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1. It (Finally) Clicked by Jeans_03

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler is Not Okay
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • First Kiss
   • Kissing in the Rain
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Depression
   • Love Confessions
   • Coming Out
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Author used emdashes for the first time in her LIFE
   • painting gate
   • Smut
   • Showering Together
   • Gentle Sex
   • Top Mike Wheeler
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • Oral Sex
   • Idiots in Love
   • The Perks of Being a Wallflower References
   • Song: Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
   • Song: Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat)
   • Song Lyrics

   Summary

   Sometimes it takes a little while for the dots to connect.

   Or

   The story of a painting and the boys it brought back together.

   Series

   • Part 1 of The One Where It Clicked

   Language:

   English

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