Best Short Lumax Fanfics
Lumax novellas — 10k–50k words, perfect for a weekend. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 6 Short Lumax Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Lumax fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
While You Were Sleeping
by bylerstatic
"Will is alive and feels better because you exist, Mike." ✩✩ Eighteen months after Vecna is finally gone, Hawkins is supposed to be safe, but Will is still trapped in his own head. He has insomnia, and he ends up getting addicted to sleeping pills again just to get some rest. Mike decides he is abso
Distance & Desire (D&D)
by blairbyler
In the summer after their graduation, Mike and Will move into a tiny apartment above Hawkins Video Store to prepare for sharing a dorm room at NYU in the fall. What starts as an attempt to adjust to college life quickly becomes something more dangerous: months of unbearable proximity, possessiveness
OH BABY!?
by Upsidebyler
The war is over. Vecna is dead. Hawkins is finally quiet. The Party is planning college, apartments in New York, and the future they fought so hard to have. For the first time in years, everything feels... normal. Then Will receives a phone call from his mother. One letter. One drunken mistake from
The price of your happiness.
by willbowlcut
Will Byers knows exactly how much happiness costs, because he can rarely afford it; Mike Wheeler's kindness always leaves people wanting more from him than he could give. One exhausting day, one troubled heart, and one unusual offer are all it takes for a cold October night after everything that cou
to live for the hope of it all
by star_bywolf
It's been years since Mike and Will last talked. During their time apart in high school, Mike realized two things. One, he was gay. Two, he was obsessed with Will. Things were changing, they were growing and maturing. Will they find their way back together, or will some distance break them apart? Wi
Is it my fault you don't like girls? (You know it is)
by sti11wish4u
Summer of 1987.The Wheeler family rents a house in the mountains for two weeks. In this time, Mike and Will realize they have lots of things to talk about.
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Why Read Short Lumax Fics?
Novella-length Lumax fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 6short Lumax fanfics spans 105,106 total words. Kudos range from 6 on the newest entries to 64 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (4 of 6 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers · Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting.
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