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   before the curtains close by athousandcas

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   11 Apr 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Robin Buckley
   • Carlton - Character
   • Fucking Carlton
   • always at the scene of the crime
   • Post-Canon
   • Smut
   • smut for emotional purposes
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Lawless byler
   • Voyeurism
   • Inappropriate use of paint
   • Masturbation
   • A Lot Of Masturbation
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Gay Panic
   • mike wheeler spirals in typical mike wheeler fashion
   • Miscommunication
   • Anal Fingering
   • Anal Sex
   • Hand Jobs
   • Blow Jobs
   • Exhibitionism
   • Cum Eating
   • Humor
   • Drunk Mike Wheeler
   • Drunk Will Byers
   • I'll add more tags as i go
   • Practice Kissing
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Carlton is there
   • but more like a plot device than anything
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Smut
   • But really..mike and will are vers in my head
   • Dry Humping
   • Drug Use
   • Rimming
   • Deepthroating
   • Face-Fucking
   • Top Will Byers
   • Bottom Mike Wheeler
   • Anxiety
   • Panic Attacks
   • Switching
   • Sexual Overstimulation
   • Angst
   • MOSTLY fluff but had to include some angst
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • emphasis on the switching tag
   • Dubious Consent
   • Really Mike is just in denial and they both had lower inhibitions
   • Top/Bottom Versatile Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Top/Bottom Versatile Mike Wheeler
   • Top/Bottom Versatile Will Byers

   Summary

   The summer before college, Mike and Will move into a tiny studio together, ready to start their next chapter — only to discover their across-the-street neighbor has a very public, very active sex life. Their weekly “observations for research purposes” are all jokes and commentary…until one night the neighbor brings home a man, and something in Mike shifts. Suddenly the bit isn’t so funny, the spiral is very real, the lines start to get a little too blurry, and the curiosity feels a bit too personal.

   Unfortunately for Mike, the only thing more distracting than the view outside is his childhood best friend living three feet away.

   Series

   • Part 1 of before the curtains close

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   English

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   11 Jul 2026