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Mike’s POV, established Mike/Will relationship, 1987. Will has moved out of the Wheeler house to Robin’s apartment. Mike has gotten a job to help Will pay rent and unofficially lives with him. Others begin to find their own peace, space, and identities in this fic, while Mike and Will grow as individuals and together.
This is my sequel to “you took my heart (you were sleeping),” which is my version of Mike’s POV of “you took my heart (i was sleeping)” by lameparties [with a few original chapters added]. It also incorporates some canon that I developed for my in-progress kindergarten Mike POV fic, “Hawkins, IN - 1976.”
There's gonna be plot, but I'm also just going to indulge in writing about Mike and Will's love and devotion.Series
- Part 2 of Hearts, Sleeping Etc.
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you took my heart (you were sleeping) by cosmic_dancer89
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 May 2026
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My take on the legendary power outage fic from Mike's point of view. It's November, Will and Jonathan live in Mike's house, things are rough, and Mike and Will aren't speaking anymore. The power goes out and the boys are forced to huddle for warmth, which catalyzes them fixing their friendship, and more.
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5-year-old Mike makes a new friend.
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We Have Corresponded, Of Course by cosmic_dancer89
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
01 Sep 2023
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What if Petunia Evans was a genius?
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i am caught, right inside your line of fire by ethqreal
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler is going to explode, because there is an alternate, armoured version of him, following Will Byers around like he belonged to him.
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07 Jul 2026
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The impossible happened: Will asked Mike to be his boyfriend. Even stranger? Mike said yes.
That's how it started. A letter, an accidental confession, a Saturday afternoon. And that? That was the easy part.
Now, what they do - what they are - is secret. Because if anyone finds out... they don't even want to imagine. Lonnie would kill them both on sight. Mike's parents would send him away to some boarding school. They'd never see each other again. They'd be marked forever. Everything would come crashing down around them.
But they try not to focus on that. They're busy, after all, trying to navigate this new relationship. Kisses, dates, prom, couples' quarrels. And in the meantime, Will has a problem on his hands; a power he needs to learn to control, before it blows up in his face.
It's a crazy end to their school year - but there's more going on behind the scenes than they realize.(This is a sequel to The Red Envelope but you don't necessarily have to have read TRE; this can be read on its own should you wish :) )
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01 Jun 2026
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When Will needs to get his thoughts out of his head, he writes a letter he never intends to send. He addresses it to Mike, and tells him everything.
Feeling lighter than he has in weeks and buoyed by the adrenaline of writing it all out, Will acts on an impulse and ends the letter with, "If you’d be willing to give me a chance, I’d be really happy to date you. If you’re open to trying it, please meet me in Castle Byers this Saturday at 2:00pm. I’m not asking for any promises, I’m not asking for forever or anything like that; all I’m asking is that you give me a chance. Come if you want; if not, I completely understand, no hard feelings, and I’ll never, ever mention this again."
He forgets all about the letter, and the distinctive red envelope he stowed it in, until he turns around to find it missing. Now, Will has to think of some way to stop Mike from reading that letter - or should he wait at Castle Byers on Saturday at 2:00pm and pray for a miracle?
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01 Jun 2026
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Twenty-two years after leaving, Will travels back to Hawkins to face his past. Only Mike now lives there, too.
Or, ‘He might as well have carved 'Mike' into his thigh. It would have been more honest.’
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01 Jun 2026
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The students lean forward as one. No pens move. No pages turn.
“Writing,” Mike continues, “is what happens when the things you couldn’t say start demanding a form.”
Will’s jaw tightens.
“You don’t write because you’re imaginative, no,” Mike says. “You write because not writing becomes unbearable. Because there’s a version of you that never got to speak—and the page is the only place where it still might.”or
Mike is invited to attend a seminar at the very same college where Will teaches. It has been years since they last spoke. Also, Walt Whitman haunts the narrative.
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