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   you can take control (of how my heart bleeds) by catr4t

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   16 Jan 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • The whole party shows up in this fic at least once I think
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Slow Burn
   • or at least for now
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • yes this includes eddie
   • Developing Relationship
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • they love each other so much its stupid
   • Art Major Will Byers
   • English major mike wheeler
   • Light Angst
   • I went down with the ship
   • Eventual Relationships
   • some implied steddie
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Basically rewriting mike here
   • both will and mike smoke its the 80s dont be shocked
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • they are adults they just aren't 21
   • okay i low key wrote way more smoking scenes than i thought I would
   • byler likes their cigs ig
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Not Beta Read
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • Top Mike Wheeler
   • Eventual Smut
   • smut is in its own chapters so it can be skipped

   Summary

   “I’m just worried. What if it's just like California and I end up back here again?” Will’s eyebrows knit together with anxiety.
   “It won't be like Califorina. I’ll be there with you,” Mike says, putting a hand on Will’s knee. Will’s breath hitches just a little before his face relaxes. Maybe it really will be okay.
   OR
   Will Byers and Mike Wheelers freshman year of college.

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   English

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   Chapters:

   6/?

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   Bookmarked by Stormy_seas23

   03 Jan 2026