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   Time cast a spell on you by writteninerised

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Joyce Byers
   • Carlton - Character
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Mike's eyebrows
   • Memory Loss
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Eventual Romance
   • Slow Burn
   • Yearning
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Forced Proximity
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • Romance
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Tags May Change
   • References to The Notebook (2004)
   • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Guitarist Mike Wheeler
   • College
   • Homophobia
   • Trauma
   • homophobic violence
   • physical assault
   • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
   • Mike Wheeler Takes Care of Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Hates Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Nightmares
   • Daddy Issues
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Bad Parent Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Original Character(s)
   • Mike Wheeler Smokes
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • I mean
   • Will still has memory loss…
   • But I aim for a mostly happy ending
   • controlling Carlton
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • but only from Carlton
   • Emotional cheating on Carlton
   • Will can’t help it okay
   • Miscommunication
   • Blood and Violence
   • Homophobic Language
   • Blood and Gore
   • Mike Wheeler Has Anxiety
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Making Out
   • Touching
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Dry Humping
   • Coming In Pants
   • Mild Sexual Content

   Summary

   Will Byers has slowly lost his memories over the years due to the lingering effects of Vecna. So Mike Wheeler, the storyteller, reads to him, hoping that their story, might guide Will back to himself. Back to him.

   or: A slow burn friends to lovers that starts in college and follows them through the years, with kicking your feet and giggling moments, angst that burns your chest, and yearning that will have you taking a lap around your room.

   Language:

   English

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   160,791

   Chapters:

   38/?

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   Bookmarked by rumihasajoke

   26 Mar 2026