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1. i know in your head (you see me instead) by missvangogh

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   01 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler/Original Male Character(s)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers/Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Vickie Dunne
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend is Named Carlton
   • Mike Wheeler Hates Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Toxic Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Title from a Conan Gray Song
   • No Smut
   • College
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Post-Canon
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler

   Summary

   It's the night before Will leaves for college and Mike decides he needs to kiss him. They promise write to each other, but Mike stops after he stops getting responses from Will after two years.

   It's Thanksgiving two years after they leave for college that Will brings a boy he's been dating home for the holidays. It's that same Thanksgiving that Mike realizes he looks exactly the same to when Mike did before they left for college.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,285

   Chapters:

   4/5

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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