we thought this place was haunted

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• we thought this place was haunted (it was just us) by secretxgardensinmyxmind

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  15 May 2026

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  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Lily Wheeler (Original Character)
  • Nate Wheeler (Original Character)
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Alternate Universe
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Grief
  • Past Trauma
  • byler
  • Single Dad Mike Wheeler
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Slow Burn
  • Healing
  • Second Chances
  • Falling In Love
  • Past Character Death
  • Past Abuse
  • Soft Byler
  • Mutual Pining
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • I need a hug after writing this
  • Murder Rumors
  • Secrets
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Physical Abuse
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Live-in cook Will Byers
  • Forced Proximity
  • Panic Attacks
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Suicide Attempt

  Summary

  Two years after his husband’s death, Mike Wheeler lives quietly in a cliffside mansion with his eight year old daughter and more ghosts than he knows what to do with. He doesn’t talk about the past.

  Will Byers isn’t looking for love when he takes the live-in cook job at Rosecliff Manor. He's just trying to start over in a new town, with a new job and with the walls carefully built around his heart.

  Living under the same roof wasn’t supposed to mean anything.

  But grief recognizes grief.

  And sometimes healing looks a lot like falling in love.

  Series

  • Part 1 of we thought this place was haunted

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