Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. a pity she does not exist by wolfecoded

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Character Study
   • Relationship Study
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • all his worst traits are exemplified in this
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Song: Andrew in Drag (The Magnetic Fields)
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Underage Drinking
   • Cheating
   • Angry Kissing
   • Making Out
   • Unhappy Ending
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • maybe a Pinch of comfort
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Angst
   • period typical attitudes towards gender
   • Crossdressing
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Deserves Better
   • Mildly Dubious Consent

   Summary

   It's not that Mike wants Will to be a girl, but if he were, their lives would be so much easier.

   (Or; during a game of truth or dare, Will ends up in El's clothing. Mike can't help but notice how similar they are.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,762

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   245

   Kudos:

   2,655

   Bookmarks:

   511

   Hits:

   25,619