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1. Meet Me in the Afterglow by martinseptimapologist

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Cheating
   • Shitty boyfriend don’t worry
   • Like he actually sucks
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
   • Loosely follows season 5 but leave a comment if you’re confused
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Work In Progress
   • Buff Will Byers
   • Drunk Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped

   Summary

   It’s been three years since the party split up in Hawkins. Will is attending Fordham University in New York City, and is going strong with his boyfriend of 2 years. His life is exactly what he wanted.

   It’s perfect.

   Until it’s not.

   Or, the one where Will’s past comes back to haunt him, and he learns that some flames are never truly extinguished.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,984

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   38

   Bookmarks:

   11

   Hits:

   674