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1. i’ll say i love you and mean it this time (saying sorry for everything else) by merverse

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   16 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper (mentioned)
   • Jonathan Byers (mentioned)
   • Alternate Universe - Spider-Man Fusion
   • Alternate Universe - Superheroes/Superpowers
   • Spidey!Will
   • Will Byers as Spider-Man
   • Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
   • Spoilers for Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Amnesia
   • Amnesiac Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper as Jean Gray
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper as The Punisher
   • Mike Wheeler as Mary Jane Watson
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • Jonathan Byers as May Parker
   • Jonathan Byers is dead

   Summary

   There was a time when he didn’t even know himself, but Mike did. He saw Will for what he was, not as Spider-Man, not as a shy queer kid who couldn’t even talk properly until he was 6 years old — Mike would look at him and see Will. Terrified and insecure and innocent and brave William Byers, who came alive under Michael Joseph Wheeler’s gaze.

   But those versions of themselves didn’t exist anymore. Will made sure of that.

   or,

   The “I don’t love you” scene from Brand New Day, but make it Byler.

   Language:

   English

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