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1. Harder (Cause This Love Shouldn't Go To Waste) by SageByler

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   02 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Carlton - Character
   • jane hopper mentioned
   • Sloppy Makeouts
   • Secret Relationship
   • Angst
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
   • Mike Wheeler Yearns
   • Mutual Pining
   • Conflict
   • Future Fic
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Bratty Mike Wheeler
   • Oblivious Will Byers
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
   • Protective Will Byers
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • jane hopper haunts the narrative
   • no beta we die like jane hopper
   • fuck buddies
   • Ten years after season 6
   • Oral Sex
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Angst and Feels
   • Miscommunication
   • Will Byers Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Homosexuals With Homophobia
   • Mike wheeler is a masochist
   • Power Bottom Will Byers
   • Bratty Top Mike Wheeler

   Summary

   “Fuck..” Will lets a whimper slip through his lips.

   Mike looks up with yearning eyes, wipes his mouth, and finally gets off the dirty bathroom floor.

   Will immediately tries to unlock the bathroom door, but is stopped merely by a hand.

   “When will I see you again?” Mike says in a hushed voice.

   Will grabs Mike's face. “You will see me when you see me. You know this.” Will tries to comfort, pressing a kiss to Mike's temple, but Mike is tired of this charade.

   It had been 10 years of this quiet charade. Ten years of Will and Mike living lies.

   “I don't think I can do this much longer."

   or

    

   Will Byers and Mike Wheeler keep a purely physical relationship underwraps for ten years, but feelings are complicated, and words get tricky.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,565

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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