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1. It's Always Been You by sierraraeck

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • i spend the first half fixing the plot
   • then the second half fixing the epilogue
   • all in a very byler-heavy type of way
   • Will has Powers
   • mike's got some type of power something going on
   • mike is captured and tortured
   • ͏Forced Love Confession
   • will and mike versus henry
   • will is a vers
   • mike is also a vers
   • theyre working through a lot of trauma together
   • max and lucas give mike a bit of a talking to
   • there are scenes of the whole party together
   • not one of them has faith in mike except for will
   • the f-slur happens once
   • ive covered the board on this one
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff
   • Smut
   • this is stranger things so at some point there are bones snapping and eye bursting
   • mike is working on his internalized homophobia
   • will has suicidal ideation
   • el versus the mind flayer
   • Apparently helping each other through the worst pain and trauma of your lives is my new favorite love language
   • the byers siblings my beloveds
   • will gets his evil moment
   • jonathan is THE Big Brother
   • el gets her power moment as well
   • max just wants the best for them even if she'd barely admit it
   • mike and max are sibling coded
   • Wound Care
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • sleepy morning
   • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
   • Will Byers is Down Bad
   • nancy wheeler knows whats up
   • Clingy Mike Wheeler
   • Top Mike Wheeler
   • Service Top Mike Wheeler
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Pain Kink
   • mike wants wills hands on him
   • they take care of each other
   • Top Will Byers
   • Bottom Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • mike wheeler is taunting will byers
   • will byers and that damn necklace
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler in the Upside Down
   • lucas and mike have an honest conversation
   • will byers taunts mike wheeler
   • Aftercare

   Summary

   Vecna wants to destroy the party, and he figured doing irreparable damage to The Heart would do the trick. He didn’t count on Mike and Will’s combined power being quite as strong as it is.
   Or Mike is kidnapped by Vecna, tortured into a love confession, and then Mike and Will work together to defeat Vecna with the help of the party. Plus, Mike and Will explore what this all means for them once the Upside Down is behind them.
   

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