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   thieves like us by liveandfall

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Dec 2025

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Vickie (Stranger Things)
   • Erica Sinclair
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • post-s4
   • Post Season Four
   • the wheelers and byers lived together for EIGHTEEN MONTHS
   • we deserve to know what happened
   • Forced Proximity
   • Mileven breakup
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Canon Compliant
   • Between seasons 4 and 5
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • mike wheeler you oblivious little shit
   • Will and El wonder twins
   • will and eleven siblings
   • Slow Build
   • Slow Burn
   • Requited Unrequited Love
   • Perspective shifts
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson Friendship
   • Dustin Henderson Needs a Hug
   • Lucas Sinclair Needs a Hug
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • mikewhatthefuckdidyoudogate
   • 18 months
   • Height Differences
   • height difference goes crazy
   • MWTFDYDG
   • IDK how else to tag
   • Queer Mike Wheeler
   • In Vino Veritas

   Summary

   The universe grants Will Byers 18 months to get his life together.
   That's exactly how long it takes Mike Wheeler's to fall apart.

   A collection of moments from the eighteen months Will Byers spent learning and re-learning how to wrangle his roaming heart, and the year and a half Mike Wheeler spent trying to understand it.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   50,700

   Chapters:

   11/?

   Comments:

   120

   Kudos:

   388

   Bookmarks:

   118

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   Bookmarked by cherryredhoran

   06 Dec 2025

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • byler
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler