My top 10 Bravebyers Fics
We all know and love Bravebyers Fics where paladin!mike is transported to Hawkins, so here are my top 10 all time fav fics that i regularly go back to reread
In no particular order:
1. o green world (don't desert me) by petitesainte
Summary:
It’s there, even if the knight is half-turned from him; The jaw, the cheekbones, the lips, the draw of eyebrows, the scar over the nose—all of them, known. Familiar as the back of Will’s hand. His jaw drops. Because staring back at Mike Wheeler, with his chest heaving under what must have been almost a hundred pounds of metal, is… Mike Wheeler.
2. i'm so sick of myself by honeymooney
Summary:
“He really does look like Mike,” Lucas breathes, as he gives Mike’s twin a scan, head to toe.
“Yeah, if Mike were way hotter and a knight?” Max chips in, and Will can vaguely hear Mike muttering again. “He looks so medieval, like he’s from Camelot or some shit.”
“I am Michael,” the knight begins to plead again. He turns his doe eyes back to Will, returning to his side like a diligent guard, even going as far as to reach out and take his hands. “Please, you have to believe me. I would never lie to you. Have I ever broken our oath? Let me prove it.”
Will was a bit preoccupied with gazing into the knight’s eyes, his cheeks flushing under the intense stare and the way his hands were held so gently. Mike had no issues ruining their moment.
3. in another life, you still would've turned my head by tearsofsaudade
Summary
Michael stepped closer to Will, until he was nearly pressed against his side. He looked at him, head tilted down to meet his gaze. His boots made him taller, making the height difference he and Mike shared even more pronounced. Will shivered when he felt a hand press against his lower back. “My choices are yours, my prince. If you would like me to distance myself, I will do so without hesitation. Would you like that?” Will stared, mouth agape. Michael’s eyes were boring into his soul. Mike had never looked at him like that, and it was doing things to him. Slowly, he shook his head. Michael smirked, looking pleased. “Hey,” Mike snapped. “I said back off, okay?” When an alternate version of Mike, a strong, confident knight, appears in Hawkins, the Party attempts to help him get home, and Will attempts to survive his flirting.
4. where i go, will you still follow? By sirmichael (shootsharpest), willthevvise
Summary:
By all accounts, though, this should have worked. William had pored over countless volumes from the royal Library, and, when all other remedies failed, had ventured deeper, darker. Surely there would be some ancient magic strong enough to break Sir Michael from his trance.
A dangerous spell goes awry. Sir Michael vanishes off the face of the earth, and a disgruntled teenager takes his place. Worlds away, Will Byers discovers a wrench has been thrown in his plan to have a great summer.
5. I don't think there is a universe, where I don't love you by dunnowhyimmakingthis
Summary:
Teen for language. When the party is out for a fun "beach day" very vaugely after season 4, but before season 5, strange things happen. Will starts having some sort of vision, and suddenly there's another guy who looks strangely like Mike? Why is he pointing a real life sword at the party?
6. remember me, love (when i am reborn) by eredmes
Summary:
Sir Michael assesses them both. He seems to accept whatever he finds, nodding slowly. “I see. My apologies, it seems I have gotten ahead of myself. For how long have you two been courting, then?”
Someone chokes behind them, and for a second, Mike honestly thinks he’s misheard him. The look on his face is dead serious, though, stoic in a way that makes it very clear he’s not joking.
“What?” he croaks. He looks over at Will, who looks just as caught off guard as he feels.
“You need not be shy,” Michael reassures them, back straightening. “I, too, was hesitant when William and I first began our courtship. I understand.”
When Mike’s doppelgänger shows up dressed like something straight out of one of their D&D campaigns, Mike thinks he ought to be thrilled. There are alternate universes. There are alternate universes with knights and wizards and dragons. And, honestly, Mike probably would be thrilled, under normal circumstances. The guy is just so weird about him and Will.
7. holding on to our little moment (i'll never forget it for as long as I live) by Anonymous
Summary:
"I do not understand. My eyes tell me you are not him, you look like an imitation. But my soul... it tells me otherwise."
Uhm. What?
"What?"
Will's eyes flicked up towards the other Mike again, and he watched as not-Mike's eyebrows were slowly raising up in- surprise? Shock? Will couldn't tell.
Then, without warning, the other Mike dropped down on one knee and took Will's hand. Very, very slowly, he brought Will's hand up to his mouth and kissed it, his lips lingering for far longer on the back of his hand than necessary, and Will was going to pass out.
Then, clearlyderangedandneedstobelockedupinapsychward-Mike looked up at him with a look so soft Will was getting whiplash, because hadn't this guy just pointed a sword at his neck a minute ago?
Or: Paladin Mike stumbles through a portal, right into Will's bedroom in Lenora, and Will is so, so tired.
8.Scary? (My God, you're divine) By dizzydreamer04
Summary:
William the Wise and Sir Michael the Brave have always fought side by side accompanied by Jane. An inter-dimensional drift draws them apart, but it won't stop Michael from searching for him. He is sworn to protect every version of his beloved, an oath that transcends dimensions.
If Mike has a problem with it... well that's not Sir Michael's problem.
9. Enchanted; A Paladin in New York by whitevalley_tears
Summary:
The perfect wedding, the perfect husband, the perfect friends, and the perfect castle. Mike the Brave is about to achieve everything a paladin could wish for in life, until an accident knocks him out of Andalasia and leaves him stranded on a dark New York street.
Finding his Will is his first mission. Learning how to use the shower, petting cars, going on a date, and eating hot dogs will be just side quests.
(The Enchanted byler/bravebyers au that nobody asked for)
This is an Enchanted au, not paladin mike in hawkins, but it's soo good I can't not include it in my top 10
10. The North Star in Every Universe by bbebrbd
Summary:
“My oath is your protection. In this life and in all that will follow. In every universe, at every point in time where your soul finds refuge. I will find you.”
When the boundaries of reality grow thin, a paladin from another world appears in a Hawkins basement. His goal is to find his cleric. But instead, he finds a reflection of his love and his own face – and is faced with a choice that will change the lives of everyone it touches.
