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1. we thought this place was haunted (but we stayed anyway) by secretxgardensinmyxmind

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   08 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lily Wheeler (Original Character)
   • Mrs. Sterling (Original Character)
   • Joyce Byers
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Sequel
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Past Character Death
   • Established Relationship
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Past Abuse
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Panic Attacks
   • Found Family
   • Co-Parenting
   • Mike Wheeler is a dad
   • Healing
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers loves cooking
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Nightmares
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Mrs. Sterling knows everything
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • I need a hug after writing this
   • Stalking
   • Past Suicide Attempts
   • Lack of Communication
   • Secrets
   • Lily Wheeler is basically in charge
   • everyone in this house needs therapy
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Emotional Intimacy
   • No Smut

   Summary

   Three months after the truth finally came out, Mike Wheeler and Will Byers are together, and still trying to figure out how to build a life with each other.

   Rosecliff Manor no longer feels quite as haunted as it once did. Will is making a home there. Mike is trying to step back into the world. Lily is determined to make sure neither of them takes anything too seriously.

   But the past doesn't disappear just because they've chosen to move forward. As Mike begins facing the grief he spent years hiding from, Will discovers that some shadows are harder to escape.

   Falling in love was only the beginning.

   Now they have to learn how to stay.

   Series

   • Part 2 of we thought this place was haunted

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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