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   if being afraid is a crime, we hang side by side by retired_teenager

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   01 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Slow Burn
   • Childhood Friends
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Post-Season/Series 05 Finale
   • Blizzards & Snowstorms
   • Forced Proximity
   • Post-Will Byers's Coming Out Scene
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Smut
   • Oral Sex
   • Anal Sex
   • Masturbation
   • Mutual Masturbation
   • Mutual Pining

   Summary

   Mike visits Will in New York during his last winter break. It's the first time they hangout after graduating, just the two of them. Mike is finishing his final book draft and Will is about to graduate, moving back to Hawkins next summer.

   A blizzard paralyzes the city – trains, buses and planes all coming to a halt. Mike will be staying longer than just the weekend, bound to the childhood friend he's been questioning his feelings about lately.

   or

   First love never dies.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   49,796

   Chapters:

   8/8

   Comments:

   146

   Kudos:

   394

   Bookmarks:

   97

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   6,693

   Bookmarked by misuyuri

   13 Feb 2026