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1. in the aftermath by lameghost

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   31 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Mutual Pining
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Adult Will Byers
   • Adult Mike Wheeler
   • Post-Canon
   • coming home
   • Wedding arc
   • Yearning
   • emotional pining
   • Awkward reunions
   • Will Has a scandalously older boyfriend
   • Mike is in a heteronormative loveless relationship
   • They're excited to be uncles together
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers

   Summary

   Mike learned how to live without looking back.

   Will learned how to survive by leaving.

   Jonathan and Nancy’s (shotgun) wedding reunites the group in Hawkins and reopens everything they never got to said out loud.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   27,882

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

   11

   Kudos:

   45

   Bookmarks:

   10

   Hits:

   394