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   dear will, (and all the things I'm too much of a coward to say) by Aloyx

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   01 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Steve Harrington
   • Slow Burn
   • Letters
   • Love Letters
   • Forced Proximity
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Post-Season/Series 05 Finale
   • Season/Series 05
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Childhood Friends
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Rain
   • Love Confessions
   • Falling In Love
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • Camping
   • Walks In The Woods
   • Forests
   • Cabins
   • Being Lost
   • Diary/Journal
   • Summer Vacation
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Feelings Realization
   • Pre-college
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Sexuality Crisis
   • Angst
   • Mutual Pining
   • Lettergate
   • slowburn but really because mike is clueless
   • like really clueless it's almost annoying
   • that's why it's almost canon
   • Mystery
   • Drunkenness

   Summary

   Summer of 1989. Before the group splits up for college, they plan one final camping trip in the woods.

   Trapped in a tent with Will, Mike is writing an apology letter that gradually turns into a heartfelt confession as he comes to terms with his true feelings. He has one week to find the right words, or he'll lose the love of his life forever.

   Or: after s5, Mike Wheeler writes a love confession he’s absolutely not ready for.

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   English

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   Chapters:

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   Bookmarked by therealpuffler

   19 Mar 2026