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1. It Was Never Just A Game by Bylers13thVersion

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Mike Wheeler/Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Miscommunication
   • Road Trips
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Deserves Better
   • Late Night Conversations
   • First Kiss
   • Almost Kiss
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Slow Burn
   • Idiots in Love
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings

   Summary

   Will and Mike spend the summer together working at an arcade, when customers start shipping them together. Mike suggests they play along into it and in the end, it's not just a game.
   Or
   Will and Mike start fake dating and they fall for each other in the process.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,767

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Kudos:

   3

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

   192