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   Are There Clouds in California by EmilyWallas

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   09 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • others mentioned - Character
   • Epistolary
   • Lettergate
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • like you guys don't understand how down bad he is
   • Mike Wheeler is Obsessed with Will Byers
   • Mike works through some shit
   • miwi
   • there's some references
   • anniversary effect
   • sad gay pining
   • except he thinks it's friendship
   • Mike misses Will
   • Mike Wheeler attempts to express himself
   • partly successful except for the fact that he doesn't actually manage to send the letters
   • RIP
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Ted Wheeler kind of sucks in this
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler Bonding
   • Mike Wheeler & Holly Wheeler - Freeform
   • (all off screen technically)
   • Angst
   • Character Study
   • Pining
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Sexuality Crisis
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Eddie Munson
   • (not really relevant but still true)
   • is it a sad ending if it's just canon compliant?
   • Post-Season/Series 03
   • pre-epic fail spring break trip flop
   • the real reason behind the airport scene

   Summary

   All the letters Mike never sent between July 1985 and March 1986

   Series

   • Part 1 of Clouds & Shadows

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   English

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   10 Feb 2026