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• Forget Them (Have Me) by mikathewise

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  01 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Chance - Character
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Jealous Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is Jealous of Chance
  • First Kiss
  • Angst/Comfort
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Flirting
  • Slow Burn
  • Fluff and Humor
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
  • Past Child Abuse
  • Love Confessions
  • Drunken Flirting
  • set in the early 90s
  • Artist Will Byers
  • Writer Mike Wheeler
  • Chance is horrible
  • Everybody needs to hate Chance now
  • I Will Go Down with This Ship
  • Probably will be more tags later on
  • Angst
  • Pathetic Mike Wheeler

  Summary

  Mike and Will move into an apartment together after high school, starting a fresh new life in NYC. While Mike tries to spend most of his free time with Will— Will tries to spend it to find someone romantically. When Mike finds out the real reason why Will has been backing out of plans, he felt betrayed, why need someone else when you already have somebody waiting at home for you?

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  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Chapters:

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