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• All flowers in time bend towards the sun by Cheeselander

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

  04 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Claudia Henderson
  • Lonnie Byers
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • James Dante
  • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • AU
  • alternative universe
  • Bad Boy Mike Wheeler
  • Shy Will Byers
  • Loneliness
  • Depression
  • Violence
  • Blood and Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
  • Lonnie Byers Being an Asshole
  • Abusive Lonnie Byers
  • Bad Parent Lonnie Byers
  • Pining
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Mike Wheeler is Not Okay
  • Will Byers Is Not Okay
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Ted Wheeler Being Homophobic (Stranger Things)
  • Ted Wheeler Being an Asshole (Stranger Things)
  • Eventual Smut
  • Smut
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Angst
  • Lots of Angst

  Summary

  Will Byers is lonely. He has friends and a (mostly) nice family. When his mom and brother leave the house and he’s left with Lonnie things go sideways. He meets a cocky, spoiled guy, who might look good(?). This guy might also have his own problems and turns out not to be so cocky and spoiled.

  OR

  Lonely Will Byers meets depressed bad boy Mike Wheeler and they become friends

  Language:

  English

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