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The fact that gay people are told to only expect “realistic” love stories so therefore Byler has "no chance," meanwhile heterosexuals get their outlandish romantic Russian-prison-double-jailbreak fantasy:

The straights get their near-death moments, their triumphs, their orchestral musical swells, their kisses as the curtains close.

They already dominate, in the real world AND even in our FANTASY STORIES.

We deserve happy endings, too.

-teambyler

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stranger things will have you waiting like a soldier yearning for the war to end but it never ever does and peace never comes

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The Key of His Secret

This story is right after the omori stab ending and a prequel to the lost friends AU. Be sure to read the notes above.

English translations helped by @sixpossumsinatrenchcoat. Thank you so much!

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Could you do Lettergate recs please

your wish is my (pretty late, sorry about that) command!

Lettergate fics

If you don’t know what Lettergate is, it’s a theory that says that Mike wrote letters to Will while he was in Lenora, signed “Love, Mike” but never actually sent them.

A Vow (We’ll Both Uphold Somehow?)

by cloudyskye1529

“I could - show you…if you want.” What the fuck. Will guesses the shock must be obvious enough on his face that Mike feels he has to explain himself. “So, you know, like - when you find someone you actually want to kiss, you'll know what it's like and you won't have to be as scared.” Mike’s eyes are frantic again and he’s slowly retracting the hand anchoring Will to the bed. With panic coursing through his body, desperate not to screw his chance up, he catches Mike’s retreating hand with his own. Mike stares at their interlaced fingers, his eyebrows disappearing behind his bangs in shock. ”I-,” Will gets cut off. Mike was never really the patient one. “You can just pretend I’m a girl, if you want.” His voice comes out strangled, nervous.

OR: Mike kisses Will, Will kisses Mike, and they don't talk about it. Queue a secret situationship and pointless fighting.

9k words

1/1 chapters

Note: honestly I was not expecting to enjoy a byler situationship fic so much but this one 100% changed my mind, also love how this is technically all Robin’s fault

It’s Our Time Now Down Here

by LadyLillyGray

What if Mike had a letter for Will in his shirt pocket the entire time he was in California? And what if he let Will read it when they were back in Hawkins?

2k words

1/1 chapters

Note: this as short as it is well written. really. if you have 10 minutes give it a read

Love, Mike

by hayloftt

Love, Mike. Love. Love. Love. Love. Will’s head felt like it was spinning just by reading that letter. Mike missed him. Like crazy. And LOVE. Love, Mike. He signed it ‘Love, Mike’...

2k words

1/1 chapters

Note: another short fic (something tells me there will be a lot of them). I love how in this one you can feel Mike’s love for writing and literature in general

Cognitive Dissonance

by Ace3xp

He knows what this means. Has known what it means for a while now, if he’s finally honest with himself. Ever since that early autumn day where the rug was pulled out from under him, again, and he lost Will, again.

512 words

1/1 chapters

Note: this is a private work, so you need an AO3 account. probably the shortest fic I have ever read, but for some reason the shortest ones are also the best most well written stories ever. it’s like the L rule. if something is short on something it has to compensate with something else.

i’m looking inward, i’m lashing out ‘cause i’m so sad

by Particle_man_particle_man

“He watched Will read through each ‘I miss you’ and ‘everything feels wrong without you’ and even an occasional ‘I love you’ from when Mike couldn’t keep it in anymore. Mike couldn’t read his expression when his eyes fell on the Love, Mike written at the bottom of every letter.”

OR: Mike finds out the truth about some things and it fuels him to tell Will the truth about him.

2k words

1/1 chapters

Note: this fic has pretty much everything I want in s5. Mileven breakup, “painting? what painting?”, byler movie date, them being so freaking oblivious… also this is another private work

Swooping, Sloping, Cursive Letters

by love_kurdt

Mike's letters to Will. All twenty-six of them, plus the fourteen others he wrote after August 1989.

21k words

40/40 chapters

Note: consider this fic a little extra since it’s not technically a lettergate fic, because the letters Mike wrote weren’t written when Will was in Lenora, but later. Also this is the third part of a serie (that I do 100% reccomend if you like angst and aged up byler), and even if the author says that you can’t read this one if you haven’t read the first part of the serie (This Is Me Trying), I didn’t listen and read it anyway, with that being said, I don’t think that it’s necessary reading it, because you’ll still understand what’s going on. Also, this one gets really angsty. TW for mentioned rape

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if a bunch of twelve year olds can hide the fact that they fight inter dimensional monsters with a girl who has super powers on a yearly basis then im pretty sure one of them can hide their homosexuality

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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" well mike wheeler asked will byers if he wanted to be his friend and will said yes and that was the best thing mike's ever done

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went to endgameville and everybody knew byler.

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LMAO

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When you read a Jealous Mike Byler fic and Will's boyfriend is called Theo

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not going to lie nothing the duffers come up with can ever top some of the stuff i’ve read on ao3 so i’ve already won

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in america, where stranger things is produced, there is a rise of facism and conservatism as a result of perceived economic instability and the current administration. now more than ever, does queer representation matter the most. byler would literally shake the world, especially in usa. it’s basically a huge FU to the people worried about something different.

the main themes of stranger things are the power of love, overcoming forced conformity, and defying expectations. it would be so disappointing for stranger things to comply with the homophobic status quo and tear apart the impact that byler could have.

(not to mention how, as an american, i’ve felt so much disappointment since the election. we really need a win)

BYLER COULD BE OUR WIN!!! SOMETHING TO SAY FUCK FACISM AND FORCED CONFORMITY

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claiming here that I've always liked mike wheeler since the beggining of stranger things I'M AN OG FAN OF HIM, i was with him through his ups and downs, I'm never leaving his side like, that's my babygirl

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hi can we talk about how michael wheeler walked off a cliff when he was like twelve with minimal hesitation and the subject matter was literally never mentioned again

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me walking in public on new years day now that everyone loves mike wheeler and suddenly either acts like they never hated byler or acts like no one ever tried to tell them about it

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CLAIM IT BEFORE GA TAKES IT FROM YOU

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IN DESPERATE NEED OF FANFIC RECS WHERE MIKE SUDDENLY REMEMBERS THAT EVERYONE FORGOT ABOUT WILLS BIRTHDAY 💔 PLEASE IM BEGGING