Chapters: 2/5
Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Maxine “Max” Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
Characters: Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, Maxine “Max” Mayfield, Lucas Sinclair, Dustin Henderson, Eleven | Jane Hopper, (mentioned)
Additional Tags: Mike Wheeler Character Study, Summer Vacation, Alternate Universe - Road Trip, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Hurt/Comfort, Past Suicide Attempts, So be warned, Smoking, Recreational Drug Use, its just weed but it never hurts to tag!, party road trip <3, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale, Canon Compliant, Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
Summary:
“You okay?” Mike asks, eyes scanning Will’s face for any tell that he isn’t.
“Yeah,” Will says, giving Mike a real smile, and Mike is almost convinced. “I’m just thinking.”
“Just… this,” Will says, and gestures to the room around him. “Our last summer, I guess.”
“They’ll be more summers,” Mike says hopefully, but he knows what Will means. Deep down, he knows too.
“Not like this,” Will whispers, and the room is suddenly too quiet, too intimate, too close to being absolutely suffocating. Mike feels like he’s drowning in basement air and summer heat and Will Byers’ stupid pretty eyes.
or, Dustin proposes a road trip to commemorate the party’s last summer together.