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• Maybe we're lying (Then you better not stay) by TARV64

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  01 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Joyce Byers
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Robin Buckley
  • Murray Bauman
  • Jealousy
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Self-Discovery
  • Post-Ending
  • Lies

  Summary

  Mike loved Eleven, he still does! Just like Will loves his new boyfriend. And that's okay because Will is no longer in love with Michael.

  But then why does everything feel so wrong?
  Why does it hurt so much when they are far away from each other?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,860

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Kudos:

  32

  Bookmarks:

  5

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  686