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  1. Public Bookmark 17

    Before We Let Go by MamaMo14022

    Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  
    • Explicit
    • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
    • M/M
    • Complete Work

    23 Jan 2026

    Tags
    • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
    • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
    • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
    • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
    • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
    • Will Byers
    • Mike Wheeler
    • Dustin Henderson
    • Robin Buckley
    • Steve Harrington
    • Lucas Sinclair
    • Karen Wheeler
    • Joyce Byers
    • Jim "Chief" Hopper
    • Eleven | Jane Hopper
    • Jonathan Byers
    • Nancy Wheeler
    • Slow Burn
    • Canon Rewrite
    • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
    • Protective Mike Wheeler
    • Healing
    • Tags Are Fun
    • Feelings Realization
    • Protective Will Byers
    • POV Alternating
    • Fluff and Angst
    • Oh. OH. | Italicized Oh Moment
    • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
    • POV Mike Wheeler
    • POV Dustin Henderson
    • POV Will Byers
    • Mutual Pining
    • POV Third Person Limited
    • Character Study
    • Tension
    • Kissing
    • Introspection
    • Slow Build
    • Hurt Will Byers
    • Angst
    • Harassment
    • Canon-Typical Violence
    • byler
    • Aged-Up Character(s)
    • Mild Sexual Content
    Summary

    What happens when closeness stops being accidental and starts costing something? Not everyone experiences it the same way.

    *All stories in the series are directly related, a continuation of the last, in order as they go.

    Series
    • Part 2 of What We Hold Onto
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    49,740
    Chapters:
    32/32
    Comments:
    140
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    85
    Bookmarks:
    17
    Hits:
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    Bookmarked by VersaTabs

    24 Jan 2026

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