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• The Mind Knows What The Mouth Wants by PlumBatJuice

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  31 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Vomiting
  • Self-Harm
  • Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Will Byers Has Powers
  • Will Byers Has OCD
  • Will Byers Has BPD | Borderline Personality Disorder
  • Will Byers Has PTSD
  • Will Byers Is Not Okay
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • Protective Mike Wheeler
  • Established Relationship
  • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
  • Functional / Dissociative Seizures
  • Hallucinations
  • Delusions
  • Gore
  • Cannibalism
  • Graphic Description
  • Bugs & Insects
  • Slight Smut
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Depersonalization / Derealization
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Nightmares
  • Scratching
  • Miscommunication
  • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Will Byers-centric

  Summary

  Will hasn't been sleeping well lately. He hasn't been able to for some time now, and Mike doesn't know what to do. And it all started with a drawing of a goldfish.

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