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1. the shining (i'll just paint it chrome) by sharpnoodle

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   03 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Cheating
   • Angst
   • Some Humor
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Jealousy
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Drunkenness
   • Arguing
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler Friendship
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Dead Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • characters are twenty years old
   • Bad Flirting
   • they play one D&D game with carlton and mike wants to die
   • Mike slowly gets his shit together
   • Carlton as Will's boyfriend
   • Max clocks Mike all the time
   • Feelings Realization
   • A LOT of Angst
   • Sexual Tension
   • Will walks Mike like a dog
   • mike has a subtle degradation kink

   Summary

   “I’m actually so happy to meet you, guys. Will has talked about you a lot, and,” he looked to his left, locking eyes with Will, “I'm so glad he has such an amazing group of friends, he really deserves it.”

   Mike felt violent.

   This was the biggest problem about Carlton. He was perfect.

   He was nice, kind and had a soft voice that matched Will's.

   If Carlton was an asshole who treated Will badly, his reason to hate him would be normal. But there he was, stuck with his “instinct” and looking insane. He knew he looked insane, he felt insane.

   Mike started to empathize with Joyce.

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   Or:

   Will's boyfriend seems to be perfect and Mike hates him. And he shows it too.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,375

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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