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• Maybe When We're Older (We can try again) by Sourpatchkiiddo

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  11 Jan 2026

  Tags

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  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Byler Week (Stranger Things)
  • Boys In Love
  • Boys' Love
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Deserves Love
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
  • Stranger Things 5
  • Post-Canon
  • Canon Related
  • Post-Canon Fix-It
  • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Communicating
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Coming of Age
  • Self-Discovery
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Coming Out
  • Second Chances
  • Childhood Friends
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • Childhood Sweethearts
  • Friends to Lovers

  Summary

  After 6 years of minimal contact with his supposed best friend, Mike Wheeler finds a mysterious yellow envelope in his mail containing a promotional card for an art expo in California. When he discovers that Will Byers is a featured artist, he doesn't hesitate to drop everything--even his ongoing book deal--to make the most of this opportunity to reconnect and rewrite his own misery.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,012

  Chapters:

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