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1. Every Time it Rains by DuchessOfMischief

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   26 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane & Dustin Henderson & Maxine Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • platonic Madwise
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Post-Canon
   • Roommates
   • Eleven haunts the narrative
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Bisexual Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Max Mayfield has chronic pain
   • POV Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • POV Will Byers
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Period-Typical Homophobia

   Summary

   Max Mayfield and Will Byers decide to room together in college and bond over their unique flavor of shared trauma. When Max realizes just how down bad he is for one Mike Wheeler, she makes it her personal mission to get these two gays together if it’s the last thing she does.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,526

   Chapters:

   4/14

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   27

   Bookmarks:

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