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   a pity she does not exist by wolfecoded

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   29 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Character Study
   • Relationship Study
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • all his worst traits are exemplified in this
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Song: Andrew in Drag (The Magnetic Fields)
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Underage Drinking
   • Cheating
   • Angry Kissing
   • Making Out
   • Unhappy Ending
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • maybe a Pinch of comfort
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Angst
   • period typical attitudes towards gender
   • Crossdressing
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Deserves Better
   • Mildly Dubious Consent

   Summary

   It's not that Mike wants Will to be a girl, but if he were, their lives would be so much easier.

   (Or; during a game of truth or dare, Will ends up in El's clothing. Mike can't help but notice how similar they are.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,762

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   335

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   Bookmarked by gayle30

   11 May 2026

2. Public Bookmark 10

   you're my baby (say it to me) by mindflayered

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   02 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Dialogue-Only
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Angst with a Sad Ending
   • Depressed Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Never Moves On
   • Loneliness
   • References to Depression
   • Song: Cry (Cigarettes After Sex)
   • Song: I Don't Smoke (Mitski)
   • Song: I Bet on Losing Dogs (Mitski)
   • Song: come (Adrianne Lenker)
   • Song: Vampire Empire (Big Thief)

   Summary

   “Pick up, pick up, pick u—”

   “Will Byers speaking. Who’s this?”

   “...Will.”

   “...”

   “Will? Are you—”

   “Mike?”

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,739

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   18

   Kudos:

   63

   Bookmarks:

   10

   Hits:

   474

   Bookmarked by gayle30

   13 Apr 2026