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1. The picture he sent to el by FireInMyHeart5

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   11 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler - Relationship
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Friends to Lovers
   • hellcali
   • California
   • Mike Wheeler hellfire era
   • Letters
   • Denial
   • Closeted Will Byers
   • Closeted Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Misses Will Byers
   • Will Byers Misses Mike Wheeler
   • Mutual Pining
   • Idiots in Love
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Will Byers
   • Slow Burn
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • Long-Distance Friendship
   • Love Letters
   • Miscommunication
   • Yearning
   • before Season 4
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Insecurity
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Internal Conflict
   • Internal Monologue
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • POV Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Pre-Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Pining Mike Wheeler
   • Soft Byler
   • First realisation of feelings
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Childhood Friends
   • Pining Will Byers
   • Reunion
   • teenage feelings
   • Artist Will Byers
   • Will Byers Draws Mike Wheeler
   • valentines day
   • Mike Wheeler Walks Into A Window Because Of Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is Distracted by Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Notices Will Byers’ Ass
   • will Byers ass
   • Flirting
   • mike wheeler knows what he’s doing
   • mike wheeler teases Will Byers
   • will Byers gay panic
   • miwi
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Will Byers sneaks a peak at Mike’s bulge
   • Nonverbal Will Byers

   Summary

   It’s just a picture.
   Will wishes it wasn’t.

   Or

   Mike sends el a Polaroid of himself in the hellfire shirt when el and will are in Cali. Will sees.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,360

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

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