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1. Pushing It Down (and Praying) by fanforfreaks

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Erika Sinclair
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Confident Will Byers
   • woke karen wheeler
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Protective Will Byers

   Summary

   "You don't understand, Will."

   "Don't understand?" Mike is close, Will isn't moving. His response is an afterthought to the task of counting Mike's freckles, his eyelashes, and the way his lips part perfectly. When Will realizes Mike hasn't responded, he adds, "I think I do."

   "You don't."

   OR

   Mike comes to terms with feelings Will is all too familiar with.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,886

   Chapters:

   11/?

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   44

   Bookmarks:

   5

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