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   I Don't Have to Sell My Soul (He's Already in Me) by DH_epub

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   19 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Stranger Things 5 Rewrite
   • Stranger Things 5 Fix-It
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Top Mike Wheeler
   • Bottom Will Byers
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Tags Contain Spoilers
   • Manipulative Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Psychological Horror
   • Miscommunication
   • they think they're protecting each other by hurting themselves
   • friendly reminder the timeline is different this is set in 1989 and they are 18
   • Will Byers Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Heavy Angst
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Spanking
   • Will Byers is Bad at Feelings
   • Self-Induced Vomiting
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • Will Byers is self destructive
   • Blood and Gore
   • First Time
   • Anal Sex
   • Sorcerer Will Byers
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Mind Manipulation
   • Size Difference
   • Public Sex
   • Possession
   • Brat Will Byers
   • Demi Mike Wheeler
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Degradation
   • Accidental Watersports
   • barely
   • Dom Mike Wheeler
   • Sub Will Byers
   • Medical Experimentation
   • Past Sexual Assault
   • Sexual Harassment
   • Non-Penetrative Sexual Assault
   • Passive Suicidality
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Will Byers Whump
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Horror

   Summary

   After ten months of being together and a brutal fight where Mike and Will both aim where they know will hurt, Mike leaves the Wheeler's house in the middle of the night leaving them both with broken pieces of what they were.

    

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   A complete season 5 re-write/fix-it following TSTYK with a primarily byler focus set October 1989. While there are a few scenes/concepts from s5 that will appear, this is not just s5 rewritten to include byler.

   Multi POV

   This is a dark fic. That means dark themes are touched and handled on. I use constant real life issues the same way most media does. That means it is not suitable for all audiences.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Do You Want to Know a Secret?

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   English

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   20 May 2026