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1. The Emotions Have Come Back, and They've Found a Place in My Room by fimorayta

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Byler Week 2025 (Stranger Things)
   • Byler Week 2024 (Stranger Things)
   • Byler Week (Stranger Things)
   • Byler Week 2022 (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • will byers' epilogue boyfriend sucks
   • Carlton is a smug stupidhead
   • Mike is bisexual but it doesn't matter because will is the one
   • mike hasn't reached out since graduation
   • will has resentment towards mike
   • lucas sinclair is awesome
   • max mayfield is awesome
   • dustin henderson is a diva
   • Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler Friendship
   • Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers's Tammy Thompson
   • what's under mike wheelers bed?

   Summary

   Mike changes into Will's dorm, and old feelings resurface. Will has a boyfriend now, Carlton, who you will learn to hate. Lucas, Dustin, and Max come over for a week and try and straighten out their friendship/relationship. Mike has to juggle feeling jealous of Carlton with the feeling of not wanting to be gay. Will has to deal with Mike, which is already a lot, but also Carlton being a terrible person.

   Mike has to change dorm rooms. Will doesn't have a roommate. Add those together = Mike is gay again and hates it.

   "Seeing Will, for the first time in two years, in person, was a lot. It made Mike feel a weird sensation, like he was stumbling over even breathing correctly."

   This is an ORIGINAL UNIVERSE (canon) byler fan fiction. It follows both Will and Mike's point of views as they become college roommates. This explores Will Byers' love for Mike, Mike Wheeler's love for Will plus his internalized homophobia, and the dynamic of Will and Carlton, his college boyfriend.

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   English

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