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• You Were Always Mine (Just Not Really) by mantistar

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M, F/F, F/M
  • Work in Progress

  02 May 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers/Richie Tozier
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Bill Denbrough/Beverly Marsh
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Robin Buckley
  • Richie Tozier
  • Bill Denbrough
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Beverly Marsh
  • Will Byers Has Powers
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper Lives
  • Wondertwins
  • Gay Richie Tozier
  • Bill Denbrough is a Good Friend
  • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
  • Fake/Pretend Relationship
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Loves Lucas Sinclair
  • i ship ryers ok
  • but i also ship byler
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Will Byers Deserves Love
  • POV Will Byers
  • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Post-Canon
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)

  Summary

  Will Byers has always been in love with Mike Wheeler. After years of friendship, a war against monsters, and powers that never truly went away, they can finally be just two normal boys going off to university.

  But sometimes, things begin to change. New experiences, new people, and an entirely different life in New York lead Will to question what he has always felt and everything he once believed was certain.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,851

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