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   I want to breathe in the open wind (I want to kiss like lovers do) by Nehm

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   06 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Kali Prasad
   • Dr Sam Owens
   • Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer
   • Omegaverse
   • Alpha Mike Wheeler
   • Alpha Lucas Sinclair
   • Beta Dustin Henderson
   • Eventual Omega Will Byers
   • Omega Will Byers
   • Slow Burn
   • Slower beginning but when things happen it's Lava
   • Smut after they're both 18
   • Eventual Graphic Smut
   • Mpreg | Male Pregnancy
   • Mating
   • Angst and Romance
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Possessive Mike Wheeler
   • territorial Mike wheeler
   • Coming of Age
   • Exploration of A/B/O dynamics and their impact in one's life
   • Destiny vs choice
   • Eventual possessive Will Byers
   • Intense
   • Unresolved Sexual Tension
   • POV Will Byers
   • Canon Compliant
   • Pack Dynamics
   • Recessive Alpha El
   • Dominant Omega Max
   • Season 5 complete rewrite in ch4
   • Gothic Heroine Will
   • Possessed Will Byers
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • fake out death
   • Plot Twist
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • magical butthole AND intersex
   • SA allegory
   • Lawless byler
   • plot heavy chapters 4 and 16
   • fic within a fic in ch4 and 16
   • BAMF Will Byers
   • mild gore in ch16
   • Mike gets Vecna'ed but also not really
   • Intersexuality

   Summary

   The day that Mike Wheeler presented as a prime alpha was also the day that everything changed for him and Will.

   OR

   Will and Mike make a promise to each other to never abandon each other no matter who they present as and what happens. But when Mike presents as an alpha, he apparently does everything in his power to go against that promise.

   Everyone says it's for Will's protection. Mostly Mike.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   375,438

   Chapters:

   19/19

   Comments:

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   Bookmarked by Violette_Sarah

   14 Feb 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Wow.