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1. Unwanted. by pennedbyjoy

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Survivor Guilt
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Time Loop
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Stranger Things 5 Finale Rewrite
   • Stranger Things 5 Finale Fix-It
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Emotional Whump
   • Guilt
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Heavy Angst

   Summary

   In the year after graduation, Mike settles into a steady, repetitive routine around Hawkins. Each day blends together.

   When Will unexpectedly comes back home for the summer of '90, Mike starts to question the Upside-Down world around him.

   ~~Or Mike Wheeler is stuck in a crappy reality, and Will is the person that makes him see the world differently <3

   Series

   • Part 3 of Stranger Things Rewrites

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,403

   Chapters:

   3/15

   Kudos:

   8

   Bookmarks:

   4

   Hits:

   239