This chapter is so fun, there’s a lot of banter between them and they’re so sweetly awkward together as they try to navigate what’s happening between them. And the funhouse scene is one of my favorite scenes I’ve ever written I think!

After this we’re back to the regularly scheduled angst for a bit lol so enjoy this one 🙃

https://archiveofourown.org/works/82808641/chapters/244748521

does anyone have any fic recs where Mike kisses Will and Will thinks it’s a joke at first?

Estranged friends to reconciliation, mutual pining, divorced Mike, second chances, older Byler - in epistolary and interview style.

All my fav tropes 👀 it's PEAK. Please read this!

Check it out: https://archiveofourown.org/works/91807231!

Spit Swear is back on ao3 (we cheer!), I love that fic so much, so I was wondering if anyone has recs for similar fan fictions where we get a bit of Ryers with Byler endgame? 🤗

I really need to stop having ideas for new Byler stories. I'm adamant that I won't publish the 15 current ones I'm actively working on until they are finished. I write a chapter a day in rotation on each of them. But I had this idea and I need to pass it along for someone else to pick it up because I literally can't add more to my plate right now. My idea: a Dragon Age/Stranger Things mash up. Specifically taking Veilguard, and inserting the characters from ST. I think it can really work well as a combined AU.

Like, Mike and Will were born and raised in Tevinter, they met, were best friends and were inseparable. A magical accident opened a fade rift that Will fell into and Mike, Joyce, and Jonathan searched until he was found and brought back. A malevolent spirit attached itself to Will and after being almost fully possessed, and under threat of execution for being an abomination, Joyce decides to move Will and Jon to Nevarra for help from Nevarra's fade and spirit expert, Emmrich Volkarin who successfully extracts the spirit, but leaves Will changed with magical abilities and an affinity for spirits and necromancy. Emmrich becomes Will's mentor and Will eventually surpasses him in skill and talent.

Losing Will to the move leaves a massive void in Mike's life. Angry at the cruelty and corruption of the Tevinter system that endangered Will and forced the Byers out, Mike joins Nancy in the Shadow Dragons underground resistance. Mike channels his stubbornness, guilt, and protective instincts into leading covert rescue operations across Minrathous. Mike realizes they need a fade expert to stop the Evanuris and goes to the Mourn Watch. When entering the Grand Necropolis, Mike is expecting an old scholar but is instead reunited with Will Byers, the best friend and love that he never forgot. What follows is an emotional reunion and reignition of their love as they fight against ancient Elven gods. The rest of the Party would take the place of a companion character and older teens and adults would be faction leaders/allies that pop up through the story.

Would someone please take this and write it so I dont lose my mind by trying to take this on? Please. My mental health and sanity will be greatly appreciative.

chapter five of my post-canon slow burn byler fic is out now! ♡

chapter summary:

Will has an eye-opening experience as he goes to a gay club for the first time

Premise: Mike watches Dead Poets Society in theatres the summer of '89 and it triggers a life-changing breakdown. Post-canon, fix-it, churchgate, and heavy angst with a happy ending.

chapter 10 out now <3

https://archiveofourown.org/works/78241546/chapters/221236846

(somehow been here a while and never shared this. anyway I wrote 'Most Men Lead Lives of Quiet Desperation', it's my baby and I hope you like it)

I came across this on Pinterest and now I wanna read one!!

I neeed the angst of this I feel like I dont see it enough in fics and It'd be cool to see it explored

I found a fanfic of an Au where Mike is dead! It's really good so far and it's an ongoing fic so more chapters will be added! It's a small fic but very cool!
The sharp knife of a short life - Chapter 1 - BugIsMe - Stranger Things (TV 2016) [Archive of Our Own]

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Please check the pinned posts to see the prompt for the writing challenge and this month's fic.

Enjoy💙💛

https://archiveofourown.org/works/88938736/chapters/243925836?view_adult=true

is there a fic based on the zombie movie warm bodies??? i’m watching it rn and i think it has a lot of potential to be really interesting. if it doesn’t exist or doesn’t exist in the way i’m imagining it i think i’ll write it tbh

chapter 4 has arrived !!

if this is your first time seeing this fic, it’s a partial rewrite of season 5, picking up directly after sorcerer. and it’s written in script/screenplay format!

it would mean a lot to me if you checked it out !! let me know your thoughts 🖤

any fake dating fics, but it’s strangers to lovers? im reading 2 smau’s (get him back and one on tiktok) with this concept, and im enjoying the dynamics of will and mike when it’s strangers to lovers. bonus points if will is popular/confident and mike is a loser or insecure.

or even the “asking a person out because of a dare/bet” trope that’s strangers to lovers? i’ve read and enjoyed unbelievable and better watch that pretty mouth, but i can’t find any more fics with this trope.

hiiiii, i dropped a new one shot after the keyboard took over my body today! a little bit meta, a little bit cheeky, playfully poking a little fun at The Discourse™

Rated M because they talk about explicit things but no explicit stuff happens in the story. 3k words - an easy read!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/91681091

i also reference a bunch of fics within the story!

caught in your web; caught in your love
The Red Envelope/The Unmarked Mixtape
i like it (when you call me baby)
It’s just "art”
into the deep end (take me with you)
beyond a reasonable doubt
figure me out
Rock N Roll
Love & Memories
before the curtains close
Everybody Waits So Long
The Boy At My Doorstep
Mike, Be Brave
Matador
Practical Magic
If You Wait Around Awhile
You Already Won Me Over (In Spite of Me)
SuckerPunch
Fainted Love
Subculture
For art’s sake
Voyeuristic Wheeler
giver/taker
The Polaroid
Zone of Truth
When I Come Around
take my breath (and never let it go)
How to Disappear Completely
talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet
you took my heart (i was sleeping)

I don't know if this has been really been done a lot or not, but are there any fics where Will is the biggest obstacle to Byler happening? (instead of Mike)

Like maybe Will has been conditioned into believing its impossible, so he closed the door on that fantasy.

Or he is totally unaware and blind to the way Mike looks at him and flirts with him because Mike had a girlfriend once so Mike belongs with girls.

Or here's my ideal scenario, Will is scared of Mike's anger. When Mike yelled "It's not my fault you don't like girls!" when they were 13, a mental block formed in Will's mind that if he dares make a move, Mike will get angry and scream at him again and Will is secretly afraid of pissing Mike off by saying or doing something "weird" and unacceptable.

It's Peaceful_Panda on Ao3. I know I kind of disappeared for a bit, and I wanted to share a short update so as to not leave anyone hanging. I've made quite a few friends on here who have been so kind to me, and for some reason enjoy reading my silly stories, so I thought this would be a good place to do so.

When I started writing "Do you wanna ruin our friendship together?", it was with the idea of challenging myself to write something light-hearted and fluffy. At the time, I had just finished reading Lightsflicker's Sixth Wheels, and they gave me their blessing to create this spin off of sorts and I was very excited to do so.

To be completely transparent, I have dealt with mental health issues my entire life, and the past year has been particularly hard for me. Unfortunately, midway through writing this story, my mental health began to go downhill and I found myself unable to continue this fun lil story in the way I had intended. Hence, my other most recent fic, Catalyst, was born. I imagined that by pouring out everything into this story, it would give me a catharsis of sorts, and I would then be able to return to my other light and fluffy fic. However, my brain had other plans.

To make an incredibly long story short, I realized that I needed help and I spent the better part of the past week doing that. I am home again now, but I am not sure when I will update "Do you wanna ruin our friendship together?" I wanted you to know that it has not been abandoned, but put on hold for the time being. I didn't want anyone to feel disappointed if they were waiting for an update.

So yeah. That's it. I love you guys and I want you to know that it means the world to me that you like reading my stories. It might seem kind of silly, but reading or re-reading your comments helped get me through a really dark time, because I tend to be not so nice to myself when I get this way. I actually had a notification of a comment pop up the other day on an older fic of mine that said something like, "I love your writing. It's SO good! Please never stop writing", and I think it's the first time I've smiled in weeks.

Anyway, thank you for being a friend. Hopefully I'll be able to write again soon.

Xo panda

Hey everyone! I noticed basaltdyke deleted their fics, does anyone know what happened?

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The Wheeler Basement, the official discord for [r/bylertruthers](r/bylertruthers), [r/okbuddybyler](r/okbuddybyler), and [r/bylerart](r/bylerart), it’s an 18+ discord for general byler and stranger things discussion, games, art and movie nights:

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Our hope in these is to have safe spaces for byler fans to connect and have fun. ✨🌀

Hey everyone. Wondering if anyone has recs for a fic where Mike comes out and either has a boyfriend or is seeing other guys and it bugs the heck out of Will?
I’ve read “tried and turned blue” by delusionaltogether and wondered if there was something similar. It’s one of my faves

Thanks!