleven Lives
Platonic Mileven
Wonder Twins
Jancy Endgame
Lumax Endgame
Non-Lobotomized Mike WheelerSeries