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1. I Know It's Over (And It Never Really Began) by trashmmouth

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   23 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • Suicidal Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers's Tammy Thompson
   • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Deceased Jane Hopper
   • Dead Characters
   • Dead Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Cigarettes
   • Service Top Mike Wheeler
   • Power Bottom Will Byers
   • Will Byers Cheats on Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • The Painting Is Actually Addressed
   • Gay
   • Gay Panic
   • Mike Wheeler Is a Massive Fucking Loser
   • Author Projecting onto Mike Wheeler
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Eventual Smut
   • Slow Burn
   • Eating Disorders
   • Bulimia
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Under-negotiated Kink
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Stranger Things 5
   • Stranger Things Spoilers
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • Sex
   • Buff Will Byers
   • Coming Out
   • set in 1993
   • Flirty Will Byers
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler

   Language:

   English

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