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   touch like velvet by ciders

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, M/M
   • Complete Work

   25 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Physical Abuse
   • mixtapes as a love language
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Coffee Shops
   • Slow Burn
   • Self-Acceptance
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Coming of Age
   • finally completed!!!!
   • currently editing / refining

   Summary

   It was easy for Will Byers to fall in love with Mike Wheeler.

   The trouble came when he had to pretend it wasn't real.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   190,358

   Chapters:

   26/26

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   Bookmarked by milzzi0

   25 Jun 2025