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1. the shame was on the other side by Sparklez2000

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   04 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • background Nancy Wheeler - Character
   • Post Season 5
   • Pre-Epilogue
   • Post-Canon
   • Fix-It
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers's Tammy Thompson
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • maybe he'll get one
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • idc you can pry the headcanon from my cold dead hands
   • it is canon to me.
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Will Byers Deserves Happiness
   • POV Will Byers

   Summary

   Several days after defeating Vecna and somehow getting the military to let them go, Will Byers visits the Wheeler Household.

   Him and Mike get to talking about El. But then Mike doesn't want to talk about El anymore. He has questions for Will about Will being gay.

   And they talk about one painting in particular and apparently Mike Wheeler is not as oblivious as Will thought he was.

   18 months later they'll talk again.

   Language:

   English

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