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1. The Closest to Heaven...That I'll Ever Be by starr_stories

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage Sex
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Underage Sex
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Punk Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Homophobia
   • Attempted Sexual Assault
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Eventual Smut
   • Slow Burn
   • Truth or Dare
   • Underage Drinking
   • Marijuana | Weed Edibles
   • Underage Smoking
   • Consensual Underage Sex
   • Sexual Tension
   • Romantic Tension
   • Sharing a Bed
   • HIV/AIDS Crisis
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Bullying
   • Mutual Pining
   • Alternate Universe - High School
   • High School
   • Surfer Boy Pizza (Stranger Things)
   • Scoops Ahoy (Stranger Things)
   • Surfsahoy
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Henderhop
   • Lumax
   • Ted Wheeler Being Homophobic (Stranger Things)
   • Idiots in Love
   • Lovers Lake (Stranger Things)
   • Prom
   • Guitarist Mike Wheeler
   • Artist Will Byers
   • Writer Mike Wheeler
   • there will be some smut guys chill out
   • Buff Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Has An Eating Disorder
   • Will Byers is Thick
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Big Dick
   • Flirting
   • First Kiss
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • VERY VERY VERY slow burn
   • Awkward Boners
   • Will Byers is a Tease
   • Forbidden Love

   Summary

   In Hawkins, Indiana, the rules are simple.

   Boys date girls. Friends stay friends. And anything else is something you don’t talk about.

   But Mike Wheeler has never been very good at following rules, especially when it comes to Will Byers.

   Because falling in love is easy.

   Figuring out what it costs is the hard part.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   211,530

   Chapters:

   35/?

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