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1. Affectionate dissonance by xo_Wren_xo

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   07 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler/Original Male Character(s)
   • The Party & Mike Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Will Byers
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Self-Discovery
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Jealous Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Anxiety
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Sexuality Crisis
   • Sexual Repression
   • Confident Will Byers
   • Will Byers is Whipped
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers's Tammy Thompson
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Gay Disaster Mike Wheeler
   • Flustered Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Deserves Love
   • Mike Wheeler Deserves Better
   • Author Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • Top Will Byers in later works
   • Bottom Mike Wheeler in later works

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler is fucked. Fucked and screwed and utterly lost wrapped in an anxious bundle of gay disaster. Between his repressed thoughts spilling out, budding crushes and deeply hidden discoveries about himself and a certain, green-eyed sorcerer. Mike is certain being vecna'd would have been more palatable than this.

   Or

   My take on Mike discovering his sexuality and everything in-between alongside his love for Will. With the help of the party and a confident not-gay-disaster Will. With a lot more tenderness than is usually afforded to him.

   Or

   The author loves Mike Wheeler and thinks he deserves patience instead of criticism.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Mike Wheeler's Guide to Self Discovery

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,659

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

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