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1. Just for a second, I remembered myself by Romanoff_mylove

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   07 Jan 2026

   Tags

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   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Writer Mike Wheeler
   • Artist Will Byers
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Post-Time Skip
   • Grown Up Characters
   • Mike Wheeler has a breakdown in his 30s and realises he forgot the point of living
   • Slow Burn
   • Depressed Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler I know What You Are
   • Mike is a famous writer
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers is the coolest ever
   • Eventual Byler
   • 2000s
   • Angst
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Angst and Feels
   • hurt but eventual comfort
   • Mike Wheeler crashout of the century (eventual)
   • Internalized Homophobia

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler has finally, finally made it as a writer, writing the story of his adventures with the upside down as a kid.

   And sure, he spends most of his time alone, but he isn't lonely. He likes being alone.

   So why does it throw him so off his game when people start asking him if the Mike of the book is gay?

   //Updates every evening GMT, tags updated as the story goes on.//

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