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• Drunk confessions (I thought you knew) by crazytogetheraddict

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV 2022), The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy - Jenny Han  

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  • Complete Work

  19 Feb 2026

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  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Drunken Confessions
  • Angst
  • Beaches
  • Drunkenness
  • Byler Week 2025 (Stranger Things)
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
  • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
  • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
  • Late Night Conversations
  • Inspired by The Summer I Turned Pretty
  • Cousins Beach (The Summer I Turned Pretty)
  • Drunk Will Byers
  • Will Byers Deserves Love
  • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler in Love
  • Sad Will Byers
  • Gay Panic
  • Gay
  • Gay Male Character
  • Everyone Is Gay
  • Late at Night
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • POV Will Byers
  • Heavy Angst
  • Angst and Feels
  • Teen Angst

  Summary

  “For us… I mean, in high school, after El, I mean…I would have been there for you…through everything—”

  Mike interrupts him, he can’t do this without telling Will the truth anymore, “I thought you knew! I thought you knew!”

  Will freezes. Knew what?

  “From the moment we fought in the rain, I thought you knew—”

  or

  Drunk Will Byers walks out into the ocean while Mike hauls him out because he’s the protective boy he is. Will yells and Mike thought Will knew because Mike Wheeler is an idiot and doesn’t know how to deal with his feelings for his best friend.

  Series

  • Part 1 of the summer i turned byler

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