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   strangers (can I be yours?) by ziggycecil

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Friends to Strangers to Lovers
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • POV Will Byers
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mutual Pining
   • First Kiss
   • Misunderstandings
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • References to Depression
   • references to will in new york
   • yearn white boy yearn

   Summary

   In December of 1990, Jonathan decides to go back to Hawkins to film his senior short film at NYU. After convincing Will to star in it, his co-star unexpectedly drops the film, leaving them with no choice other than to cast the only boy in Hawkins that would agree.

   or, Will and Mike are forced to star in a short film together, having no choice but to face their estrangement and fears throughout the week of filming.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,536

   Chapters:

   3/10

   Comments:

   91

   Kudos:

   460

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   227

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   05 Jan 2026

2. Public Bookmark *

   enough of a reason by cypherballad

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Angst
   • First Kiss
   • Mutual Pining
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • set during season 5
   • loverslakegate

   Summary

   “Say something,” murmurs Mike, pleadingly. “Or kiss me back.”

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,922

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   38

   Kudos:

   716

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   17 Nov 2025

3. Public Bookmark *

   you've already won me over (in spite of me) by soup420

   Fandoms: Yellowjackets (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F
   • Complete Work

   10 Jun 2023

   Tags

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   • Lottie Matthews/Natalie Scatorccio
   • Lottie Matthews
   • Natalie Scatorccio
   • Vanessa "Van" Palmer
   • Taissa Turner
   • Shauna Shipman
   • Jackie Taylor (Yellowjackets)
   • Misty Quigley
   • Original Characters
   • yellowjackets in their early 20s
   • College AU
   • sapphic pinning
   • nat as a music nerd
   • she's obsessed with making playlists
   • Lesbian Lottie Matthews
   • van and taissa are a power couple
   • yellowjackets group chats and text convos!
   • everyone wants nat and lottie to get together
   • every chapter is a song nat is listening to
   • van uses they/them pronouns
   • Set in 2023
   • Bisexual Natalie Scatorccio
   • eventual friends with benefits mixed w yearning
   • dw they get together eventually theyre just oblivious and stupid and gay
   • slowburn !!!

   Summary

   college au where nat is a music snob who carefully curates playlists and has an opinion about every single genre of music and lottie is the league top scorer who is really into tarot

   Series

   • Part 1 of nat's cd collection

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,154

   Chapters:

   16/16

   Comments:

   349

   Kudos:

   1,952

   Bookmarks:

   364

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   24 Jan 2024