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   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

   Kudos:

   85

   Bookmarks:

   17

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   1,887

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   24 Jan 2026