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• When I Was Younger, I Knew a Boy (and a Boy) by glassesmakemesmart

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson & Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
  • James Dante
  • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
  • Protective Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Good Friend Lucas Sinclair
  • Good Friend Dustin Henderson
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicidal Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
  • Cliff Scene | Mike Wheeler Jumps Off the Cliff
  • Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers's Tammy Thompson
  • Will Byers and Mike Wheeler's Season 03 Fight
  • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
  • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
  • Bullying
  • I Will Go Down With This Ship
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • I Can't Believe I Wrote This
  • Title from a Conan Gray Song
  • Canon Compliant
  • Angst
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
  • Mike Wheeler Angst
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler Fight
  • Pre-Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Childhood Friends
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • Childhood Sweethearts
  • Slow Burn
  • Slow Burn Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • miwi
  • Beta Read We're Not Dying Just Because El Did
  • Pre-Relationship

  Summary

  Jumping off a cliff to see Will again. Abandoning trick-or-treating to take care of Will. Biking across town to apologize to Will. Watching Will talk with endless focus.

  Mike Wheeler’s life has always revolved around Will Byers, and everyone knows it.

  OR

  The moment each Party member realizes Mike is in love with Will.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Story

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,317

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  Comments:

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  Bookmarks:

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