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• How deep is your love (Mitski sings it in the background) by Mikanela

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  24 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Robin Buckley
  • Steve Harrington
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Joyce Byers
  • Slow Burn
  • not really - Freeform
  • Hurt Will Byers
  • Hurt Mike Wheeler
  • Friends to Enemies to Lovers
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler Fight
  • Protective Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Unreliable Narrator Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
  • Blood and Injury
  • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Drugs
  • Siblings Jonathan Byers & Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper is a Byers
  • Forbidden Love
  • Love Confessions
  • Idiots in Love
  • Family Dynamics
  • Drama
  • Action & Romance
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Yearning Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Lucas Sinclair Friendship
  • alternative universe
  • Modern AU
  • Will Byers Does Not Have a Bowlcut
  • not really enemies
  • Traumatized Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort

  Summary

  Years had passed since he had distanced hisself from him, and the nights of torment were so frequent that it seemed ironic to find him at the party, talking to her sister.

  After giving Mike a black eye, Will will have to face what he has been running away from for six years.

  Is that the kind of love you find in fairy tales?

  Language:

  English

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