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• Maybe When We're Older (We can try again) by Sourpatchkiiddo

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  14 Feb 2026

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  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Robin Buckley/Vickie Dunne
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Robin Buckley
  • Vickie Dunne
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Byler Week (Stranger Things)
  • Boys In Love
  • Boys' Love
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Deserves Love
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
  • Stranger Things 5
  • Post-Canon
  • Canon Related
  • Post-Canon Fix-It
  • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Communicating
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Self-Discovery
  • Self-Acceptance
  • Coming Out
  • Second Chances
  • Childhood Friends
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • Childhood Sweethearts
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Gay Sex
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Explicit Language
  • Anal Fingering
  • Anal Sex
  • Oral Sex
  • Bottom Will Byers
  • Service Top Mike Wheeler
  • Top Mike Wheeler
  • Switch Will Byers
  • Switch Mike Wheeler
  • Mike wheeler is a masochist
  • Soft Dom Will Byers
  • Mike and Will go on a date
  • Mike calls will baby
  • Will calls Mike Darling
  • Top Will Byers
  • Bottom Mike Wheeler
  • Light Bondage
  • Mike wheeler likes being tied up
  • byler
  • POV Will Byers
  • Will only feels safe drinking around Mike
  • male lingerie

  Summary

  After 6 years of minimal contact with his supposed best friend, Mike Wheeler finds a mysterious yellow envelope in his mail containing a promotional card for an art expo in California. When he discovers that Will Byers is a featured artist, he doesn't hesitate to drop everything--even his ongoing book deal--to make the most of this opportunity to reconnect and rewrite his own misery.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  32,198

  Chapters:

  8/8

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

  64

  Bookmarks:

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