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Off-kilter author: writteninerised @writteninerised | (T&U) word count: 17,721 | chapters: 6/6

What starts as a movie night becomes the point where Mike and Will can no longer ignore the truths about themselves and one another.

before the curtains close author: athousandcas @faewiled | (E) word count: 117,215 | chapters: 14/14

The summer before college, Mike and Will move into a tiny studio together, ready to start their next chapter — only to discover their across-the-street neighbor has a very public, very active sex life. Their weekly “observations for research purposes” are all jokes and commentary…until one night the neighbor brings home a man, and something in Mike shifts. Suddenly the bit isn’t so funny, the spiral is very real, the lines start to get a little too blurry, and the curiosity feels a bit too personal. Unfortunately for Mike, the only thing more distracting than the view outside is his childhood best friend living three feet away.

make a move author: astrobi @astrobei | (T&U) word count: 9,736 | chapters: 1/1

“You’re thinking,” Will says, skating a finger down the line of Mike’s nose, under his eye, over his cheekbone, then resting, finally, just at the corner of his lips– “about me.” Oh, Jesus. Mike’s throat is very, very dry. “What?” Will opens his eyes – slow, a little hesitant – and smiles. “You are,” he says, way, way too smug for Mike’s liking. “You’re turning red!” “Shut up,” Mike mutters, and Will’s smile grows. “You– I’m just nervous!” It should be illegal for someone to look this pleased with themselves. “Yeah?” Will says quietly, index finger still hovering at the corner of Mike’s mouth, thumb pressed gently under his chin. “I make you nervous?”

Mike thinks Will might be psychic. (Kind of.) Will is being very irritatingly vague about the whole thing.

second nature author: solarstarss @solarstarss | (M) word count: 8,126 | chapters: 1/1

At first, Mike was unsure how to approach him when he got like this. But they’ve been living together for months now, never further than five feet apart in their dorm beds, so Mike’s learned what works and what doesn’t. It works when he wakes Will like this, with gentle hands and words, telling him he’s safe. It works when he climbs into Will’s warm bed, turning him on his side and curling up against his back, an arm over his waist and his cheek pressed against his shoulder. They lie together like that until Will’s hiccupping gasps soften into steady breaths, until Mike feels him go limp in his arms and he knows he’s fallen back asleep. It always works.

or: Will has nightmares and Mike is the only one who can console him. Not even Will's boyfriend can. Mike takes great pride in this fact.

eyecatcher author: smoosnoom @smoosnoom | (T&U) word count: 9,336 | chapters: 1/1

“Nah, man,” Lucas shakes his head, leaning back as he snacks on an apple, “he got, like, buff. Do you see his arms?” Mike does, in fact, see Will’s arms. He has not stopped seeing his arms. “She definitely sees his arms,” Dustin very unhelpfully points out, waggling his eyebrows, and Mike gets the overwhelming urge to bash his own head in.

While volunteering at the Hawkins' help center, it seems like every girl around has a newfound interest in Will Byers, and Mike doesn't know why he feels the way he does.

Fainted Love author: Bylerific @bylerific (tt) | (E) word count: 46,199 | chapters: 12/12

It all began the night Max decided Will needed assistance to lose his virginity - or at least have his first kiss - roping in the rest of the party to help her plan, like it was a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.

Mike thinks they are all insane. Will is too sweet and nice to just pick up a random in a bar - that's more something up Mike's alley, given the way he has swept through the female population since getting to College.

Besides - they don't know Will the way he does... so he offers to take over the campaign to help Will.

But when Will starts to actually go along with the advice, and gets closer to what he is searching to find - Mike finds himself dealing with some very conflicting emotions.

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College AU - aged up. All seasons cannon except alternate ending in that El survived after wiping out the military, helped by Owens.

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i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) author: sunsetozier @sunsettozier | (M) word count: 101,949 | chapters: 13/13

Silence. Hungry, carnivorous—or maybe cavernous, vast and lined with teeth, ready to bite. The quiet before the storm, the gasped breath in before the heart stops. Tragedy tastes bitter. Blood tastes like pennies. Both are in the air, promises coating the tongue. Something bad is about to happen.

From beneath the bed, something reaches out—a mass of darkness, a shapeless nothing—and it grabs Mike by the wrist, yanks him forward. Mike chokes on a yelp and flails his arm free, blood dripping from where the shadows grabbed him, like the touch of darkness has split him open. He tries to scramble away, unfolds his legs to kick himself back but only makes himself easier, more vulnerable. The unidentifiable mass encircles Mike's ankle, and he screams something agonized, terrified—and then it pulls Mike, clawing at the carpet with his bloodied fingers, under the bed.

This time, the silence isn't hungry. It's satisfied.

will starts entering the mindscape in his dreams on the same night that mike gets taken by vecna. this is probably the least confusing part of everything that happens after.

okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor) author: sunflower_J @fillinglacunae | (T&U) word count: 61,526 | chapters: 4/4

Now, someone walked into the room. A boy, awkwardly standing at the side of his bed, looking over him worriedly. His hair was brown and scruffy, and he had big baby doe eyes and a yellow-and-blue horizontally-striped shirt like a cartoon character. The window was lighting him up like he was important to Mike’s narrative. The curtains are blue, thought Mike, this boy is light. I love metaphors. Maybe he was high on the pain meds. Upon seeing him, Mike felt a great affection, a great peace. Plus, he had long eyelashes. Mike almost giggled to himself. He was definitely a little high.

“Hi.” breathed Mike.

“Hi.” he said, hesitating.

“We’re friends?” Mike asked hopefully.

Or: During the Party's final battle with Vecna, Mike is gravely injured and loses his memories. He wakes up in a hospital only remembering a handful of inconsequential little things, like how much he loves a boy who seems like light.

dear will, (and all the things I'm too much of a coward to say) author: Aloyx @aloyxwrites | (T&U) word count: 55,344 | chapters: 9/9

Summer of 1989. Before the group splits up for college, they plan one final camping trip in the woods.

Trapped in a tent with Will, Mike is writing an apology letter that gradually turns into a heartfelt confession as he comes to terms with his true feelings. He has one week to find the right words, or he'll lose the love of his life forever.

Or: after s5, Mike Wheeler writes a love confession he’s absolutely not ready for.

Heavy Hopes author: beansie @byeler word count: 44,277 | chapters: 5/5

Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.

a body in motion author: astrobi @astrobei | (T&U) word count: 77,728 | chapters: 4/4

Will raises his eyebrows. “Is that why you came in here?” he repeats, looking back down at the blue flannel. “To ask me about the weather in Lenora?” “Kind of,” Mike says, and then, “well no, not about the weather specifically. I just– I wanted to talk to you.” “Oh.” And Will looks a lot more surprised at this, actually, than the idea that Mike might have just wanted to come to his room to make small talk about unseasonably frigid California winters. “Okay. What about?” “Anything.” The response is embarrassingly immediate. “Everything. I don’t know. I missed you.”

Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.

given the means author: wolfecoded @.bylerkisses (twt) | (M) word count: 7,053 | chapters: 1/1

Mike would do anything for Will. Would he die for Will?

(Or; While exploring the Hawkins church, Will's mind falls under Henry's control. Mike does all he can to bring Will back.)

we can be heros (we can be us) author: SiriuslyLovers @crazycleradin (twt) | (M) word count: 88,820 | chapters: 15/20*

It's Michael Wheeler's first day of sophomore year at Hawkins High, and he's completely, terrifyingly alone. Eleven has broken up with him, and he hasn't seen his friends all summer. His world is crumbling around him, and he doesn't care enough to stop it. Until his English teacher sets an assignment to write a retelling of Romeo and Juliet - and his project partner is his ex-best friend, William Byers, the boy his world once revolved around.

or,

Mike Wheeler and Will Byers write a self-insert superhero comic book together about doomed, forbidden lovers and realise that they are also doomed, forbidden lovers.

*author is on hiatus because of finals, this fic hasnt been updated since march 29th

the end is here author: bookinit @bookinit02 | (T&U) word count: 121,032 | chapters: 19/19

“We have to kill him,” Mike finishes fiercely, and for a second, Will pictures him in full paladin gear, making the same speech in a castle, or a magical forest, or a dark dungeon. He’s every bit the boy Will’s always known, the one who stands up for his friends and his principles and never, ever backs down. Even when the odds are against them. Even when they’re impossible.

Will swears that he can feel electricity crackling in the air, Mike’s last sentence settling on the group like a physical weight. Everyone looks impressed: Jonathan, Hopper, even Owens. Will knows the look on his own face must be incredibly obvious, incredibly stupid.

He doesn’t care. That’s the Mike he knows. That’s the Party’s leader.

That’s the boy Will fell in love with.

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Stranger Things re-telling, but make it byler. (Season 5 of 5)

the night is long but you are here author: IrisCandy @queeleronwheels | (T&U) word count: 87,597 | chapters: 26/26

“I want you to tell him why you're so upset," Vecna says, and Will swears he sees the curl of a smile in the webbed scars of his face. “I want to watch you lose him.”

(Or, Will is forced by Vecna to confess his feelings to Mike, with a slow burn aftermath. Alternate Season 5.)

The Concept Of Normalcy author: Eternalistic (Telemnara) | (E) word count: 149,786 | chapters: 31/31

Mike Wheeler spends years trying to be “normal.” Normal son, normal friend, normal boyfriend, normal boy.

But growing up with Will Byers — through disappearances, monsters, trauma, high school, and finally college — makes “normal” feel less and less like something he actually wants.

This is the long, messy, painfully slow journey of Mike figuring himself out, losing himself, finding himself again, and realizing that the only thing that ever made sense — the only thing that ever felt right — was Will.

a circle of eternity(the cycle of fate) author: GloriousSarcasm @gloriouslygone | (M) word count: 129,072 | chapters: 13/13

He recoils in shock and terror when he sees its limbs – twisted and wrong. Its skin is torn open in places and hanging down, he can see the whiteness of bone beneath the torn flesh. A thick spurt of blood wells to the surface and splatters onto the floor between him and the sink.

The creature snarls and Mike screams.

It drops to the ground, twisting in mid-air to land on all fours. Its head is twisted in the wrong angle, its spine is sticking out from its back. More blood falls as the flesh is jostled. A thick, rotting smell fills the air.

Mike keeps screaming.

The handle jangles again, harsher this time. Will’s voice filters through, he sounds panicked. Mike can’t make out the words over the sounds of his own screams.

The creature titters, skittering forward, and Mike stumbles back. He hits the door with a loud thud. He’s still screaming.

answers you seek will never be found at home author: miwiheros @miwiheroes | (T&U) word count: 196,702 | chapters: 20/20

Will’s not supposed to be hiding in corners, forcing a fake smile when Mike asks him if he’s okay. He’s not supposed to brush off insults like they're jokes. He’s not supposed to vanish for six hours during a school day, leaving Mike feeling like he’s slipping away all over again. Whoever said that beating Vecna’s going to fix Hawkins’ problems, Will’s problems, Mike’s problems—they deserve an earful. They deserve to feel this weird, hollow dissatisfaction chewing away at their chests.

aka mike begs will to escape their small town after too many run-ins with homophobic small-town bs. he knows will's meant to find himself elsewhere, but he never expects to find an answer to the age-old question of his own fate. prom, gay bars, sleazy hotels, train stations, two lesbians and their not-so-legal marriage - they aren't the traditional sources of wisdom, but he can't complain.

let me steal this moment from you author: smoosnoom @smoosnoom | (T&U) word count: 13,785 | chapters: 1/1

Mike moves in his bed, and Will's eyes stay firmly on the ceiling. "I feel like we barely know each other anymore."  And Will can't argue with that, so he replies, "What do you want to know?"  There’s a long lapse of silence, and then –  “Can you come up here?” 

In the wreckage, Mike and Will spend a series of nights together.

i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache) author: sunsetozier @sunsettozier | (M) word count: 101,949 | chapters: 13/13

Silence. Hungry, carnivorous—or maybe cavernous, vast and lined with teeth, ready to bite. The quiet before the storm, the gasped breath in before the heart stops. Tragedy tastes bitter. Blood tastes like pennies. Both are in the air, promises coating the tongue. Something bad is about to happen.

From beneath the bed, something reaches out—a mass of darkness, a shapeless nothing—and it grabs Mike by the wrist, yanks him forward. Mike chokes on a yelp and flails his arm free, blood dripping from where the shadows grabbed him, like the touch of darkness has split him open. He tries to scramble away, unfolds his legs to kick himself back but only makes himself easier, more vulnerable. The unidentifiable mass encircles Mike's ankle, and he screams something agonized, terrified—and then it pulls Mike, clawing at the carpet with his bloodied fingers, under the bed.

This time, the silence isn't hungry. It's satisfied.

will starts entering the mindscape in his dreams on the same night that mike gets taken by vecna. this is probably the least confusing part of everything that happens after.

okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor) author: sunflower_J @fillinglacunae | (T&U) word count: 61,526 | chapters: 4/4

Now, someone walked into the room. A boy, awkwardly standing at the side of his bed, looking over him worriedly. His hair was brown and scruffy, and he had big baby doe eyes and a yellow-and-blue horizontally-striped shirt like a cartoon character. The window was lighting him up like he was important to Mike’s narrative. The curtains are blue, thought Mike, this boy is light. I love metaphors. Maybe he was high on the pain meds. Upon seeing him, Mike felt a great affection, a great peace. Plus, he had long eyelashes. Mike almost giggled to himself. He was definitely a little high.

“Hi.” breathed Mike.

“Hi.” he said, hesitating.

“We’re friends?” Mike asked hopefully.

Or: During the Party's final battle with Vecna, Mike is gravely injured and loses his memories. He wakes up in a hospital only remembering a handful of inconsequential little things, like how much he loves a boy who seems like light.

dear will, (and all the things I'm too much of a coward to say) author: Aloyx @aloyxwrites | (T&U) word count: 55,344 | chapters: 9/9

Summer of 1989. Before the group splits up for college, they plan one final camping trip in the woods.

Trapped in a tent with Will, Mike is writing an apology letter that gradually turns into a heartfelt confession as he comes to terms with his true feelings. He has one week to find the right words, or he'll lose the love of his life forever.

Or: after s5, Mike Wheeler writes a love confession he’s absolutely not ready for.

Heavy Hopes author: beansie @byeler word count: 44,277 | chapters: 5/5

Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.

a body in motion author: astrobi @astrobei | (T&U) word count: 77,728 | chapters: 4/4

Will raises his eyebrows. “Is that why you came in here?” he repeats, looking back down at the blue flannel. “To ask me about the weather in Lenora?” “Kind of,” Mike says, and then, “well no, not about the weather specifically. I just– I wanted to talk to you.” “Oh.” And Will looks a lot more surprised at this, actually, than the idea that Mike might have just wanted to come to his room to make small talk about unseasonably frigid California winters. “Okay. What about?” “Anything.” The response is embarrassingly immediate. “Everything. I don’t know. I missed you.”

Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.

given the means author: wolfecoded @.bylerkisses (twt) | (M) word count: 7,053 | chapters: 1/1

Mike would do anything for Will. Would he die for Will?

(Or; While exploring the Hawkins church, Will's mind falls under Henry's control. Mike does all he can to bring Will back.)

we can be heros (we can be us) author: SiriuslyLovers @crazycleradin (twt) | (M) word count: 88,820 | chapters: 15/20*

It's Michael Wheeler's first day of sophomore year at Hawkins High, and he's completely, terrifyingly alone. Eleven has broken up with him, and he hasn't seen his friends all summer. His world is crumbling around him, and he doesn't care enough to stop it. Until his English teacher sets an assignment to write a retelling of Romeo and Juliet - and his project partner is his ex-best friend, William Byers, the boy his world once revolved around.

or,

Mike Wheeler and Will Byers write a self-insert superhero comic book together about doomed, forbidden lovers and realise that they are also doomed, forbidden lovers.

*author is on hiatus because of finals, this fic hasnt been updated since march 29th

Thank you for pointing it out @cler1csfink

Confirmation that they're the same shoes and they're both size 10 so yeah they're sharing shoes

and Mike brought these shoes from Hawkins which means the puma suede belong to Will

and in a leaked footage El and Mike broke up/ were already broken up because Mike says "we'll still be friends" and "i wanted to tell you first" which makes me think he might have came out to her (and in that video he was literally wearing his boyfriend's shoes)

video from @nowmemoriees

in s1 during that scene on the train tracks they're friends and in the leaked video they were wearing similar clothes to what they were wearing in that s1 scene where they were friends and could trust each other. i think Mike's gonna come out to her (as gay) there which would explain why El was crying, and why Mike said "i wanted to talk to you first", in s1 Mike said "friends tell the truth" to El and in s5 it's Mike's turn to be honest about himself and maybe he'll tell her he's in love with Will or maybe he'll tell her that he's dating Will

it's the same song that played when Robin came out to Steve, obviously Steve had a crush on Robin but she's a lesbian and can only love him platonically while even though Mike tried to love El romantically he couldn't do it because he's gay and he didn't even bother to close his eyes and kiss her back

plus in a deleted script it says he was mad at himself

and the song playing when Mike and El were kissing in s3 "can't fight this feeling" is about someone being in love with their friend and not knowing what to do about it while already being in a relationship with someone else so it's about Mike being in love with Will and not knowing what to do so he represses it and pushes him away to get over him but then realizing it's not working (which is something he realized at the end of s3) and he's gay and he want on a double date with Will and Lumax after that

and Mike in s4 was trying to be normal and might be into new things (men, because dnd is not new)

and

and in s4 "in the closet at rink o mania" started playing Mike took what Will said "and us?" as romantic and felt the need to clarify that they're friends and Will said they used to be best friends and the camera panned back to Mike plus synth music is his thing since he has "Smalltown Boy" (gay song) as his first song on his spotify playlist, it's a song about a gay man leaving his homophobic town to start a new life and Finn said he wants Mike to leave Hawkins

and he has a "one way" sign pointing to his closet because he's gay and closeted and in his room he has a poster of a shirtless man while the others (Steve, B*lly, and Lucas' "friends") all have women posters because they like women

Mike being obsessed with Superman? and him having a poster of a shirtless man while Steve, B*lly and the tigers all had posters of women in bikinis (because they like girls) Will has a skinny pink panther poster in his room which symbolizes his type in men (Mike) Mike has a shirtless man poster and a buff male dragon poster which symbolizes his type in men (Will) (he's not really buff but he's stronger than Mike) they're each other's type and love each other plus you can see Mike looking at Will's arms during some scenes

also in s3 he was happy about Dustin having a gf and asked him about her but then in s4 when he "finds out" Will has a crush on a "girl" he doesn't ask him about "her" and acts distant (he was pretending he didn't care but he was jealous) and he asked Will about the painting because he was hoping it was for him (it was)

and he realized Will loves him back in the van scene, Mike wants to feel needed and Will needs him, Mike felt lost without Will, Will felt lost without Mike, Will loves him, Mike loves him back, they both think the other doesn't love them, they will prove each other wrong in s5 when Mike finds out Will lied about the painting and loves him back, they love each other the way they want to be loved

and he was so happy to see Will drew a heart on his shield

which is literally an engagement ring, no hands because they'll be more than friends in s5

they've been filming a lot at that farm.. and Ross and his wife said that they enjoyed eyewitness

and Lukas and Mike both have internalized homophobia (Lukas was dating a girl to be normal and then he breaks up with his gf and starts dating Philip,his male best friend)

and if this leak is actually correct there would be another parallel. the episode 2 of s5 is called "the vanishing of ***** Wheeler and if Holly goes missing then Mike and Will are gonna go looking for her in the upside down and maybe they'll kiss there (maybe that's where Mike's gonna get injured)

because in eyewitness Lukas gets injured and his boyfriend stays with him and he kisses his forehead, Lukas' dad sees it (he's ok with it)

and in s2 Mike stayed with Will at the hospital so now it's Will's turn

they've been filming a lot at that farm.. and Ross and his wife said that they enjoyed eyewitness and they filmed at like 3 or 4 different farms (one of them has swings) and they're literally filming at one right now

more s5 leaks and Mike and El staying friends after the break up and Mike being worried for Will <33 and Mike and Robin bonding over their partners being in danger

Will is wearing one of Mike's shirts in s5, Mike wore something similar in s3 it's a gap shirt and Eddie said Mike wears gap shirts and Will has never worn something like this in the previous seasons and he didn't bring that many clothes back to Hawkins so he's gonna have to wear Mike's if he's staying at Mike's (the Wheelers added 2 chairs to their breakfast table and Will's tiger plushie is in Mike's room, it makes me think that they're already dating in the scene because Will is wearing blue yellow and green which are Byler's colors

Noah liking another byler edit? fork found in the kitchen. pic from @iamforbyler from here . there are hints that Mike and Will's first kiss will be in s5 episode 7 (during Jopper's first kiss there were boxes that said MW705, Mike and Will s5 episode 7) they definitely told him to promote Byler again to introduce Byler as boyfriends to the GA and Millie is not promoting mlvn anymore and when they asked her what her favorite pop culture couple was she said the couple from twlight instead of mlvn

Will's wearing Mike's black jeans, the blue shirt looks like something s2 Mike would wear but the undershirt looks like Will's in s4. he's just stealing his boyfriend's clothes atp because Will has never worn black jeans before and he's wearing blue (Mike's color) and Mike's the only one in the party who has worn black jeans and Will might be staying at Mike's because his tiger plushie was in Mike's room and the Wheelers added 2 chairs to their breakfast table plus Will has to stay at Mike's since he doesn't have a house in Hawkins and the cabin is too small for all the Byers to live in.

maybe he's wearing Mike's black jeans from s5 instead of the s4 ones but either way they're still Mike's jeans since Will has never worn black jeans before s5 and Mike has, Will is stealing his boyfriend's clothes, plus Mike is wearing Will's shoes in s5 <33

Byler is so obviously gonna happen even without all those proofs because they gave mlvn the stancy storyline of Nancy not being able to say "I love you" to Steve because she's in love with Jonathan and they didn't give that storyline to Jopper, Lumax and Jancy or even Duzie which are healthy couples who don't lie about who they are to each other and never felt unloved by their partners, and Mike wants to feel needed and Will needs him and El doesn't and Millie said El realized she's her own superhero and that she's gonna figure out who she is without Mike and Millie is not promoting mlvn anymore

Mike and Will spent s3 acting like they were the exes because in s2 Mike was overly affectionate with Will but he stopped doing that when he got a gf because he saw what he did as romantic so in his mind being affectionate with Will even just hugging him or just holding his hand like he did in s2 would be cheating because he's in love with Will and he's gay

Mike becomes less and less interested in El the more feminine she becomes, it becomes more difficult for him to pretend he's straight i mean he "fell in love" with her when she looked like a boy and people kept calling her a boy..

Mike probably thought she was a boy at first, everyone kept calling El the boy with the buzzcut at first in s1 and Mike said "that's not Will" instead of "that's a girl" and interesting thing is the more feminine El becomes the less interested in her Mike becomes, he probably thought El was a boy at first and she was wearing a yellow shirt (Will's color) maybe she reminded him of Will?

I mean Mike being gay aside who would you rather for him to be with?

A, with someone who doesn't understand him and he feels like he has to change himself to be with and who makes him feel insicure?

B, with someone who he feels like he can fully be himself with and who understands him and who puts him on the first place and makes him feel loved? B right? with Will

Jancy had their "we're just friends" moment and they kissed in 2 and Jopper had their "it's just 2 friends getting together for a nice dinner" moment and they kissed in s4 , Lumax had their "she's not my girlfriend" moment and they kissed in s2 and Byler had their "we're friends, we're friends" moment (started by Mike who doesn't know Will is gay) and they'll kiss in s5, there were no moments like these between Dustin and Lucas because they're not in love with each other

Byler's first cameo in a book and they're kissing and holding hands<33 it's about Alina wanting to ask a guy out and she catches the guy (Ben) kissing his boyfriend (Janos), there's carved "W+M" on the tree and a "byler" sign in the second pic, they probably asked permission to Netflix and people who worked on st to add them which makes Byler already canon? the author of the book reversed the arrow on Mike's pocket to point at Will.. and it's close to his heart.. that's adorable

pic from here @sususu34

originally El was supposed to die in s1 (I'm glad they didn't kill her) and they were already planning to make Will in love with Mike since s1? plus if they wanted to make Will move on they would've given him a bf in the previous seasons like with Dustin and Suzie because Max didn't like Dustin back. So basically Mike and Will are gonna get together in s5

JEALOUS MIKE WHEELER WELCOME BACK, Will getting his own love triangle as he should, or maybe it's just Mike since it says "a love interest" not "a new love interest".. I kinda want to see Mike being in pain for a bit tho since I had to witness Will being in pain for 4 seasons, I kinda want a guy to flirt with Will and Will tries to get to know the character to move on from Mike and Mike gets mad and jealous about it, although they did say there were no new characters in it.. and the only new boy is Derek who's Holly's age so maybe the love interest is just Mike, and Mike is gonna be Will's boyfriend, they literally just confirmed Byler because they said Will is getting a boyfriend and they said they won't add any major characters in s5 so that means Mike is gonna be Will's boyfriend

they literally just confirmed Byler is endgame because they said Will is getting a boyfriend and the Duffers said they won't add any major characters in s5 so Mike's gonna be Will's boyfriend since the only new characters are a woman a boy who's 10 and a family with 2 little kids and the Duffers said that Will's emotional arc (his relationship with Mike) is gonna tie up the whole season, if they wanted to give Will another boyfriend they would've done it in the previous seasons (like how they handled Dustin's unrequited love for Max in s2 and gave him a gf in s3) instead of making Will in love with Mike for 4 seasons

Mike is gonna be Will's love interest and boyfriend and they know it that's why they only allowed their subscribers to see this tweet to avoid a lawsuit, leak here, this leaker is really reliable and from Reddit

There's a leak about how Mike and Will are gonna clean each other's wounds in s5 episode 2 like Jancy did in s1, maybe Mike is gonna get hurt while protecting Will from something and Will is probably gonna be there scolding him while cleaning Mike's wounds and Mike is just staring at Will's face and not listening to a single word and blushing

this leaker has a source that was an extra for 2 weeks, take everything as a grain of salt, nothing is confirmed, Mike's gonna kiss Will first (and it's gonna be angsty) after he finds out Will lied about the painting and loves him back, the kiss is gonna happen halfway through the season or later

So according to a leak Mike has finally accepted that he's gay and he's not trying to be normal (straight) anymore, and he's discovering things about himself, he's gonna kiss Will first

So Finn's new st playlist (for s5) is really interesting.. Mike is gay, "it's a passing phase" "give it a hundred years, it won't go away' (from "angst in my pants")"I don't want to be the one whose coming out first" (it's from "don't ask me to explain) Mike wants Will to come out first and to confess first, and "should you need a love that's true, it's me" (from "what you're doing), Will needs Mike and Mike knows it, Mike and Will both have "just what I needed" as the last song in their playlists because they need each other, Mike also has a song about dreaming and thinking about a person they know they're not supposed to, it's his POV of Byler

This is the playlist (STurn), Finn makes playlists for characters he plays for inspiration

Mike tried to lie to himself and pretend that he could love El but he can't (because he's gay and in love with Will), there's a song called "don't ask me anything" in his playlist and the lyrics are "it's so easy to lie to myself and pretend i could love you but i can't" the last lyrics are about a failed relationship with a girl

in s5 episode 4 there will be a flashback with 8 yo Mike and Will and 13 yo Jonathan, the fact that they're spending so much time on Byler (and even giving us Miwi flashbacks) and that we already got confirmation that Will's gonna have a boyfriend (it's Mike) should tell y'all everything (they're gonna get together), they spent s2 and s4 together and they're gonna be a team (jopper parallel) in s5 and spend most of s5 together, they're gonna film the scene in early July, Mike's the only one with lines so the scene is gonna be shot from his POV of Byler

Mike and Will are gonna spend most of s5 together because they're gonna be a team (jopper parallel) and they're gonna have scenes with Rovickie where they're gonna be a group, Mike's obviously gay because otherwise they wouldn't have put him with other queer people, plus El's gonna have a separate arc from Mike (because they're gonna break up and she's gonna be more independent)

we're gonna get a scene of Byler riding a bike with Holly, Holly's gonna have to thirdwheel Mike and Will, good luck to her, Will's gonna spend most of S5 with Mike and they're gonna be a team (jopper parallel) and if Will's boyfriend was gonna be another boy they would've made Will spend most of S5 with that guy so basically Mike's gonna be Will's boyfriend

Pics here

Will's staying at Mike's which would explain the Wheelers adding 2 chairs and it would explain Mike and Will sharing clothes/items and it would explain Will hanging out with Holly, plus the Byers don't have their old house anymore

Now that we know that Will's staying at Mike's house we're gonna get so much domestic content like them sharing clothes/shoes, them sharing Mike's bed, them taking care of Holly together, them kissing, them going to school together .. They're so married

the mlvn make out scene people are talking about is just a kiss at the beginning of s5 which is gonna be their last kiss (a break up kiss?) which is gonna parallel stancy's last kiss in episode 1 s2 before they broke up and Nancy got with Jonathan ,I think they're doing that to compare Byler's first kiss (which is gonna be passionate and desperate) to mlvn's last kiss, also more confirmation that the painting is gonna be really important in both Mike and Will's storylines, a byler got these things confirmed by 2 sources but they said to not worry because this is not bad for Byler, it's actually good for us, production is also trying to keep Byler hidden (they're gonna get together),

Pics here

They're trying to keep Byler hidden because they're gonna date and the painting is gonna be really important to their storylines because that's how they're gonna get together

happy 2 years anniversary to the most obvious foreshadowing ever (making willelmike walk in their love triangle formation and making El walk away from them and picking up the same dead flowers Mike gave her at the airport because their relationship is dead and making Mike stay with Will and putting Byler with other couples and putting them in the center because the're gonna focus on that relationship in s5 and making them breath in sync while the other couples were holding hands, and they made the music pick up while they showed us the couples, Mike and Will are gonna get together in s5)

video of the scene here

so from what we know so far: a guy is gonna hit on Will and Will won't reciprocate, Jonathan hates that guy for hitting on Will and Mike and Will's relationship is gonna be extremely important in s5 and they're gonna be a team, it's kinda obvious what's gonna happen (Mike and Will are gonna get together), what if Will starts dating Chance and starts hanging out with him more to get over Mike and Mike gets mad and jealous about it and they fight about it and then we have another Byler rain fight but this time Mike's the jealous one? btw Jonathan HATES Chance for hitting on Will, he's a Byler shipper fr, pics of the leak here

Mike said he's the only one that CARES about Will because he's in love with him and he said he cares about El because he's trying (and failing) to love her the way he loves Will but when El called him out on him not loving her anymore he got defensive because he's not in love with her ,he's in love with Will and he's gay

Mike only said those things because he thinks El commissioned the painting and he felt like he owed it to El and you can tell that because he only started saying those things after Will said "you're the heart" and they called the soundtrack of the scene "you're the heart" because Mike now thinks the things Will said in the van were from El, in this scene Mike was trying to recreate the shed scene but the difference is no one pushed Mike into saying those things to Will and he didn't repeat any word he heard from others when he spoke to Will, in s5 he's gonna realize Will loves him back and that he lied about the painting and he's gonna kiss him, Mike likes to plagiarize things, pics here

THE OG PARTY IS BACK and so is the Byler height difference <33, Mike and Will being the IT couple in high school <33, Will is sitting in front of Mike during lunch <33 they're gonna be such a cute couple i just know it, they're gonna be the couple who plays footsies under the table, Holly has a gay thing in her room, maybe to support Mike being gay?

only the couples said to each other or about each other that they were "friends" while the actual platonic friends (Dustin and Lucas) never said it because they never felt the need to, and Mike said it about Will while not even knowing that Will is gay and in love with him.. he said it because he was thinking of Will romantically so he said "we're friends, we're friends" to convince himself not Will

the Duffers called Mike and El their E.T and Elliot (which are platonic friends) and the dead flowers El picked up at the end of s4 were the same flowers Mike gave her at the airport, dead flowers represent a dead relationship, hopefully after the break up they'll be able to communicate more and to actually get to know each other and rhat they'll be actual friends, Mike does love El but he loves her platonically even though he's been tryng to force himself into loving her romantically but he can't because he's gay and in love with Will, parallels here

Byler, Jancy and Lumax all held hands in the same episode in s2

Byler's parallels with Jancy: Nancy couldn't love Steve because she's in love with Jonathan, Mike can't love El because he's gay and in love with Will, Nancy talked to Jonathan about Steve on a car after the break up, Mike talked to Will about El on a car after the fight, Jonathan lied and said Steve asked him to bring Nancy home, Will lied about El commissioning the painting, Nancy yelled Jonathan's name in the upside down and he went to save her, Will yelled Mike's name in the upside down and Mike snapped Will out of his episodes

Byler's parallels with Lumax: Mike stayed with Will in the lab, Lucas stayed with Max in the hospital, Will yelled Mike's name during his episode and Mike snapped him out of his episode, Max yelled Lucas' name and Lucas was there for her, they played a song used in a s2 Lumax scene (on the bus) during Mike and Will's heart to heart and used the interruption trope (a romantic trope) in both scenes

Fun fact: they used "heroes" in s3 again but they cut the "and we kissed as though nothing could fall" lyrics that they used in s1 when Mike was hugging his mom and thinking about Will, those lyrics are reserved to Byler and I think they're gonna use this song again during Byler's first kiss, Acid (a leaker) said that Mike's arc in s5 is about self-discovery (which could be Mike understanding who he belongs with, Will) and that he's not gonna try to be normal (straight, Finn said that Mike was trying to be normal in s3 and s4) in s5, plus I think Mike and Will are gonna have another rain fight before the kiss since Shawn Levy hinted at another Byler rain fight, plus s5 is gonna be Will centric and Mike and Will's relationship is gonna be really important in s5

In the first picture Mike is looking at Will (the boy he's in love with) and in the second picture Trevor is looking at Lucky (the girl he has a crush on), Netflix posted this on Instagram

Mike and Will are gonna spend s5 together as a team (Jopper parallel) and their relationship is gonna be really important in s5, also Will is definitely staying at Mike's since he's hanging out with Mike and Holly so much

My faves 💓

slip through the spaces in between

Just for a second, I remembered myself

Love From the Other Side (I Guess You Can Say Things Are Getting Pretty Serious)

Another Roll of the Dice

Tempest

Mike gets vecna’d

Before I Sleep

okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor)

i could be your lover (and you could be my heartache)

Over our Heads

Angst

cosmonaut

Something is Wrong with Mike Wheeler

Mike's crush on Eddie

how can cupid, ( how can cupid be so cruel. )

catching up with my head in your lap

You See (it meant everything to me)

Pwp🔞

Homecoming

Writer mike

I Wrote the Words (Before Knowing What They Meant)

i sing the body electric

showbiz, baby

Hours (of telling you about)

something better than these broken parts

I Wrote the Words (Before Knowing What They Meant)

gen/teen

its so hard to stop the rain.

If Not for You

don't delete the kisses

Matters of the Heart

(touch) like we never could before

You Never Cried to Them, Just to Your Soul

it takes a fool to remain sane

to stay alive, that would be enough

Do-Overs Are a Bitch for The Impatient

the second one is just for the fic series im writing the lyrics arent as relevant but yeah

this is long overdue but better than nothing lmao. i hope this was at least a little bit helpful😞💔

when it all comes down to it the best thing to do is studies. he has a very unique face that’s hard to capture (and i still fail a lot despite how much i’ve drawn him lmao)

so basically it’s a lot of trial and error. but the smaller details i’ve noticed overtime do ultimately help a lot

(side note i’m not trying to say im a god at ts or something i’ve just gotten a lot of comments abt wanting tips) (also i feel like i lowk flopped with these sketches) (but you get the idea)

“You- you want me to what?” Will chokes out once he’s stopped coughing – because Mike had chosen to ask that particular question when Will was taking a sip of water, and he almost fucking drowned on it.

“Kiss me,” Mike repeats, confirming that Will wasn’t hallucinating the first time. “For practice.”

or;

user kissingpractice finally writes kissing practice!

(keep in mind i’m a crazy freak so some of these are gonna have some kinks that everyone might not be into, don’t like don’t read)

it was honestly so hard to choose so if you guys want i can make a pt 2 cause there’s def more that i love but couldn’t fit

#1 - when we touch we are caressing stars by id-rather-be-home (incomplete - ongoing)

- my favorite explicit byler fic EVER!! now i will say they do switch often in this but! the author did such a good job that i dont mind it

Now for freak level i would rate it a 6/10, there is choking, humiliation, praise, degradation, and they introduced puppy mike at the end of the latest chapter. so nothing crazy but def not vanilla

#2 - Border collie by thebreadbank (complete)

- puppy mike how i adore you!!! also!! this is technically bottom will but mike is still def subbing in this

freak level really depends on how freaky you consider petplay but personally i would say about a 5/10 simply because there’s not many “kinks” outside of the petplay stuff

#3 - the rawest desires (in its friendliest form) by bangingbiddies (complete)

- they are so sweet in this one it’s actually so cute + background elmax !!!! but just cause they’re cute doesn’t mean they are any less horny lmao

freak level i would say is a 6/10, there’s a spit kink and some degrading and stuff but besides that there’s nothing too crazy

#4 - hands by midnighteverlark (complete)

- insecure mike wheeler being praised by will 10/10!!! again they are just so sweet in this and i love

freak level is about 4.5/10, there’s some hair pulling and edging, but pretty vanilla

#5 - i can hold it (im lying) by lawofmurphie (complete)

- OMORASHI !!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED !!!!!!

freak level 8.5/10 just cause of the piss stuff but honestly besides will saying good boy, everything else is quite tame, just dry humping

#6 - surrender. by divinegaze (complete)

- DUB CON!! EDDIE/MIKE !!!! DRUGGING !!!!! DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT!!!!

freak level is 9/10, this is def the craziest one on this list, ofc the dub con (eddie drugs mike) but there’s also boot humping, degrading, a little blood (just from biting) but it’s still one of my favs lol

#7 - a little submissiveness can’t hurt right? (complete)

- honestly not much to say abt this one, mikes sexually frustrated and want will to fuck him, will kinda loses control lol

i think freak level is 6/10, some degradation and belly buldges, again not crazy but i just love desperate mike i had to include it

#8 - naughty or nice? by pricklypearbyler (complete)

- i would say this is my second fav explicit fic but im a sucker for impact play so yeah also again this is technically top mike but he’s a HUGEEE sub

freak level 8/10, impact play, spit, breath play, lingerie, degradation, one of the more kinky one’s on this list

#9 - live from the stage by bylerblues (slut4byler) (complete)

- public humiliation is just tooo good had to include one with it, also rock star mike is one of my fav tropes

i would say freak level is 5/10, degrading, public humiliation (mike gets a boner on stage) but besides that, not to crazy

#10 - honey in the middle by kissingpractice (complete)

WILL/MIKE/MAX !!!!!! THIS IS WILL/MIKE WITH MAX WATCHING, NO SEX BETWEEN MAX AND WILL (this is part two to one abt max/mike with will watching if you want to check that out, this one’s my fav out of the two tho)

freak level 4/10, honestly nothing crazy, just mike being subby with max and will, some hair pulling, finger sucking, degradation, the usual

I want to give back to the byler community by sharing my fanfic recommendations (Included some steddie & 1 henderhop as well) these are completed works that I looooveeed:

Byler

The Red Envelope by midnighteverlark

To Hell and Back Again by perexcri

touch like velvet by ciders

i am caught, right inside your line of fire by ethqreal

we all have a hunger (tell me what you need) by papenathy

you took my heart (i was sleeping) by lameparties

what you really want by miwiheroes

Spicy byler +18

The Unmarked Mixtape by midnighteverlark <- this one is my favorite, it’s a sequel to The red envelope, I recommend reading both!

Say A Hail Mary. by bylershiii

Supervoid by maximumtrash

My Paladin in Shining Armour by Chocolatecookie123

The Towel Incident by smalltownbyler

Like a Chain, a Crown, a Vine by epilogueboyfriend

Heavy Hopes by beansie

Breathe Me In (I Trust You) by authenticanna

Privacy by BottomWillByers

the thing about illicit affairs by problematicbyler

Indecent Curiosities by mikkis2

Hands by midnighteverlark

asking too much kissingpractice

Spicy steddie +18

Heart of Glass by GreenGalaxies96

Are You Flagging? by soidade

Camp Folktale, Summer of ‘86 by cairparavels <- This one is reaally funny

Steddie

How to Pretend You’re Not in Love with Your Best Friend (and Fail Miserably) by Yellove_8

As far as unfinished works, I'll recommend my fics obviously:

Byler

I burn (For you) by Andywrittes

Spicy henderhop with a side of spicy byler +18

yall omg i know this is like a month late but i forgot i was making it.... ANYWAYS here it is !!!! feel free to add more in the tags and i will edit

**if your fic is on here and u want it removed let me know**!!!!

slash (may contain mature content so be mindful)

that peace like a river

Jesper's weird classical-music playing neighbour with no concept of a sleep schedule goes silent, and then he runs into him in a coffee shop, and everything gets gayer from there.

it's a bad idea right? (fuck it, it's fine)

The one where Jesper and Kaz are technically broken up, but nobody knows so they have no choice but to pretend like they're still together for Inej and Nina's wedding.

everything melted in less than a week

Jesper Fahey is the Capitol’s most prized possession. Kaz Brekker has nothing to lose

this is a shameless self promo im sorry; the hunger games au, mostly takes place after they are already victors.

sometimes love feels like a noun in some new foreign language

“You’re both dead to me,” Kaz says. It’s the first time he’s said more than two words to Jesper since he left. I still remember how your lips feel against mine, Jesper wants to say and forces himself to laugh instead.

kazper exes to lovers, literally my favourite fic of all time

how the light gets in

Kaz Brekker, teenage Sun Summoner, loses the battle of wills and and manipulation against the Darkling. This is what happens afterwards.

series of two fics; kaz is the sun summoner and jesper goes to rescue him

no thing defines a man like love that makes him soft

Soft domestic kaz/jesper for the soul

love your masks and adore your failures

Whenever someone brings it up, Jesper tells them he's in on the joke. Yes, his clothes have too many colours and patterns. Yes, they clash hideously. That’s the point. He’s not going to admit he just thinks they’re pretty.

this is the time of our great undoing

“Do you think Kaz could fuck someone in a full-body bondage suit?” Jesper whispers, more to distract Inej from what’s on the screen than anything else, but still—the idea won’t leave Kaz alone.

a private sunrise

Ever since Jesper found out he’s the Sun Summoner, he’s been on the run. Well, sort of. He got side-tracked in Ketterdam, but now that Kaz is talking to Grisha of the Second Army, his five-year reprieve is over. Or is it?

pre slash / can be read as gen

noble occupations

After Jesper nearly costs the Dregs supplies, Per Haskell goes too far in punishing him. Kaz prefers his sharpshooter in working order.

gun it while i'm holding on

Jesper gets shot, and Kaz is the one to find him bleeding all over the cobblestones. A fair bit of grumbling ensues — followed by a race to find help before it's too late.

jesper injured; hurt comfort

eyes and hands (sometimes bullets)

After a confrontation gone wrong, Jesper and Kaz retreat to a safehouse to patch up their wounds. Things soon get much harder than anticipated.

kaz injured; hurt comfort

masks

And now Jesper thought he had the right to give up? Here, in a warm room, with a full stomach and friends who would fight and die for him? With Wylan Van Eck waiting to sweep him into a life of luxury the moment he got his shit together, and Kaz working to keep him from being buried in his own mistakes until then?

homoerotic fistfighting

we owe it to disaster

A spy should be prepared to get caught.

washed up on the beaches

Jesper has no reason to panic. He pulled off yesterday's betrayal with aplomb: fucked over the Dime Lions, saved the enemy's life, got the enemy to promise to buy back Da’s farm, did not get caught. He shouldn’t be panicking now. Why is he panicking.

pre canon

kaz/jesper/inej as a treat

to me you're all i am

He thinks about it often. His arms around Inej’s waist. His fingers in Kaz’s hair. His lips on their shoulder blades. He wants to be close enough to feel them breathing.

kanejesper MY BELOVED!!! modern setting one shot

perhaps the world will end at the kitchen table

Jesper’s spent his life following Kaz and Inej from one mysterious job to the next. He will follow them into bed, too.