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• i want you (but the mirror won't let me) by chaoticangel72

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

  15 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler is Not Okay
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Anorexic Mike Wheeler
  • Body Image
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
  • Self-Hatred
  • Self-Worth Issues
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • eventually
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
  • It's all Ted's fault
  • Bad Parent Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Good Friend Will Byers
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Title From a sombr Song

  Summary

  He stopped and stood frozen with the rain pouring onto him, water mixing with tears and blurring his vision. He looked down and suddenly he was twelve years old, jumping off because Will was dead and it was his fault, his fault for letting him ride home by himself and not offering to have him stay the night. His fault because Will was the only reason Mike was alive. But now it was not enough. Will could not love him, could not see that Mike was doing this badly, could not save him this time. Mike stood in the rain and sobbed because there was no reason for him to live anymore.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  642

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  5

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  22

• you’re in my dreams (and i can’t get you out) by chaoticangel72

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  13 Aug 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Oneshot
  • Sad Ending
  • Song: ceilings (Lizzy McAlpine)
  • It Gets Worse
  • Sharing a Bed
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • POV Will Byers
  • How Do I Tag
  • Established Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • but only in a dream - Freeform
  • uhh
  • Inspired by a Lizzy McAlpine Song
  • Doomed Relationship
  • No Smut
  • I'm Bad at Tagging
  • And titles
  • and summaries
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Boys Kissing
  • don’t trust the happiness it’s trying to lure you into a false sense of security
  • El Lives
  • Tags Are Hard
  • author is incapable of writing a happy ending
  • perhaps that is because i am sad and anxious all the time
  • Joyce works nights apparently
  • I Tried
  • ted wheeler sucks
  • i HoPe YoU'rE eNjOyiNg YoUr ChiCkEn TeD
  • Shut Up Kiss
  • My First AO3 Post
  • This Is Not Going to Go the Way You Think
  • Tags May Change

  Summary

  Will knows that Mike will never love him back. It's kind of hard to get over somebody when you keep having dreams about them, though. Will is only making things harder for himself.

  this is a very short oneshot that i wrote at midnight sponsored by sleep deprivation and self-hatred, hope you enjoy! it might be bad, but if you read it THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS MEANS TO ME I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER.

  Series

  • Part 1 of lovely to be sitting here with you

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,434

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  1

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  57