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   promises by maroonhibiscus

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Derek Turnbow
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Summer
   • Summer Romance
   • Summer Love
   • Childhood Friends
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Fluff and Angst
   • No Smut
   • Mike Wheeler in Denial
   • Gay Will Byers
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Grief/Mourning
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Pining
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Slow Burn
   • Lack of Communication
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler

   Summary

   Mike believes that all promises are either made in the light, or in the dark.

   He doesn’t know when that belief started to slip, but now Mike is starting to think the difference doesn’t matter as much as he wanted it to.

   OR

   A slow-burn summer romance fic in which Mike slowly deals with his grief with Will's help and in doing so uncovers his feelings for a certain someone.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   21/23

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