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1. Everyobody wants to rule the world (but I just want to rule my life) by Highschiik

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   20 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Robin Buckley/Vickie
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Robin Buckley
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Murray Bauman
   • Erica Sinclair
   • others characters mentioned
   • mostly focused on byler
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Sleep deprived Mike Wheeler
   • Loser Mike Wheeler
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Mutual Pining
   • Love Confessions
   • First Kiss
   • aftermath of 5x04
   • Confident Will Byers
   • But also
   • Shy Will Byers
   • Fluff and Angst
   • coffee and coke which represents homosexuality
   • painting gate
   • basement gate
   • Churchgate
   • Vecna Possessing Mike Wheeler
   • depictions of violence
   • no beta reader we die like hopefully vecna
   • Title from a Tears for Fears Song
   • because mike is head over heals for will duh
   • Character Study

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler used to think he'd have all the time in the world to figure himself out.

   But he's running out of it and he doesn't want to have any more regrets.

   Or

   Mike Wheeler confronts the mess that is his life as he tries to tell Will Byers he's utterly and sickeningly in love with him.

   And the world is ending, but other things are born.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,592

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Kudos:

   23

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

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