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1. washed up and ranting (about the same old bitter things) by eileensdrafts

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • HEAVILY referenced
   • Good Parent Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Good Parent Karen Wheeler
   • Good Parent Joyce Byers
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Domestic Violence
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • Monologue
   • Really long monologue
   • Song: Mean (Taylor Swift)
   • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
   • Established Relationship
   • miwi angst
   • Not Beta Read

   Summary

   Mike always had an idea of who his boyfriend’s father was. He felt like a monster told in tales, too far away to actually be real. He gets to learn how much of a monster he really is.

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