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   you looked back at me once (but i looked back two times) by IIBreathlessII

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   27 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley/Vickie
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Vickie (Stranger Things)
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Mutual Pining
   • First Kiss
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Jealousy
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler Break Up
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Love Confessions
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Slow Burn
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Gay Panic
   • Idiots in Love
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Mistakenly Thinks Robin Buckley and Will Byers are in a Relationship
   • Robin Buckley & Will Byers Friendship
   • Step-Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Nightmares
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Oh. OH. | Italicized Oh Moment
   • Making Out
   • Grinding
   • Fluff

   Summary

   After everything that they had been through together, Will Byers is sure one thing remains unchanged: his feelings for Mike Wheeler are one-sided. Though he's living in the Wheelers' basement, he tries his best to get over Mike and fully accept himself with the help of Robin Buckley. Mike, meanwhile, is struggling with emotions he doesn't yet understand and a twisting feeling in his stomach at the thought of Will and Robin getting close so quickly. Misunderstandings grow, jealousy simmers, and buried feelings refuse to stay quiet as the boys figure themselves out.

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   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

   40/40

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   Bookmarked by Clarkeee

   04 Jan 2026