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   boys in bars by Zannolin

   Fandom Stranger Things (TV 2016)

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Series

   05 Jun 2024

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Minor Characters
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Post-Canon
   • 1990s
   • Aged-Up Character(s)
   • this is a post-college universe
   • not canon compliant but canon complicit shall we say
   • friends to strangers
   • Childhood Friends
   • Old Friends
   • Estrangement
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • but theres an awful lot of hurt and maybe not so much comfort
   • it's about delayed gratification okay TRUST ME
   • Reunions
   • Bars and Pubs
   • Gay Bar
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Coming Out
   • Confessions
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • Light Angst
   • no beta we die like bob (i miss bob)
   • i dont know how to tag these things i don't know why i even try
   • Grief/Mourning
   • altogether wildly unnecessary mentions of 80s movies
   • i am ONCE AGAIN asking u to READ THE SERIES before freaking out in the comments
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon Universe
   • College
   • Non-Linear Narrative
   • Coming of Age
   • Sexuality Crisis
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Angst
   • again i KNOW. i'm sorry. trust the process kekw
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • like half the canon mike wheeler tags apply to this honestly
   • Character Study
   • Friendship
   • Pining Mike Wheeler
   • does he understand he's pining? perhaps. perhaps not.
   • friends to strangers to ???
   • Small Towns
   • the inherent tragedy of growing up
   • WARNING: this fic contains INACCURATE DEPICTIONS of the publishing industry!!
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Slow Burn
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler Friendship
   • Miscommunication
   • Fell First/Fell Harder
   • Mutual Pining
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Finally
   • Friends to Lovers
   • actually it's friends to strangers to lovers but that's not a tag because ao3 hates me
   • Reconciliation
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Step-Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • First Kiss
   • Hehehe...
   • Protective Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • hehehhehe
   • i believe that is all the relevant tags i hope you're ready

   Summary

   sometimes people grow apart, and that's life. and sometimes they grow together again, and that's life, too.

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   Bookmarked by 8briisun8

   28 Mar 2026

   Bookmarker's Tags:

   • Friends to Strangers to Lovers
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Estrangement
   • Reconciliation

   Bookmarker's Notes

   PEAK BYLERRR