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• This Simple Feeling by Crystal_Cluster

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

  26 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Steve Harrington
  • Robin Buckley
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Eddie Munson
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Erica Sinclair
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Vecna Possessing Mike Wheeler
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
  • Protective Will Byers
  • Will Byers Has Powers
  • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Stranger Things 5 Fix-It
  • Bad Parent Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Pack Dynamics
  • Omega Mike Wheeler
  • Alpha Will Byers
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Temporary Amnesia
  • Depressed Mike Wheeler

  Summary

  Mike suddenly felt this deep fondness flow through his entire being. It was almost like he was looking at Will for the first time and properly seeing him. Like he was finally beginning to see himself and understand who he was. He would always be friends with Will, nothing could ever change that. He would be stuck with Mike at his side as long as he wanted him there, and Mike wanted to stay there for the rest of his life.

  Or: What if Mike was Vecna's fourth victim instead of Max?

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  English

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