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• A lesson in kissing by lavenderstatic

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  08 May 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Practice Kissing
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Will Byers Has a Crush on Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
  • he is just in denial for a while
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Jealous Mike Wheeler
  • Loser Mike Wheeler
  • Not Beta Read
  • Mike wheeler is a bad kisser
  • Will doesn't really care though
  • Mutual Pining
  • Idiots in Love
  • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess

  Summary

  Pretty self-explanatory. Will admits he has never kissed anyone before, and Mike uses the great power of friendship to help him out.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,835

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  1

  Kudos:

  37

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  260

• William, it was really nothing (it was your life) by lavenderstatic

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  26 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Idiots in Love
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Sharing a Bed
  • Mike Wheeler Character Study
  • (kinda)
  • but will's pov
  • Lettergate
  • Mutual Pining
  • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Yearning
  • overuse of italics because I'm pretentious
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • But he is trying ig
  • Will is an overthinker because I say so
  • How Do I Tag
  • Self-Indulgent
  • Fluff
  • a bit sad tho
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
  • Oblivious Will Byers
  • they can't escape the interruption trope
  • Clingy Mike Wheeler

  Summary

  Will finds something interesting in Mike's basement. Important conversations in between stolen looks and accidental touches.

   

  Or lettergate is real in my heart, and they are both idiots.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,944

  Chapters:

  5/5

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  52

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  500