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1. I Don’t Believe In Coincidences Anymore by Max_kooley33

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   29 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Will Byers
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler & Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler & Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Mike wheelers college friend
   • Will Byers college friends
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Closeted Mike Wheeler
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Bonding Over Trauma
   • Artist Will Byers
   • Writer Mike Wheeler
   • Growing Up Together
   • Mike what the fuck did you do gate
   • Season 5 divergent
   • Confessions
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Awkward Flirting
   • Confident Will Byers
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Mike Wheeler Has ADHD
   • Aged-Up Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Slow Burn
   • Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse
   • Oblivious Will Byers
   • Religious Guilt
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Let Will Byers Say Fuck
   • Autistic Mike Wheeler
   • Byler Week 2026 (Stranger Things)

   Summary

   “Can I help you find anything?” The voice asked, kindly. Mike looked over, and saw a man. Around same age as him. Carmel colored hair. Hazel eyes. He looks… familiar. The guys name tag reads “Will”. Mike knows Will. A Will. But this isn’t suppose to be his Will. His Will is supposed to be in Calchester… Right? Not in Manhattan. No way it’s his Will.
   It’s all just a coincidence, right?

   Or

   Mike wheeler’s buying his younger sister a birthday gift, when he runs into his childhood best friend.

   Series

   • Part 2 of It all ends and begins with you.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,619

   Chapters:

   6/24

   Kudos:

   8

   Hits:

   150