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1. Heroes (Just For One Day) by stars4moony (heroes_28)

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Joyce Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Vecna's Curse (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Season/Series 04
   • POV Alternating
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • BAMF Will Byers
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • Nightmares
   • Sharing Clothes
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • BAMF Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Will Byers Is Not Okay
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Manipulative Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Vecna Possessing Will Byers
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Nosebleed
   • Music
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • martyr will byers should be a tag bc that boy would sacrifice himself if it Came Down To It
   • Additional Warnings In Author's Note
   • Bullying
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • Visions
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • PAINTINGGATE IS REAL TO ME

   Summary

   Though nothing will drive them away
   We can beat them, just for one day
   We can be heroes, just for one day

   -

   It's July, 1986, and Will Byers is plagued by nightmares. He can't escape the feeling that something is coming, something they won't be able to fight this time.

   It's July, 1986, and Mike Wheeler is hopelessly in love with his best friend.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   19,221

   Chapters:

   3/7

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   38

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