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  1. oh, golden boy (don't act like you were kind) by

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

    25 Jan 2026

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    The first thing that Mike Wheeler had learned about AIDS— or being gay in general— was that it killed you. The second was that it meant you had done something wrong. As Mike continues to push down whatever brewing feelings he has, it deeply hurts not only him, but the one person he wants to protect the most. Being a gay man is a death sentence, and Mike refuses to become another whispered statistic.
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    aka mike has hella internalized homophobia because of his dad and doesn't know how to cope

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