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   i hate poetry (but not when you read it to me) by chaotycznosc

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Max Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Chrissy Cunningham
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Falls First But Will Byers Falls Harder
   • Poet Mike Wheeler
   • Tutor Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Bookworm
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Unreliable Narrator Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Deserves Love
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is a Sweetheart
   • Will Byers is a Little Shit
   • Will Byers is a Soccer Player
   • Will Byers is a Mess
   • Will Byers is a Popular Kid
   • Will Byers Has No Idea What He Wants
   • Will Byers Sends Mixed Signals
   • Will Byers is Bad at Feelings
   • Will Byers is a Tease
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Idiots in Love
   • Slow Burn
   • Author is a Mike Wheeler Apologist
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
   • Dead Poets Society References
   • Will Byers Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Touch-Starved
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • High School
   • Senior year
   • References to The Notebook (2004)
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Communicating
   • First Love
   • First Kiss
   • They Are Super Messy

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler is a poet — in every possible sense of this word.
   Will Byers hates English.

   But he still has to somehow pass it.
   Mike is happy to help, but Will turns out to be nothing like his romantic novels.

   Or: Mike signs up for a tutoring program in his high school to get some extra credit. What a surprise it is when he gets to tutor a boy he’s had a crush on since freshman year.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   257,425

   Chapters:

   25/25

   Comments:

   555

   Kudos:

   1,230

   Bookmarks:

   211

   Hits:

   33,869

   Bookmarked by 4verx

   11 Jul 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   I've never been able to read a fanfic this ling bc i get bored to easily but when I tell you this story had me HOOKED istg. It's perfect. The perfect mix of angst and fluff and everything else. I adore loser mike with my whole entire heart and this fanfic brought me to tears more time then I want to admit lmao but please if your thinking about reading this, do it. It's SO good I genuinely have no words ro describe it. Thanky ou for writting this holy shit I'm never going to get over this