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Chapters: 8/? Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler Characters: Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Dustin Henderson, Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler, Lucas Sinclair, Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Joyce Byers, Robin Buckley, Jim "Chief" Hopper, Eddie Munson Additional Tags: Will Byers is Whipped, Will Byers Has Issues, Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler, Will Byers Needs a Hug, Mike Wheeler is Whipped, Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings, Mike Wheeler is a Mess, Mike Wheeler in a Band, Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug, Autistic Mike Wheeler, College Student Will Byers, Alternate Universe - College/University, Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers, Bullying, Period-Typical Homophobia, Family Issues, Mike Wheeler Has Self-Worth Issues, Will Byers Has Anxiety, Will Byers Deserves Love, Protective Mike Wheeler, Mike Wheeler Has Self-Esteem Issues, mike wheeler has depression, Mike Wheeler Smokes, slight mention of sh, Fluff, will byers overthinks a lot, And I mean a LOT, mike wheeler cant communicate, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Angst Summary:
As he stared at the boy his eyes trailed from the rings delicately decorating his slim fingers, to the silver chains hanging around his neck, to the metal bar poking out from his right eyebrow. He had a large reddish almost heart shaped birthmark on the left side of his face.
That birthmark looks oddly familiar…
Finally, his eyes drifted to lock eyes with the chocolate brown ones gazing back at him.
oh shit how long have I been staring?
Or: In 1990, Will Byers has finally escaped his small town of Hawkins, Indiana for the bustling city of New York. He's going to college to take art classes and finds himself sharing an apartment with his brother's girlfriend's brother who he's never met before. Mike Wheeler has escaped his homophobic parents and run off to NYC to join a band, but he can't afford living in the city on his own, so his sister arranged a roommate for him, which to his surprise someone he recognizes...
Fic title from Your Song by Elton John!!!
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