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It’s a slowburn story steeped in quiet tension and yearning. Mike is a football player, admired and expected to fit perfectly into a role he never chose, while Will lives on the edges, observant and deeply emotional. Over time, their friendship becomes something heavier. Lingering glances, conversations that mean more than they say, moments that feel almost too intimate to survive being named. Both of them believe loving each other is wrong, shaped by fear, expectations, and the world around them, so they keep their feelings locked away. The story focuses on restraint, internal conflict, and the ache of wanting something that feels forbidden, even as their bond grows impossible to ignore.
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Alternate Stranger Things universe taking place in 1989 when everyone is in their Senior year of high school. Will has not met Mike yet. Mike Wheeler is a football player and Will Byers is a lonely kid trying to figure out who he is. This fic mainly focuses on Byler and is a slow burn friends to lovers story.
Fic name from song “Is It A Sin?” by Al Hazan