#royal byler au

[kmwilllose]

yayaya I made art based on @souppiemousse Royal Byler au. Yes I pick favorites and chose to mainly draw the definitely alive Mike.

[miwiromantics]

Prince William and his knight in shinning armour

@i-promise-i-am-not-on-drugs

[messrsbyler]

now that the fantasy/royal aus are thriving in the byler tag, the need of a ball scene with prince william byers and his personal guard michael wheeler has reached unimaginable heights

[cannibalismyuri]

perpetuating my young royals byler au agenda . agree or die by my blade.

[sporadicnerdunknown]

Stanger Things fanfic I would love to write (but I won't because I'm too lazy) 3

Modern AU where Will's favoutite fanfiction writer is Mike (but he doesn't know it's Mike) and Mike's favourite fanart artist is Will (but he doesn't know it's Will

Red White and Royal Blue AU with Robin as Alex and Nancy as Henry

Dustin finding out how Lucas and Mike (especially Mike) treated Will in season 3 and being upset/ asking them to apologise

Robin coming out to the Party and El being confused by the idea of being a lesbian (maybe asking things like ''if you can kiss girls, why would anyone kiss a boy'') and then understanding she might be a lesbian

Soulmate AU where you start sharing dreams with your soulmate when you turn 16 : Mike could panic once he realises he's in Will's dream and hide, making Will believe he doesn't have a soulmate ?

[wusyanam3]

i could come up with a royal au for ever ship i like

[gay4byler]

Go read my new fanfic :33 (oneshots) [16+?]

[evil-ontheinside]

Michael turns mid-step at the sound of a new voice, gentle but with a sense of purpose that makes it hard to ignore. When he lays eyes on the person it had come from it feels like Themis decides to blow time in the other direction until it stands still.

It’s like staring at the sun.

[...]

Yes, it’s like staring at the sun, and while staring at the sun for too long makes everyone a little blind, it seems to have the additional effect of making Michael an idiot. An idiot who trips over his own two feet and lands face-first in a puddle of mud. Michael would rather drown himself in the dirty water and save himself the embarrassment than look at the sun ever again.

Life, as usual, doesn’t want to spare his dignity.

“Are you alright?” Michael wants to groan when he hears the genuinely concerned voice and hurried footsteps on the forest floor. 

[...]

Wow. That is a strong pair of arms. 

Michael's face feels like it's on fire.

"You look like you bathed in mud."

I really need to think of a title/tag for this au but yeah

[yesactuallyicanwritessomestories]

Wooo WIP Wednesday!!! This is for the byler Royals AU coming to everyone in the very near future!

[d4jamso]

HEAR ME OUT.

We've seen byler royal au, we've seen byler fantasy au, we've seen byler modern au...

But have we seen byler pirate au...🤨

*scuttles away to ibis paint*

[dynamicccsworld]

Byler Week ideas/prompts, since I can't write or draw. Feel free to use to create your own fanfics or art <3

Some of these have little extra notes :)

Cobalt Blue

Ocean

•Jaws Au.

•Pirate Au.

• H20 Au.

•The Little Mermaid AU.

• Merpeople AU.

• The Wheelers have a Beach Vacation or something.

•Battle of the Beach (Enemies to Lovers)

Will and Mike both want a property on a small beach, with results in wacky shenanigans to convince Hopper (the owner) to give them the property. However, they bite off more than they can chew, and begin to view eachother differently then before.

Liminal Pool

•Backrooms AU.

Blue Hour

•Seamonster AU (Strangers to Lovers)

Will and Mike are investigators investigating a sea monster that comes out during blue hour, and they fall in love in the process.

Chili

Masquerade

•Murder Mystery AU

A murder mystery that takes place at a Masquerade, pretty self explanatory.

•Cinderella Inspired Masquerade AU

Rubies

•Royal AU

Will and Mike used to be childhood friends, but Mike got adopted by Queen Karen. Will is the son of a baker, and Mike is now a prince.

The only thing they have to remember eachother is a shared ruby necklace. (I had no better ideas lol)

Mauve

Butterfly Effect

•Time Travel AU

Will goes back in time to save people who have died in Hawkins, but it has unwanted side effects on the timeline.

•You Wish! AU

Mike wakes up in a world where he and Will never met, which leads to him discovering his feelings for him.

Lavender Fields

•Fae Au

1800s Ball

•Arranged Marriage AU

Gray

Medieval Knights

•Knight x Prince

•D&D AU

•Knight x Mage (Duh)

Growing Old

•Byler Dad AU

•Byler over the years refecting on their relationship

Love Locks

•Mike or Will finds a love lock.

• Lover Locks Movie AU. (I've never watched this movie so I don't know anything about it)

Forest Green

Hiking

•Will and Mike meet after getting lost on a hiking trail.

Spring Break

• The Party plans to get Mike and Will together over the course of spring break.

Cottage Core

•Disney AU

• Royalty AU, Again.

Prince Mike flees his castle after getting in a fight with his father, and he gets lost. After getting lost he discovers a strange cottage in the woods.

Gold

Birthday Party

•Birthday Gate

•Birthday Au

Mike or Will freaking out about the others birthday.

Sunset

•Magic AU

Something magical happens during a sunset, you can decide what it is. C:

Picnic

•Established Relationship AU

Just a fluffy fic where they have a picnic :)

Rose Gold

Champagne

•Drunk Byler

Mike or Will confess while drunk.

Engagement Rings

•Accidental Engagement

Byler accidentally gets engaged while drunk.

•Proposing

Will or Mike freaking about how to propose.

That's all the ideas I have! If you use any you don't need to credit ^^

(Byler week belongs to @bylerweek2025)

[miwiromantics]

Someone please write a prince!will and knight!mike fanfic because I don’t think I can do it by myself

[sparks-olivarpente]

the Stranger Fics

(byler fics with unexpected powers or twists)

Turns out a lot of my favorite fics enter this category. Feel free to reblog and add fics you love :)

In the Eye of a Hurricane (It's You and Me) by Julia_Skysong "Jonathan, why…why am I with dad on the security tape????" Lonnie Byers is a royal piece of shit. Will finds out he has powers and understandably has a meltdown about it, and Mike helps him through it.

over a bridge of time by @sevensided Hawkins isn't the same without Will. So Mike goes to visit him in Chicago. Then strange things happen… Second part of the awesome serie THE DARK MIRROR and of course you should read the whole thing :)

I know the end by @cosmobrain00 The worst-case scenario has happened. … and that's all the summary you'll get from me! an ongoing serie that keeps getting better and better (or worse and worse, depending on the point of view). Tags: #Mind Manipulation #Will has powers

them’s the breaks by emelinelou Three years after moving to California, one Will Byers shows up - read: dimension-teleports or something - back in Hawkins. In the corner of Mike's bedroom. In the middle of the night. Turns out this is a bad thing, namely for Mike and Mike's sanity.

captured ghosts by etchedstars ghosts from will's past come back to haunt this. literally or metaphorically is up to audience interpretation. Some favorite tags: #plot relevant cuddles #will gets to be sarcastic #he also commits crime

Come Hell, High Water by naiesu “It’s been months, Mike,” Lucas says, staring at Mike, hard. Mike can’t remember a time he didn’t look at him that way. “Will is a cold case. You need to accept that.” The dream-like parts are amazingly written &lt;3

yesterFriday by nbfutureboy (@futureboy-ao3) Will Byers wakes up as usual one Friday morning - he worries about his family, his History test, and telling the people he loves that he doesn’t Like Girls in that way. Then he does it again. [Groundhog Day AU where Will gets stuck in a time loop.]

a strange education (reach out and touch me) by Total_Serene (@total-serene560) 16 year old Mike Wheeler wakes up in the middle of a highway in Indiana. He can't remember what happened, but he knows three things: He was going somewhere, it was supposed to be night, and he had taken Nancy's car. The mystery in this one…!!!

The Basement by olliecoddle (@souverian-are-we) Will and Mike spend their days in a little run-down house in the Upper Peninsula with dated furniture and peeling wallpaper, two sinking recliners next to each other. But there is a beast in the basement.

A Stranger Things Ghost Story by Junigatsu84 It is the Summer of 1983, before all the horrors that befall Hawkins. The boys are looking for their own mystery to solve and find a haunted house. It’s a shame Will is the only one to see it.

Back to the Future (with Mike Wheeler) by Nymphadoragreenleaf On a list of the top five most unexpected things to happen to Mike Wheeler, traveling 10 years into the future has got to take the top spot. The half-naked man claiming to be his best friend might be number two. Alternatively known as, Mike Wheeler tries to survive a week in the 90's and figures a couple of things out along the way.

You are the Heart by TouchTheSky A fever-dream, mucho-feels, super long, semi-fix-it, version of Season 5. i feel like i know you (but we never met) by @andiwriteordie “Who?” Mike’s voice breaks again, and Joyce chokes back a sob. “Joyce, who… who was he?” Or: The one in which Will Byers doesn't exist… At least not anymore.

with all my heart by mogiah (@morganee) what happens when Birthdaygate and Lettergate meet. or another one in which Will doesn't exist anymore

i've come home, i'm so cold by astrobi (@astrobei) Will's trying his hardest to make it through fall semester in one piece. Unfortunately for his degree, he's being haunted by maybe-feelings for his best friend (metaphorically), and also a maybe-ghost with rather abysmal fashion sense (literally). The fic that made me decide to spend the rest of my life that year reading fics

Blackout by Tea_For_One_Please as if their senior year of high school wasn't complicated enough, the Party find themselves investigating an accidental death, believing it to be connected to a similar event nearly two decades earlier. Just normal teenager stuff, right? This one hasn't been updated for a while but I remember enjoying the plot and mystery a lot

baby, we’re perfect by bookinit (@bookinit02) Senior year in Hawkins. Will and Mike figure some things out. I'm not allowed to say anything else about this fic. To quote the author: "brace yourselves. sorry in advance."

you were bigger than the whole sky by delusionaltogether (@parkitaco) Mike breathes out sharply, sinking to his knees in front of Will without conscious thought. Every bone in his body is turning to jelly, because Will is here, but he's also- not. on march 29th, 1986, will byers vanishes for a second time. 366 days later, he reappears.

This is where it starts by cottonscent While the rest of the party moved on and forgot once the gate closed Will kept exploring, and the connection he formed to the other dimension it actually a lot more complex than what they originally thought.

[cannibalismyuri]

babe wake up sara finally posted about the young royals au again

[willow-lark]

lark's recently-read byler fic recs

thought people could use some uplifting 💕🫶 please remember to hype up your favorite fics and art and other creative work & remember there's always something new to enjoy!! browse the tag or ao3 page & give someone's work a some love!! xoxo

If Time Runs Out by @rainypebble07 (T, ongoing, 14k+) - BYLER PIRATE AU!!! 🏴‍☠️ i literally just discovered this one today and i'm actually obsessed. i have never seen any other pirate aus (🤨) n i just wanna say u guys are missing out on the concept and on this fic bc i'm so invested. i'm so excited to see where this fic goes. royal mike x pirate mike is SO GOOD.

how to get your crush to believe you love him: a guide by mike wheeler by @newlesbianprideflag (T, 3/4, 11k+) - mike goes across the country to visit will at college in an attempt to confess his feelings to him. will, who has a boyfriend already and would like to think himself very over mike, thank you, is not impressed. this one deconstructs a lot of popular/fanon tropes and is really great so far!!

california show your teeth by @fireflywitch (T, 8/19, 63k+) - ok this one mayyybe only has background byler but i'm reccing it anyway bc it's one of my FAVORITE regularly updating fics maybe EVER. in early 1985, chief hopper and his average, normal family move from lenora hills, california to hawkins, indiana--the latter of which has had multiple tragedies over the past few years, to which the new chief's family may or may not be linked. LIKE WHATTTT 👀 go read it RN. masterpiece

All Good Dogs by @hellfiremike (T, 1/1, 3.8k) - this one actually made me cry. featuring: an EXCELLENT character study of will byers, a heartfelt examination of canon and what comes after, and chester the dog getting the attention he deserves and never got in canon 😭

kiss me (try to fix it) by birthofv3nus (T, 1/1, 4k) - will has kissed every member of the party except for mike, who is, understandably, taking this news *SO* well and is not jealous about it at *ALL.* but maybe his situation is not quite as dire as he believes it to be....ugh this one was such a fun read, and you know i loveee party dynamics!!

drank my poison all alone by silverluminoqity (T, 1/1, 4k) - mike is going through it, and, though vecna seems to have been vanquished, maybe he's not so completely gone as everyone thinks.... this is an excellent exploration of both mike's guilt as well as his evolution as a character, and how he views himself. super in-character and super good!!

high tide came and brought you in (and i could go on and on) by silverluminoqity (T, 1/1, 8k) - MOTEL FIC MOTEL FIC MOTEL FIC 🥳 or, mike and will have yet another heart to heart, and some things are revealed. this fic is just so completely heartfelt and UGH i was MELTING the ENTIRE TIME, holy SHIT. probably in my top 3 motel fics EVER tbh.

Chasing Heartlines by @cherryisgone (T, 1/2, 6k+) - i was so excited to read the first chapter of the sequel to maybe one of the best byler fantasy aus ever!! knight mike pining after prince will is something that can actually be so personal to me. i love a good mike-won't-shut-up-about-will fic. the attention to detail in this fic is actually INSANE.

[wusyanam3]

i write plots for fics more than actual fics.. for example

that counts up to nine, and there is more in one big doc thats really old but these are most recent, some of these are over 500 words of just early stage planning which doesnt sound like a lot but i promise, it is