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1. i didn't see you before (but i see you now) by mistressbitch

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   14 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Post-Canon
   • Cheating
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • College
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Pining
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Eventual Smut
   • background lumax
   • background jancy
   • I Wrote This While Listening To Jeff Buckley's Music
   • Self-Sabotage
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • background Jopper
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Miscommunication
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • like so so much
   • it just takes him a second
   • Will Byers Falls First but Mike Wheeler Falls Harder
   • Desperate Mike Wheeler
   • Confident Will Byers

   Summary

   One year after being the only person to show up to the party's annual Hawkins reunion, Mike moves to New York City to become a writer. After a chance encounter with Will at a nightclub, old feelings resurface and threaten to tear down everything Mike has worked so hard to forget.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   21,850

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Kudos:

   19

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