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• Things we never said (maybe we won't) by W_A_M

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  16 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Robin Buckley
  • Steve Harrington
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Erica Sinclair
  • Murray Bauman
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
  • Vecna (Stranger Things)
  • Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer
  • Demogorgon (Stranger Things)
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Angst
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Nightmares
  • POV Alternating
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Byler Week 2025 (Stranger Things)
  • Slow Burn
  • past-season 4
  • Pre-Season 5
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Friendship
  • Best Friends to Lovers
  • Feelings Realization
  • unspoken feelings
  • Fear of Rejection
  • Miscommunication
  • Anxiety
  • Depressive Thoughts
  • Forced Proximity

  Summary

  After California, nothing feels the same.
  Will is trying to survive the things he never said, while Mike is struggeling with feelings he dosen't understand yet.

  or

  They come back to Hawkins, but left too many words behind.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,658

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Kudos:

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