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   it will always be you. by peachluv

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   20 Mar 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Post Season 4
   • Canon Compliant
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler has actual thoughts
   • Platonic Mileven
   • Mike and El are besties sry
   • no beta we die like Mike’s fish
   • Mike-Centric
   • Requited Unrequited Love
   • it's requited Mike's just stupid
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • only vague mentions of Vecna
   • Miscommunication
   • Panic Attacks
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler is a Good Brother
   • Nancy Wheeler is a Good Sister
   • small time skip
   • Misunderstandings
   • Halloween

   Summary

   Love is a fickle thing.

   At least, that’s what Mike’s dad had always told him. So Mike assumes his love for his best friend will fade away and disappear into the deep recesses of his mind until he ultimately forgets it ever existed. Except it doesn’t, and it won’t.

   Love is a fickle thing.

   Just not for Mike.

   or

   After a thoughtful talk and subsequent breakup with El, Mike has to renavigate his friendship with Will and the overwhelming feelings that come with it.

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