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1. Sophomore Slump Or Comeback of the Year by danielle_derrick

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   23 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Steve Harrington
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • POV Third Person Omniscient
   • POV Alternating
   • Angst
   • Will Byers Smokes Marijuana
   • During the 18-Month Timeskip Before Stranger Things 5 Vol. 1
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Redemption
   • BAMF Jonathan Byers
   • I Love Jonathan Byers
   • Underage Smoking
   • Miscommunication
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Will Byers Is Not Okay
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Himbo Steve Harrington
   • Smart Robin Buckley
   • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Not Canon Compliant - Stranger Things 5
   • Character Study
   • Alternate Universe - Crack
   • This Is Not Going To Go The Way You Think
   • Eventual Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • I Can't Believe I Wrote This
   • What Was I Thinking?
   • Will Byers Has Daddy Issues
   • Will Byers Has a Crush on Steve Harrington
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Has Anxiety
   • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Cigarettes
   • Mildly Dubious Consent
   • Self-Harm
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Mike realizes just how damn stupid he is and tries to reconcile with Will, only to discover how much Will has changed.

   OR

   Will starts smoking weed to cope with Mike avoiding him while Mike basically stalks Will

   OR

   Guys this is straight up crack treated seriously but I have a vision ok

   (Inspired by a Fall Out Boy song.)

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   English

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