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• Wicked Games Between Us (Byler Fanfiction — Stranger Things AU) by Seba_omo

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Will Byers/Chance
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Chance (Stranger Things)
  • Jealous Mike Wheeler
  • Slow Burn
  • Complicated Relationships
  • Peer Pressure
  • Underage Substance Use
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Mike Wheeler is a Little Shit
  • Eating Disorders
  • Self-Discovery
  • Mutual Pining
  • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Mike Wheeler is Autistic
  • Inspired by an Ethel Cain Song
  • Written By An Australian
  • will byers - Freeform

  Summary

  Times are changing and people are maturing, Mike knows that. The party is good at assuring him that he doesn’t have to change for anybody, especially his bestfriend Will. Though as highschool inevitably rolls around, he finds himself turning on his own beliefs.
  Hawkins High is a frighteningly new experience for Mike — Girls, Algebra and oh god ...GIRLS. (Despite the fact, he knows he isn’t as fazed by that as he should be.)

  Wheeler knows he’s been a part of the weird crew for a long time, longer then he can remember. Although when Lucas Sinclair gains the upper hand with the popular crew he isn’t so hesitant to turn heel on those he used to associate himself with, delving into something he isn’t so sure he’s ready for.

  Risks are made to be taken right?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  26,159

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  11

  Kudos:

  43

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