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1. Pansies by papermachehearts

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   10 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Mike Wheeler/Original Female Character(s)
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Childhood Friends
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Pathetic Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Successful Will Byers
   • BAMF Will Byers
   • Old man yaoi
   • they are in their 30's
   • Yearning
   • Internalized Misogyny
   • Cheating
   • Implied/Referenced Cheating
   • Carlton is an asshole
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Background Relationships
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Sugar Daddy Will Byers
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • Will Byer's Love Language is Gift Giving
   • Let Will Byers Say Fuck
   • Service Top
   • Power Bottom
   • Top Mike Wheeler
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • Wet Dream
   • Accidental Cuddling
   • Blow Jobs
   • Praise Kink
   • Jealous Will Byers
   • Drunken Kissing
   • First Time
   • Rimming
   • Dacryphilia
   • Rough Kissing
   • Homophobia
   • Light BDSM
   • Explicit Language
   • Homophobic Language

   Summary

   Pansy [pan-zee] / ˈpæn zi / adjective; slang.
   Extremely disparaging and offensive. A contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.

    

   Or: Set fifteen years after graduation. Will is a wildly successful artist, while Mike is a struggling author, divorced, and raising a son. Haunted by the thought of what could have been if he weren't so afraid.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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