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1. so, so vain by soupesou

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   05 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Chance
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Chance (Stranger Things)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Possessive Behavior
   • Possessive Mike Wheeler
   • Codependency
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Jealousy
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Falling Out of Love
   • implied future bychance

   Summary

   All Will could feel for Mike was pity.

   Mike's grieving and Will took one look at him— pale and gaunt, dying and on the verge of following El, and Will took matters in his hands and decided to fix him. Maybe there was love in it. A small, shrivelling thing that remained from his former feelings for him. He never thought Mike's going to cling to him instead.

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