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   Please don't leave me (I'll always need more) by willel_domination

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   04 Apr 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Jennifer Hayes
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Everyone
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Jennifer Hayes & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Jennifer Hayes
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Stranger Things Ensemble
   • Original Characters
   • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Season/Series 05
   • Everyone is Alive
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Pining Mike Wheeler
   • d1 yearner mike queeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler Friendship
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Miscommunication
   • Estrangement
   • Gay Will Byers
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • seriously bro has no idea what he's talking about
   • Found Family
   • Blind Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • HIV/AIDS Crisis
   • New York City
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • POV Will Byers
   • that's right he's finally getting a word in
   • First Kiss
   • Making Out
   • Flustered Mike Wheeler
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • but also a little sexual yk
   • Rough Kissing
   • Gentle Kissing
   • we got it all round here
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   “Did you know?” he asked at the last moment, voice cracked and warbly from crying. He hadn’t sounded that young in years.

   She hesitated for one painstaking moment, and at last replied, “No, Mike.”

   She almost closed the door, but stopped again.

   “I am sorry,” she whispered, remorse staining her voice, and quietly closed the door behind her.

    

   Three days after graduation, Will disappeared in the dead of night with nothing but a note left in his absence, and Mike's heart left with him.

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   Bookmarked by kirro

   13 Jun 2026