I tried to rub you out (but you’re in every sketch)
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I tried to rub you out (but you’re in every sketch) by Gobethbeth
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2026
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“Mike, I seriously thought I could stop loving you... I thought you hated me, I—”
Will Byers spent years convinced that his love was a mistake Mike Wheeler would rather forget. Now, trapped under the moonlight in a garden that feels far too small for both of them, the lies Will built to protect himself from Mike's absence are beginning to crumble. Because Mike is back, and this time, he has no intention of losing Will again.Series
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“You were the only thing I didn't want to forget, Mike.”
Mike Wheeler thought that walking away would save Will from his own guilt. He convinced himself that silence was a form of protection. But at Lucas and Max’s wedding, he discovers that the space he left empty has been filled by another—all while Will was keeping his memory alive in the pages of a sketchbook.
This is the story of how Mike Wheeler stopped being a stranger and finally found his way back to the heart of the Party.Series