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Lightning Strikes (Maybe Once, Maybe Twice) by Mi_Castle_ke
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Mar 2026
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The sudden sound of the door opening made his head turn up, away from the paper. His hand stilled. It was his roommate. The guy was incredibly attractive. He was, and Will doesn't use this word lightly, hot. If Will was asked to draw his perfect type, this guy would probably be the exact thing to end up on the page.
His roommate seemed almost just as taken back.
"Oh--- hey, uhm. . ." He seemed like he wanted to say something else, but his mouth snapped shut.
Will blinked away his thoughts of this guy, and straightened his posture a bit. He let his leg fall down, turning his body toward the guy more comfortably. The door stayed open, his hand still on the knob.
"Hey-- uh, I'm Will,"
"Uh--- sorry, I'm Mike,"
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Will Byers is ecstatic to go to college, residing at UIC in Chicago. Though, an unwanted altercation forces him to change schools. This lands him at NYU, joining his family in New York. He worries about his roommate, crossing his fingers he isn't as bad as the last, but is left with Mike Wheeler. A guitar player with dark clothes, black hair, and is sort of a "Teenage Dirt bag", who just so happens to be the embodiment of Will's exact type. And vice versa.
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It’s been months since the cleric and the mage departed their home kingdom and made for far off lands in the west. It's a place where they were supposed to live out their days in peace, far from the Upside Down and all the horrors it had caused them. But when the mage is kidnapped in an attempt to get her powers back, Will the Wise must call on his party to help him find her and bring her back to safety. What he doesn’t anticipate is all he has to confront upon the arrival of the paladin.
Because it had been two hundred and seventy-seven days. Two hundred and seventy-seven days since Will had seen him. Two hundred and seventy-seven days since he had heard his voice. Two hundred and seventy-seven days of denying to himself that he’d really been keeping count.
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A rewrite of the California plot of Stranger Things 4, set in a D&D/Cleradin AU.
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i can be needy (way too damn needy) by summerofsecrets
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 May 2026
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Two months of long-distance has turned Mike and Will’s letters into a lifeline. But when Jane accidentally mails a letter containing Will’s private fantasies, the distance between Hawkins and Lenora officially catches fire.
What follows is an escalation of provocative Polaroids, a "ruined" letter, and an oversized Hellfire shirt that smells like home. Across a 1,500-mile phone line, the metaphors of "cleric and paladin" are finally stripped away, replaced by raw hunger and a promise: when Mike gets to California, he’s going to mark every inch of Will's skin.
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barefoot on an island (it felt like magic) by WlNTERBABY
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Mar 2026
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Mike is spending a week on a small island with his family, expecting boredom, bad internet, and long days with nothing to do.
What he didn't expect was Will – a quiet island boy with paint-stained hands, a shell necklace, and a tan that lit up the island.
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Will was back from California.
It was his senior year of high school, he had his best friends and he was back in his home town. It was supposed to be perfect.
But..
Mike and Will have barly spoken a word to eachother since he moved. Mike practically see’s through Will, ignoring his presence.
Will’s not sure how much longer they can keep this up before they both snap. -
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The Byers family moved away from Hawkins following the death of Jane's father, but prior to moving Will Byers realised he was in love with his sisters boyfriend. Now that they live over 2000 miles away, Will is determined to fix their friendship before Mike Wheeler visits for spring break and the two of them are forced to share a room
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Will Byers and Mike Wheeler write love letters to each other for 3 months
ABANDONED
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An AU where Eleven and Will work at Surfer Boy’s Pizza and Max and Mike work at Scoop’s Ahoy. Mike gets Will fired from his job after keeping him on the phone, leading to Will’s ideal spring break.
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Between Me and You (bodyswap, hellcali, surfsahoy) by ByeDisaster
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Mar 2026
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Credit to this post by @oliveespineapples on tumblr
Mike and Will body swap. It's Eddie's fault. Season 4 where they're in their Hellfire and California eras. Everyone's messy and has feelings.
“I’ll freak out if I want to.” His voice isn’t right.
The man frowns, “Sass, ok.” Pressing his hands together, prayer-position; standing, backing towards the door. “You’re in the body of your good friend, but I dunno, probably won’t last forever, and he’s probably,” makes a spiralling motion with his fingers, “In you. Damn, that sounds bad. Well, shit, see you at school, Wheeler.” Clicks the bedroom door shut, says the last bit with his cheek sandwiched between the doorframe and the door.
Wheeler?
Byers flings back the covers. Yeah, that’s not his body.
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I Wonder What Clothes You Where To School (HELLCALI) by spiderclover1
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
25 Feb 2026
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Mike Wheeler has been writing El since the Byers moved to California. After joining Hellfire he sends a group photo and Will sees Mike in his Hellfire shirt.
Will decides to casually mention it over a phone call, Which leaves Mike wondering how his best friend’s style had changed over the months he had been away.
Or Hellcali au that just spawned on TikTok!
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a very, very short oneshot of surfsahoy!byler
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my head's a mess, but i'm trying regardless (anxiety is one hell of a problem) by iamfreakedout
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
19 Mar 2026
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Mike goes to visit Will in California and realizes a lot of things about himself when he sees Will in a pizza uniform, sweaty and...greasy? He's then later forced into closed corners with him due to some incorrect assumptions from the rest of their friends, causing some awkward truths to be told after some stupid misunderstandings.
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HellCali and SurfsAhoy in one fic
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Mike works at Scoops Ahoy. He hates his uniform, but God, he loves Will Byers. Will Byers works at Surfer Boy Pizza, and he loves talking to his long-distance boyfriend on the phone more than anything. They really have been trying to make their secret relationship work. But talking over work phones, and the ever-prying presence of The Party, is putting pressure on things they really, really don't want to talk about.
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“Will?” Confusion seeps into Jonathon’s voice.
“No," Mike wants to say, “Not at all, I’m not Will, I can’t be Will, I haven’t even seen Will for so long. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Why does it have to happen like this?”
But as he scans the room and lands on a mirror, he finds himself staring into the hazel eyes of none other than Will Byers. His mouth drops open, but it’s all wrong, because his mouth has never looked like that before in his life, all plush and—
Well. It’s just wrong.
Or: in early 1986, Mike and Will wake up in each other's bodies, halfway across the country from their homes, families, and everything else that was becoming familiar during their time apart.
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It’s just a picture.
Will wishes it wasn’t.Or
Mike sends el a Polaroid of himself in the hellfire shirt when el and will are in Cali. Will sees.
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Before the events of 1986 spiral into catastrophe, a different supernatural horror strikes. Lenora’s newest resident Will Byers wakes up in Hawkins in Mike Wheeler’s body, and vice versa.
While chaos unfolds, this story follows Eddie Munson: the only one who clocks that something is profoundly wrong and decides to have a conversation with the strange eldritch presence wearing Mike’s face.
OR: a sideways take on hellcali bodyswap feat. eddie
Set approximately before Stranger Things, Season 4, The Hellfire Club; diverging a bit from canon
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El matrimonio Wheeler estará unos meses fuera por un viaje de trabajo, dejando a su hijo mediano y a su hija pequeña a solas... o eso quería creer Mike.
Un desconocido castaño aparecería en su vida para cuidar de su hermana pequeña, aunque Mike estaba seguro que sus padres le habían contratado para evitar que su hijo se metiese en problemas.
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Will and Mike were in love in every universe. Every universe, it seemed, except their own.
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Will and Mike travel through the Byler multiverse.
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On his way to Lenora, Mike is afraid his two favorite people have changed.
And when he sees them... they have. Especially Will. Will looks... different.
Mike’s brain short circuits.
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Or: Seeing Will post-puberty is Mike's gay awakening and that's why he's so damn awkward at the airport in S4.
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take me to my best friends house (i loved him then, i love him now) by prettypinkmushr00mz
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
07 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler and the party going to california to visit Will and Jane…
BASICALLY BYLER AT THE BEACH !!
also this is an au with no powers, post s3 mileven breakup and post will and el moving to california. since it’s no powers el will be “jane”
Also it’s not super time line compliant pls look past that. The party is all about 16 here, even though i’ve set it around post S3.
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It starts with a Hellfire shirt. Mike doesn't know if it's cursed or blessed because wearing it always makes Will act strangely. Then, it's spiraling into a hope Mike didn't know he could have. Will has never been closer, but Mike still isn't sure he can have what he wants. Or can he?
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“You’ll let me do your hair?”
Mike knows this is a bad idea. Knows he’ll be red the whole time and stutter and give himself away, but this is Will. Will with his hands in his hair, so close Mike can stare all he wants. Fantasize about what a kiss might be like. Hidden away in the safety of what should’ve been their bedroom. Maybe he can use today to convince Will it can be.
“Only if you make me look good.”
Will stands with a sweet smile. “Easiest job in the world then.” And then he disappears into the hallway before Mike can even start to stumble in front of him.
What?
What does that mean?
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i can be needy (way too damn needy) by summerofsecrets
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 May 2026
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Two months of long-distance has turned Mike and Will’s letters into a lifeline. But when Jane accidentally mails a letter containing Will’s private fantasies, the distance between Hawkins and Lenora officially catches fire.
What follows is an escalation of provocative Polaroids, a "ruined" letter, and an oversized Hellfire shirt that smells like home. Across a 1,500-mile phone line, the metaphors of "cleric and paladin" are finally stripped away, replaced by raw hunger and a promise: when Mike gets to California, he’s going to mark every inch of Will's skin.
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i can be needy (way too damn needy) by summerofsecrets
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 May 2026
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Two months of long-distance has turned Mike and Will’s letters into a lifeline. But when Jane accidentally mails a letter containing Will’s private fantasies, the distance between Hawkins and Lenora officially catches fire.
What follows is an escalation of provocative Polaroids, a "ruined" letter, and an oversized Hellfire shirt that smells like home. Across a 1,500-mile phone line, the metaphors of "cleric and paladin" are finally stripped away, replaced by raw hunger and a promise: when Mike gets to California, he’s going to mark every inch of Will's skin.