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1. the luckiest guy on the lower west side by racinggoats

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   01 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Slow Burn
   • Experienced Will Byers
   • Experienced Mike Wheeler
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • Getting Together
   • Will Byers in New York City
   • Mike Wheeler in San Francisco
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Implied/Referenced Sex
   • Artist Will Byers
   • Bookstore Owner Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Midlife Crisis
   • Feelings Realization
   • but it's Will!
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Post-Canon
   • 2000s

   Summary

   “Have you ever had a long-term relationship? Or even a medium-term one?”
   “Define medium-term.”
   “Let’s say six months.”
   “... let’s not.”
   “And why do you think that is, Will?”
   “I have absolutely no idea, Maxine. But I get the feeling that you’re going to tell me why you think it is, so get it over with...”

   Will, pushing thirty, thinks he has a pretty good thing going in New York. His art is selling, his bed is frequently full, and he's on really excellent terms with his best friend. Even if Mike does live in San Francisco.

   But his mom has been bugging him about settling down, and maybe it's just persistence, but Will is starting to feel like there's something missing.

   Surely he's too young for a midlife crisis?

   Series

   • Part 2 of come back from san francisco

   Language:

   English

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