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1. And I Never Stepped On The Cracks (Because I Thought I'd Hurt My Mother) by mndflyer007

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   07 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler & Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler & Mike Wheeler & Ted Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Ted Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Gay Panic
   • Panicked Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Religious Guilt
   • Religion
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Communicating
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend is Named Carlton
   • Abusive Relationships
   • Emotionally Repressed
   • This Is Not Going To Go The Way You Think

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler becomes extremely religious after figuring out he loves Will Byers' and cuts himself off from everyone except his parents, he even cuts off Nancy and Holly. Scared of their personal view on Mike.

    

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   Mike Wheeler is extremely bad at feelings so he used religion to try and cope and "wash away the gay".

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   English

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