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• The Dark is Always Safe for Secrets by twirl0tus

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  23 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Will Byers
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
  • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Will Byers Has a Crush on Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
  • Out of the Closet Will Byers
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler in Love
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Confident Will Byers
  • will byers is artsy
  • Childhood Friends
  • Summer Vacation
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Fluff
  • Angst
  • byler
  • Happy Ending
  • Forced Proximity
  • my favorite tag btw
  • Camping
  • Idiots in Love
  • Sharing A Tent
  • Shut Up Kiss
  • Sleepy Kisses
  • Smoking
  • Wondertwins
  • Author is Asexual
  • Love Confessions
  • Love/Hate
  • Underage Drinking
  • Underage Smoking

  Summary

  The Byers and The Wheelers go camping for a week. Will and Mike are forced to share a tent together, even during the rough patch in their friendship. Ever since Will has mentioned his new boyfriend, Carlton, Mike is always distant now.

  OR

  Mike is jealous of Carlton and isn’t able to communicate it. Mike makes the vacation way more difficult. Will hasn’t talked about Carlton lately, and he has been acting differently recently. He makes it his mission to find out what’s wrong.

  Language:

  English

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