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1. if the story's over, why am i still writing pages? by secretxgardensinmyxmind

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   01 Feb 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • byler
   • Mike Wheeler centric
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Confident Will Byers
   • what am I even doing
   • Gay
   • Coming Out
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Will Byers smokes (because its hot)
   • Might have some smut in later chapters if you're lucky
   • Homophobia
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Trauma (sort of)
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship

   Summary

   And what once was ours, is no one's now. I see you everywhere, the only thing we share is this small town. You said it was a great love, one for the ages. But if the story's over, why am I still writing pages?
   _

   Mike shoved at his chest, gasping. "Don't - don't do that."

   Will pulled back slightly but his hands still lingered on Mike's arms. Confusion flickered on his face.

   "Don't do what? Comfort you? Mike, you don't have to do this on your own. I'm here. Please, let me help you."

   Mike shook his head as sobs wracked him. "You don't get it."

   "I do," Will insisted gently. "The book... it's bringing it all back. But we're past that now. We've won."

   "No," Mike choked out, "it's more than that. It's you. It's always been you."
   The words spilled, incoherent at first, sobs shaking his frame.

   "I can't lose you again. I won't survive it."

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