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1. At Arm's Length (Be Careful Where You Touch) by lunaticka

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   05 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper is alive
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Religious Guilt
   • Alcoholic Mike Wheeler
   • Angst
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Mike Wheeler Has Nightmares
   • Gentle Will Byers
   • Alt Will Byers
   • Will Tries to Move On but Mike Won't Let Him
   • Self-Harm
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Guilty Will Byers
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Blind leading the Blind
   • Eventual Smut
   • Slow Burn
   • Bottom Mike Wheeler
   • Top Will Byers
   • Don't Like Don't Read
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Ted Wheeler Being Homophobic (Stranger Things)
   • Gay Panic
   • Mike and will share an apartment
   • Vomiting is mentioned
   • Roommates

   Summary

   In the name of focusing on his novel, Mike began to skimp out on his outings with Will.

   Will, having walked to the arcade alone, greeted Lucas and Max. Suddenly, Max dropped the biggest bomb: She hadn’t seen Mike at work for the past two weeks.

   What had Mike been doing all day, alone?

   Or,

   Mike’s been keeping secrets. When Will walks back to their apartment, he finds out what they are. What Will didn’t know, is that they’d make a fucked secret of their own.

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