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   When the Church Bell Tolls by fleck3r

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Religion
   • Biblical Themes (Abrahamic Religions)
   • Religious Cults
   • there's a secret in the church
   • Violence
   • Sacrifice
   • Thriller
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Kind Of
   • Lust
   • greed - Freeform
   • Daggers
   • Small Towns
   • Supernatural Elements
   • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
   • Southern Gothic
   • Demons
   • Forbidden Love
   • Secret Relationship
   • Churches & Cathedrals
   • graveyard
   • Mild Smut
   • don't drink the kool-aid
   • Music
   • Mike Wheeler Has Religious Trauma
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   In the small town of Hawkins, there's something sinister hiding beneath the hardwood of the church. Will and his friends find themselves tangled into the mess. Somehow, Will keeps finding Mike Wheeler at the center of it all.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   36,349

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

   98

   Kudos:

   118

   Bookmarks:

   41

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   26 Mar 2026