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• They didn’t quite succeed by Professor_Goose

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  19 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Robin Buckley/Vickie
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Joyce Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Robin Buckley
  • Vickie (Stranger Things)
  • Steve Harrington
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • byler
  • byler au fic
  • post s5
  • College AU
  • set two years after epilogue
  • First Kiss
  • bed sharing
  • Everyone knows (suspects) and teases them
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Mentions of Suicide
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • depressed Michael Wheeler
  • Trigger Warnings
  • Gay
  • Mike POV
  • Will POV
  • Mentions of greif
  • Mike wheeler is a fucking mess
  • Infatuation
  • will can’t move on
  • the painting. (Ominous)
  • Looking for signals
  • its my first fic please be nice and please read ive spent so much time on this
  • Internal Conflict
  • angsty but like romantic as well
  • YOAI
  • Lots of indie music references
  • the title is a let shop boys reference

  Summary

  The party reunites in Montauk for their second, official, annual, holidays catchup! When a certain repressed homosexual’s deluded plan somehow actually works, and a surprise guest rocks up.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  22,518

  Chapters:

  7/7

  Comments:

  16

  Kudos:

  24

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  489