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1. Then You Won't Have To Cry... Or Hide In The Closet by SwiftsNovelist

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   08 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Ted Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Good Sibling Nancy Wheeler
   • Protective Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Sibling Bonding
   • Dysfunctional Family
   • Family Fluff

   Summary

   “You didn’t have to do that,” he said finally, turning around.

   Ted exhaled through his nose. “I absolutely did.”

   “Why?”

   Ted looked tired suddenly. “Because I won’t encourage this,” he said plainly. “Not in my house.”

   Or; Ted catches on to Mike and Will's relationship, and does not have the best reaction- leaving Nancy to deal with the aftermath.

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