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The Things We Never Said (we spoke with our hearts) by midnight_mems28
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Apr 2026
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Summary
“Will, I’m—"
“Shut up, Mike. Just—"
Will stormed up to Mike, mouth parted, chest heaving, and shoved his fingers in Mike’s hair, gripping at the base of his skull. Mike winced a little, accepting his punishment, until he saw the look on Will’s face.
“Kiss me.” Will stepped closer, “Kiss me again, Mike.”
It had been seven years since the party ended in Mike Wheeler’s basement that night after graduation. His friends moved on without him; living the stories the paladin once wrote for his beloved cleric, his bard, his ranger, and his zoomer. Mike stayed in Indiana, he worked as an engineer, he came home to his cat and ate microwaved dinners. He had been drowning in a sea of conformity, grasping at the only lifeline that ever made sense to him, his imagination.
Or- Mike Wheeler ends up in New York with no plan, wondering if his former best friend still lived in the city. He felt aimless, close to giving up and going back to Hawkins, when he saw a painting of his younger self hung in a gallery, a plaque next to the frame reading, “First Love-W.B”. Mike’s world turned upside down once again, when he was faced with the reality that he’d always been too scared to admit. He had to find Will.