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• barefoot on an island (it felt like magic) by WlNTERBABY

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

  04 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • byler
  • hellcali
  • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)
  • island au
  • Summer Romance
  • Vacation
  • First Kiss
  • First Time
  • First Meetings
  • Slow Burn
  • Artist Will Byers
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Bottom Will Byers
  • Dry Humping
  • Inappropriate Erections
  • Anal Sex
  • Anal Fingering
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Eventual Smut
  • Islands
  • Summer Vacation
  • Summer Love
  • mike wheeler hellfire
  • will byers california
  • hellcali au
  • Hellcali was just an inspiration
  • Modern AU

  Summary

  Mike is spending a week on a small island with his family, expecting boredom, bad internet, and long days with nothing to do.

  What he didn't expect was Will – a quiet island boy with paint-stained hands, a shell necklace, and a tan that lit up the island.

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  English

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