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   Your Eyes Get Darker As They Close by solaheatworld

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley & Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Robin Buckley
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers
   • Fix-It
   • Boys in Love
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Psychological Torture
   • Angst
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Season/Series 05
   • Platonic Relationships
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Will Byers-centric
   • POV Alternating
   • Vecna Possessing Mike Wheeler
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Near Death Experiences
   • Blood and Injury
   • Author Projecting onto Mike Wheeler
   • Stranger Things 5 Finale Fix-It
   • Getting Together
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Queer Themes
   • Homophobic Language
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Mild Gore

   Summary

   Mike would never admit this to anyone, but… he was drowning.

   Or, Instead of Holly being taken... it's Mike.

    

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   Bookmarked by Euriclea

   12 Feb 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Vecna Possessing Mike Wheeler