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   this feelin' ain't gone by goldenasteri

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   02 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Original Characters
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Post-Canon
   • AT LEAST UNTIL VOL3 COMES OUT
   • Stranger Things 5
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Making Out
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • POV Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Drinking
   • Self-Discovery
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Unlabeled Mike Wheeler
   • he doesnt know and frankly i dont care. this is how i like my mike wheeler
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • 1990s
   • the original characters are just to fill out their lives and are mostly nameless
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Will Byers Gets a Break
   • HES HAPPY FOR ONCE.... until homotron 5000 shows up
   • Mutual Pining
   • Forgiveness
   • title from the subway by chappell roan because obviously
   • Friends to Strangers to Lovers
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • Phone Calls & Telephones
   • this is the most phone call heavy fic known to god
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Jealousy
   • Miscommunication
   • Moving On
   • AND THEN COMING BACK BABY!
   • Second Chances
   • San Francisco
   • this is my love letter to the city i shouldve become an adult in btw
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler has spent the last four years of college wandering aimlessly through life. He'd followed Will to California, only for Will Byers, his best, most trusted friend, to slowly phase himself out of his life. And frankly, he'd seemed happier without Mike. What was he supposed to make of that?

   But then, Mike discovers some things about himself. He starts to find the pieces that he was looking for. And... what is Will supposed to do with that?

   (aka: a post-canon "mike finds his way back to will eventually" 90s college fic, in which will byers gets to scream at mike a lil like he deserves, and mike gets to prove himself in return)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   26,091

   Chapters:

   4/11

   Comments:

   89

   Kudos:

   395

   Bookmarks:

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   03 Jan 2026