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1. Why won't you ever know that I'm in love with you? by kurokencanon

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   29 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & The Party
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • The Party & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Episode: s05e07 The Bridge (Stranger Things)
   • Will Byers's Coming Out Scene
   • Mike Wheeler's Internal Monologue
   • I Will Go Down with This Ship
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler has always felt too much and said too little. Stretched thin by Vecna, his missing sister, and the fact that his parents are still in the hospital, he’s used to holding everything inside. But when Will says something Mike never expected to hear, all the walls he’s built begin to crumble.

   or

   During Will’s coming out scene (S5E7), Mike faces the quiet, relentless fear in his own heart, confronting shame, buried truths, and the emotions he’s been hiding.

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