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1. write me like your lover (and paint me like your friend) by iamfreakedout

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Andy Harper (Stranger Things)
   • Chance (Stranger Things)
   • High School
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Confused Mike Wheeler
   • Best Friends to Lovers
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Heavy Angst
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Feeler
   • haha get it? because he's so trash at his feelings??
   • Depressed Mike Wheeler
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Bullying
   • Slow Burn
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Arguing
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Self-Hatred
   • Depression
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicidal Mike Wheeler
   • Nightmares
   • Panic Attacks
   • Will Byers Has Nightmares
   • Will Byers Has Anxiety
   • Anxiety
   • Anxiety Attacks
   • Mike Wheeler Has Self-Worth Issues
   • Self-Sacrificing Mike Wheeler
   • Slurs
   • F slur is said like kind of a lot sorry guys.
   • mostly just in the earlier chapters by bullies or mike's internal thoughts

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler and Will Byers are assigned to work together for an assignment in their English class. The assignment? Easy. The only directions were "Write a short story. It can be about anything." But when Mike and Will try to write a story about two best friends (that Mike says are based off of them), people become confused very quickly--including them.

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   "Mike, Will, could you come here please? I had a question about your assignment."

   "Yeah, what's up?"

   "Are the two boys you're writing about a couple?"

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,444

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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