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1. (words are) futile devices by elizaon1ce

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • byler
   • During the 18-Month Timeskip Before Stranger Things 5 Vol. 1
   • Mixtape
   • Forced Proximity
   • Music
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Fluff
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • Mike Wheeler's Basement
   • WSQK 94.5 FM | The Squawk (Stranger Things)
   • Love Confessions
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • for Will x
   • Song: Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens)
   • Writer Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • First Kiss

   Summary

   In the wake of Max's attack, Mike and Will learn each other's favorite songs to protect themselves from Vecna. Through music and art, the two come to express the things that can't be put into words.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,073

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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