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1. Pourin' like an avalanche comin' down the mountain by kotomilervampir

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   08 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Robin Buckley
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Trauma
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Adult Mike Wheeler
   • Adult Will Byers
   • Feelings Realization
   • Slow Burn
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Stranger Things 5 Fix-It
   • Will Byers's Coming Out Scene
   • Stranger Things 5
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • paintinggate
   • First Kiss
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Fluff
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • English Is Not the Author's First Language
   • My First Fanfic
   • healing the queerbaiting
   • Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers's Tammy Thompson

   Summary

   Healing that massive queerbaiting. Doing Byler justice. Will Byers deserves to accept himself and achieve love. Mike Wheeler deserves to accept himself and realize his love.

   The story takes place immediately after the finale of Stranger Things 5. Mike is processing his grief over the loss of Eleven and is writing his book/gameplay – in the process, he looks back at his and the groups memories and begins to realize his suppressed feelings for Will.

   Will never got over Mike because he really wasn't just his Tammy. He also mourns Eleven. He has fully accepted his sexuality, but there is no epilogue boyfriend in his life (only in Mike's imagination). They miss each other very much and meet again after their separation.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,041

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Kudos:

   12

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