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1. friends? no thanks (more than friends) by byleur (orphan_account)

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Jan 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Chance
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Chance (Stranger Things)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • College
   • post-epilogue
   • Post Stranger Things Epilogue
   • Stranger Things 5 Vol. 3
   • Cheating
   • Angst
   • Break Up
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship
   • Yearning Mike Wheeler
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Artist Will Byers
   • Writer Mike Wheeler
   • Love Letters
   • Love Confessions
   • Making Out
   • Flirting
   • Drunk Dialing
   • Smoker Will Byers
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Good Boyfriend Chance Lawson
   • Possessive Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Getting Together
   • Unresolved Romantic Tension
   • House Party
   • Will Byers Getting Over Mike Wheeler
   • but not really
   • Partially Blind Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Drinking Games
   • Semi Slow Burn
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Communicating
   • Like to an insane amount
   • Mentioned Eleven | Jane Hopper - Freeform
   • Drinking
   • Smoking
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Cheating Will Byers
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia

   Summary

   Will could think of one person who would understand. Mike.

   And that's what pained him the most. Because he used to understand. Used to be the one that understood Will completely, almost reading him like a book whenever something was wrong. Always stood by his side and held his hand whenever he needed it most, comforting him on his days full of despair and fear, and listened to all his worries no matter the size, big or small. Something hit him in that moment— a terrible realization. Fuck.

   He really, really missed him. 

   or

   After graduating from high school, Will gets into a relationship with Chance, another graduate who happened to be extremely attractive and sweet. There was just one tiny, small problem. He wasn’t over Mike like he thought he'd been, and just when things couldn’t get any worse, he ran straight into him at a Halloween party. The same one Chance had invited him to, and from there, things blew up— heated, messy, and everything Will never imagined would happen.

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