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1. Signals (Goodnight, Love) by mintyboo

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • 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
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Slow Burn
   • Mike Wheeler/Will Byers - Freeform
   • byler
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Will Byers POV
   • Soft Mike Wheeler
   • Queer awakening
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings

   Summary

   For eighteen months, Will kept small details he never dared to name—lingering looks, unnecessarily careful gestures, silences that weighed heavier than they should have.
   Mike didn’t change.
   What changed was the way Will began to see him.

   Set after the events of Season 5, Episode 4.

   Language:

   English

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   9,249

   Chapters:

   7/?

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