Clouds & Shadows

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• Are There Clouds in California by EmilyWallas

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  09 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • others mentioned - Character
  • Epistolary
  • Lettergate
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
  • like you guys don't understand how down bad he is
  • Mike Wheeler is Obsessed with Will Byers
  • Mike works through some shit
  • miwi
  • there's some references
  • anniversary effect
  • sad gay pining
  • except he thinks it's friendship
  • Mike misses Will
  • Mike Wheeler attempts to express himself
  • partly successful except for the fact that he doesn't actually manage to send the letters
  • RIP
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Ted Wheeler kind of sucks in this
  • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler Bonding
  • Mike Wheeler & Holly Wheeler - Freeform
  • (all off screen technically)
  • Angst
  • Character Study
  • Pining
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Sexuality Crisis
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Eddie Munson
  • (not really relevant but still true)
  • is it a sad ending if it's just canon compliant?
  • Post-Season/Series 03
  • pre-epic fail spring break trip flop
  • the real reason behind the airport scene

  Summary

  All the letters Mike never sent between July 1985 and March 1986

  Series

  • Part 1 of Clouds & Shadows

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,069

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  17

  Kudos:

  68

  Bookmarks:

  9

  Hits:

  471

• Shadows Into Light by EmilyWallas

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  13 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Lettergate
  • Will finds Mike's unsent letters
  • Post-Season/Series 04
  • Fluff
  • Love Confessions
  • Friendship/Love
  • POV Will Byers
  • Will Byers Deserves Love
  • Oblivious Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Idiots in Love
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • mostly just fluff though
  • Will "I kiss to win arguments" Byers
  • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
  • Miscommunication
  • But they get better
  • Fix-It

  Summary

  Will finds all of Mike’s unsent letters between July 1985 and March 1986

  Series

  • Part 2 of Clouds & Shadows

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,708

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  9

  Kudos:

  141

  Bookmarks:

  18

  Hits:

  745