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• I Only Use My Heart & My Imagination by fairyy_lights

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

  13 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Lenora Hills (Stranger Things)
  • California
  • Will and Jane are the new kids
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper Goes by Jane
  • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
  • Meet-Cute
  • Madwheeler (platonic)
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Coming Out
  • Falling In Love
  • Max and Mike work at a roller rink
  • Henderhop
  • Angst
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Happy Ending
  • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper Are Twins
  • Wondertwins
  • Rink-O-Mania (Stranger Things)
  • Seniors in Highschool 1988-89
  • Love at First Sight
  • Crush at First Sight
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Cliche
  • Occasional POV Switch
  • NO AI!!

  Summary

  New Houses, new schools, new experiences. Will and Jane are new to Lenora Hills, California, and it couldn't be more different than the small town in Indiana where they grew up. With only one year left of high school, Will just wants to stay in the background and make it to college. (Un)fortunately for him, he meets a boy. (Title from "Kids" by Current Joys)
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  80's California Byler!!!

  Language:

  English

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