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1. Praying at the alter (of Will Byers) by Padfoots_cigarette

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Lonnie Byers (mentioned)
   • Joyce Byers
   • Slow Burn Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Christian Mike wheeler
   • Religious Guilt
   • Christianity
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Lonnie Byers Is His Own Warning
   • I love that that’s a tag
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Alternate Universe - College/University

   Summary

   And, best of all, Mike got to have his best friend as a roommate. Will Byers, who didn’t go anywhere without his sketchbook and was openly gay.

   Mike wasn’t gay himself, not there was anything wrong with that, it just wasn’t him. He had been frequently criticized for having a gay best friend as a Christian, but he saw no issue with it, despite many peoples’ opinions in the church.

   It was never explicitly stated in the baby that homosexuality was a sin, and who cares if a man loves a man?

   Well. He thought he felt that way.

   Until Will got a boyfriend.

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