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1. with my symptoms (symptoms of sorrow) by lucky_ellie

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   06 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Autistic Mike Wheeler
   • ABA type abuse
   • Meltdown
   • Childabuse
   • Autism
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Ableism
   • Bad Parenting
   • internalized ableism
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • author is autistic
   • Mike is masking but doesn’t realize he is masking
   • Angst
   • There’s more hurt than comfort but that’s because Will is learning
   • Oneshot
   • Mike Wheeler Has Self-Worth Issues
   • Pre-Relationship

   Summary

   "Mike wasn't allowed to talk too loudly or talk too much. He wasn't allowed to move his hands or bounce his legs or repeat quotes from movies. He had rules for how to express his emotions, how not to express his emotions.

   Will didn't know how to understand this branch of knowledge."

   or

   Ever since living with the Wheelers, Will had noticed a strange bit of rules that Mike had to follow.

   Series

   • Part 1 of autistic mike oneshots

   Language:

   English

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