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mike coming out to dustin while off on a mission in s5
they’ve been walking around for about an hour now, making casual conversation and commentary on the invalding aspects of the upside down into their world when dustin decides to ask.
“so i’ve been meaning to ask, what’s up with you and el?” dustin asks as he carefully steps over a vine.
“huh?” mike turns around to look at him, a confused expression on his face in response to the question that to him came out of no where. “what are you talking about?”
“well you guys are barley talking to each other let alone in the same room anymore. honestly it’s been nice to not turn around to you guys making out every five seconds but likewise it’s a little off putting the space between the two of you” dustin comments as they continue on.
“oh,” mike says “i mean that’s probably because we broke up.”
dustin stops and looks up at him with a clear expression of shock on his face “what?!? when!?!” “uh, since a little after the rest of us got back from lenora?” mike offers, getting a little uncomfortable by how surprised dustin is.
dustin looks at him with utmost sympathy “aw man dude that sucks, i’m so sorry.” mike shakes his head “nah it’s fine. it’s for the best i think actually.” dustin sputters “”for the best”?! man what are you talking about? you guys were completely wrapped up in each other just last summer, how could you even say that?”
“dustin-”
dustin continues rambling “i mean you guys were so focused on each other that you ended up ditching us constantly! which was just as annoying as it was sweet by the way.”
“dustin-”
“i mean! hell i thought you guys would be together forever considering when you yelled at us that you loved her that one time-”
mike turns around and snaps “well you’re wrong dustin!”
dustin stops short and looks at mike, eyes wide in shock and taken aback from his outburst. mike deflates a bit after seeing the reaction from one of his bestfriends. he sighs looking down at the ground. “you’re wrong. el and i aren’t gonna be together forever. and i don’t love her like that. hell i’m not even sure i ever actually liked her like that.”
“what? but you guys were together like all the time. and kissing all the time. will even said that you told her you loved her when she was fighting vecna?” dustin replies even more confused
mike sighs again “yeah, i did do all those things, because i thought that’s what i was supposed to do. what all guys are supposed to do with their girlfriends. and especially in that moment in the pizza cooler, i was so afraid that if i didn’t say what el wanted me to say, that she would have died. but...” mike pauses and looks up at the sky, almost like he’s contemplating something. “none of those things i did were because i liked her romantically.”
the two of them keep walking but dustin keeps staring at mike, occasionally looking down at his feet to watch where he steps, because some things still aren’t making sense to him. “okay, but like dude, i don’t get it? when she left with the byers, you were so mopey and miserable. i mean we could hardly get you to leave you basement, like, ever. and other times all you would do is complain about joyce’s telemarketer job because you couldn’t get through the phonelines every time you tired to call them. i thought that was all from you missing your girlfriend?”
mike sighs again, but this time it’s shaky. he looks nervous as he turns a concerning combination of both pale and flushed. without turning to look at dustin he replies. “yeah, i mean i was miserable. but...el...she wasn’t the only one who left hawkins. i mean, she left with the byers remember?”
dustin’s face still looks confused, even as he’s looking down to watch where he steps. “yeah i remember but what does that have to do with- oh, oh right will. i mean we all missed will dude, you’re not the only one.”
“dustin.” “what?” mike still hasn’t turned around to look at him, his head’s hanging low. finally he does turn around and his face is pale and eyes glassy, dustin’s never seen him look this nervous and scared before. he looks at dustin and his voice is shaky “please don’t make me say it.”
with the same puzzled look on his face dustin goes “say what? mike, i really don’t get...” suddenly every thing in dustin’s brain clicks. his eyes go wide as he finally, finally puts the pieces together. he whispers “holy shit”
mike looks away and that’s pretty much all dustin needs to confirm what he was thinking. “holy shit”
“dustin-”
“oh my god dude. holy shit”
mike sighs, trying to keep his breath as even as he can “look if you want to head back now i can finish this on my own, but please-”
dustin looks at him like he just said he was gonna go and put one of the demodogs on a leash “what?! dude no! are you insane? i just can’t believe i never fucking noticed!”
mike now looks confused “huh?”
“dude it makes so much sense now!” dustin looks at him like he just gave him the simplest answer to the word’s most complicated question “i mean it explains everything! ever since we were kids! how you were so protective of him, how you always spoke to him in that voice-”
“dustin-”
“i mean you were so defensive when it came to him, i mean you wouldn’t even let us within five feet of him that one night on halloween-”
“dustin-”
“oh my god! it also explains why you never shut up about him during hellfire- EDDIE! HOLY SHIT YOU HAD A CRUSH ON EDDIE TOO DIDN’T YOU!”
“DUSTIN!” mike has now turned beat red from all the revelations his friend is now deciding to share out into the open. dustin calms down from all his sudden realizations “sorry, man i really just can’t believe i never noticed.” and mike looks at him a little shyly “and you don’t care?”
dustin once again looks at him like he just offered to invite the next Demogorgon them come across over for tea “what? no man” he becomes serious “you’re still one of my best friends. and besides we’ve been through way too much shit for me to care about your obvious crush on will, WHICH I CAN’T BELIEVE I MISSED-”
“dustin!” mike’s laughing now, relieved that he’s finally admitted this to one of his bestfriends and he doesn’t hate him or find him gross or disgusting, although still somewhat embarrassed by his friend’s comment towards his crush
dustin chuckles too “sorry. man, i can’t believe how oblivious i was. steve would be so disappointed in me. don’t tell him about this too by the way. i don’t need him giving me shit about not picking up on people’s feelings when he still won’t tell me why him and robin wouldn’t work out! i was so sure about those two!”
mike gives dustin a knowing look and shakes his head as he laughs and pats him on the shoulder “don’t worry dustin, i’m sure you’ll figure it out sooner or later.” and continues off in the direct they were headed. dustin stays rooted in his spot as he stares after him slightly confused. after a minute he runs after him.
“hey wait what do you mean by that? mike? MIKE?”
#stranger things#stranger things fic#stranger things fanfic#stranger things ficlet#byler#byler fic#byler ficlet#byler fanfic#mike wheeler#dustin henderson#wheelerson#platonic wheelerson#dustin and mike friendship#dustin being completely oblivious as usual#and him having the worst gaydar#coming out#mike wheeler i know what you are#mike wheeler loves will byers#will byers loves mike wheeler#st5 headcanon#stranger things s5 headcanon#the gears in dustins head are turning#oblivious dustin henderson#dustin henderson is a good friend#this is also probably the longest thing i've written#hope you enjoy#let me know how i did
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DUSTIN N WILLS FRIENDSHIP IS SOO UNDERRATED!!!!!!!!!!
like they race each other home!!! He bought the comic to the hospital for Will!!!! Dustin would've 100% played DnD if he was with the party then!!! In season 4 he's like one of the only characters in Hawkins to MENTION Will and it's to say how they need him!!!!!
Everyone in the party is super close ofc but I feel like I see so little about Will and Dustin which is silly because they could have such a cool dynamic if we explore it further, I need them being ABSOLUTE MENACES NEXT SEASON.
#I NEED TO SEE MORE CONTENT WITH THE 2 OF THEM#PLEASE GIVE ME THEIR FRIENDSHIP IN SEASON 5#stranger things#st5#stranger things 5#will byers#dustin henderson#mike wheeler#byler#< target audience
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maybe my number one stranger things pet peeve is when people write max mayfield like she’s an asshole who hates her friends (especially mike) as if her love for and memories of her friends did not give her the strength to realize she wanted to live. as if her love for her friends didn’t literally save her life.
#in dear billy i mean. not the piggyback. obviously#but like#she’s not an asshole she’s just GUARDED#she loves her friends so much. she’s kind and generous#she didn’t hesitate once when el came to her for help despite el being neutral/hostile to her before then#her actively seeking out lucas and dustin and mike’s (and yes! even mike’s)#friendship in s2#like come on.#sassy and Mean are two different things#the difference between being sarcastic and petty vs being a dick#the Sassy Bitchification of the token sarcastic female character in a friend group is a disease i swear#max mayfield#stranger things#/astro posts
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Turn the other cheek, and I take it on the chin /Part 2/
Part 1
The sky was blue, two and two made four and Eddie was a coward.
Those were the irrefutable truth of the world. Eddie used to call his behavior "self-preservation" when he ran away from cops and angry jocks mob, or when he skipped a class he couldn’t understand, or when he ran away after witnessing one of the most traumatizing death in the history of mankind.
But as he saw Robin Buckley angrily stomping down his stairs and into his basement, he couldn’t qualify his next course of actions of anything but cowardice.
He had known day more glorious but as he shielded himself from the furious woman with a, for once, quite Mike Wheeler, he couldn’t care less about his image in front of his club.
Hypocritical right ? Yeah that’s another truth Eddie was very well aware about himself but who would dare look him in the eye and spit that fact in his face ?
Robin Buckley actually, as she did not hesitate to shove Mike out of the way and grab Eddie by the collar of his worn out Hellfire shirt, bringing him dangerously close to her angry red face, and shoving him against the wall.
"You, Edward Theodore Munson, are the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever seen. How dare you force those big monologues on conformity and "Hawkins’ monster" on us on top of those poor cafeteria tables, only to turn around and do exactly what you so loudly claim to be against ?"
Eddie was petrified, he couldn’t tear his eyes away from hers. The basement was as quiet as ever, everyone seemed to hold their breath, too scared they might remind Robin of their presence.
"Steve changed, actually no, he didn’t change. He just had the courage to show his true self, he stripped away from the role that was forced on him by his parents, friends, everyone in this shitty town and by you too. He would and has put his life on the line so many times for every single one of you," She said the last part louder, slightly tilting her head to the side towards a specific side of the table but never moving her rage filled gaze from Eddie’s wide eyes. "He trusted you Eddie, he confided in you and what did you do ? You humiliated him by using his vulnerability against him. I hope you’re happy your pathetic little audience appreciated the spectacle." A protest formed itself on Jeff’s lips but was quickly shut off by a quick glare and an honest to god growl from Robin.
"You know what truly breaks my heart Eddie ? Steve still defended you and he doesn’t even blame you ! Do with that information what you want but I hope it makes you feel so bad you won’t be able to look yourself in any type of reflection for as long as possible."
She slowly stepped away from him, releasing her grip on his shirt and making a show of dusting him off,
"If you want to know what I think of this shit show Eddie. You don’t deserve him." She turned around, facing the kids, "and you guys are a bunch of ungrateful brats who don’t deserve Steve and all that he does for you."
She only looked at the older Hellfire members with disgust before turning back to Eddie. The man in question was looking at the ground, his head hanging guiltily and shoulder hunched.
Robin stepped back into his space, her mouth close to his ear, and let out her final strike in a quite sigh,
"And to think that man saved your life.."
With that, she left as she came, the front door banging loudly behind her.
That last sentence she had whispered in his ear sent a glacial chill down Eddie’s spine. It stabbed through his chest in plain and shameful guilt. Eddie sat heavily on his throne. A throne that Steve had spent two weeks making since the basketball team had burned his old one when he was on the run. He lost himself in a spiral of shame and regrets, cringing at himself as he pictured how it all went down earlier and how, even after noticing Steve leaving, they’d kept that same behavior. Laughing at the expense of the poor man like hyenas. One by one, the older members left quietly. The kids stayed a little longer, sitting in silence before all leaving in a quiet agreement. Eddie only registered Dustin telling him they will be using the phone to call for a drive home. A drive home that, for the first time since the boys had joined Hellfire, wouldn’t be Steve.
Eddie had fucked up, that much was very clear. He also knew why he said all those horrible things, he craved the validation and admiration of his sheepies and hellfire friends.
The only way he had found to maintain those was to do what he had always done.
To the detriment of his friends, Eddie was a hypocrite, selfish and coward man. Eddie saw an opportunity to remind his club of who he was, Eddie "the Freak" Munson, natural nemesis of the jocks.
Robin’s words kept circling in his mind viciously.
The sheer fury that emanated of her trembling frame was enough for Eddie to imagine how bad his words must’ve affected Steve.
He knew those exact words would hurt him and he still said them.
He also knew Steve, through and through now, and with that came the knowledge of what Steve might be thinking about himself right now.
Because his sweet, kind and good Steve, didn’t even blame him one bit. Eddie’s words had definitely hit a very tender spot in Steve’s myriad of insecurities and self doubts.
The man was probably descending full speed through the worst of his self deprecating thoughts right now.
Eddie wished the bats had eaten him alive as the thought of Steve believing Eddie saw him for who he was not.
Eddie would rather Vecna came back as a zombie than Steve Harrington taking his stupid, stupid words at heart and believing them.
If Eddie was going to do one last thing, it was to make sure that Steve knew he wasn’t seen as anything but the painfully good man he truly was.
Resignation filled his mind and he pushed himself up from the throne, walked out of the basement and took the keys of his van before stepping, in the soon to be dark, street.
Eddie was going to see Steve, apologize but most importantly beg the man to not take Eddie’s words for one of the universe’s truth.
It’ll be the last thing he’ll do if Robin Buckley didn’t kill him before for daring to stand in the same vicinity as her friend.
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Here’s part 2 !! And Eddie’s pov yay !! I’m so grateful for your response to the first part as it’s also a response to me getting back to writing and it motivates me so much guys !!!
Next part will be up in a few days since I’m going back to college full time but I’ll do my best to update this little fic as soon as possible !
I tried to tag everyone who asked for it and hope it all worked ?
Love y’all gang ! 🫶🏼🧡
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#stranger things#steve harrington#eddie munson#robin buckley#stranger things 4#steddie#the fruity four#steve x eddie#dustin henderson#lucas sinclair#mike wheeler#steddie fic#stobin#stobin fic#steve and robin#stobin friendship#platonic soulmates stobin#Steve Harrington x the party
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It's literally such a small thing but...
So, you know how all through s4, Dustin is the one in Hawkins really figuring out what's happening and also, like, coming up with a bunch of the plans? And the whole time he's so snippy and snarky about it, when the people around him (in particular the older teens) don't understand what he's talking about? And the older teens, especially Steve and Eddie are annoyed by his "ego"?
I was rewatching Eddie's campaign scene in s4e1 earlier today for my earlier post and there's that moment when they're all huddled up to discuss what to do about Vecna, and Mike's 0'd out along with everyone else except Dustin and Erica, and nobody knows what to do, and Dustin turns to Mike, like it's the most natural thing in the world, and asks for his opinion. And waits for Mike to consider. And seems much more confident in his own decision to keep fighting after Mike talks about the risks but tells him that the choice is up to him.
Like. I just think there's something really interesting about the fact that Dustin trusts, wants, and asks for Mike's opinion, specifically. Even just in D&D. I don't know.
Thinking about Mike and Dustin meeting up at the end of s3 and Dustin earnestly telling Mike they could have really used him down there, and Mike saying that they could have used Dustin up with the Mind Flayer.
Thinking about how this little gesture in the middle of a D&D game shows how much trust Dustin has in Mike's abilities as a leader and strategist. Thinking about how Dustin doesn't turn to anyone else that way/that naturally (as far as I can remember) all through s4. How things went sideways and Mike was unreachable AGAIN, this time halfway across the country.
Like? Honestly no wonder Dustin's attitude was the way it was this season? Poor kid was trying to be himself and Mike-- both the scientist and the strategist all at the same time-- for everyone else. That's exhausting.
idk I'm just very suddenly having a lot of feelings about Mike and Dustin's friendship.
#dustin henderson#mike wheeler#wheelender#<- I guess#I don't know I'm just having emotions about their friendship right now??
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i don't care about will not being given an opportunity to show romantic interest in anyone other than mike but what i want what i crave is him talking to people that aren't mike jonathan and joyce. and el after s4 even though i would also love for el and will's relationship to be explored more so that's a paradox. do max and will even know each other. did dustin and lucas miss him when he was in california like...friends what what friends
#everyone being like we love will soooo much in s1-2 and then s3 being like well we don't love him THAT much😂#is actually very annoying on top of being sad because now it's only mike mike mike and jonathan sometimes#if friendship really was their absolute priority maybe will would have more than 0.75 scenes with max and dustin#<- said me#and like i say: brf slt
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#stranger things#my friendship with duffers are over#Ao3 fix-it fics are my best friend now#stranger things 4#stranger things 4 vol 2#steve harrington#eddie munson#dustin henderson#mike wheeler#byler#will byers#mileven#steddie#robin buckley#lucas sinclair#max hargrove#nancy wheeler#ronance
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elmax/ronance au where Max works at the summer camp and El goes there with her friends (it's her first time there, but the boys go every year and Max and Mike don't get along like in the show and it just intensifies when Max meets Mike's girlfriend, not that she will do anything about it tho)
Robin, Steve and Eddie have also worked there for some time and know the boys well.
Nancy volunteers every year to help the monitors because she knows they are becoming fewer and fewer people (she swears it has nothing to do with Robin, but we know that's a lie)
Max can't stand watching Nancy and Robin dance around each other any longer and decides to give them a little push.
Dustin, Lucas and El decide to help and this brings Max and El closer than they could have imagined, making El realize that there is more to life than stupid boys.
I would write, but I honestly don't have the time or energy for that right now, so if anyone wants to use this plot, feel free.
I would love to read this as long as elmax remains the main couple, followed by ronance because god knows we don't have enough fanfics with elmax as the main couple
#elmax#ronance#eleven hopper#max mayfield#max x eleven#eleven and max#jane hopper#el hopper byers#mad max#eleven#mike wheeler#will byers#nancy wheeler#robin buckley#steve harrington#eddie munson#steddie#lucas sinclair#dustin henderson#lucas and eleven friendship#background byler maybe#byler
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It’s honestly exasperating to see Will’s feelings constantly reduced to ‘just a crush’, people saying that Will’s van speech was ‘what any good friend would do’…No. It was a love confession (disguised, but still a love confession). It was not just someone giving a motivational talk to their bestie, but Mlvns wish it was and this is why I’m so sure Byler is endgame. The reason they constantly downplay the sheer depth of Will’s romantic love for Mike, try to attribute the van scene to Will ‘being a supportive friend’, and pretend those feelings also belong to El, is because it’s insanely obvious that the Duffers choosing to focus on this intense and beautiful love Will has for Mike, to constantly emphasise how much pain this love is causing him (he literally breaks down crying in the van, this is way past a friendly chat) points to Mlvn being finished 😭. We all know it makes no sense storytelling-wise to show character A loving character B that much (in exactly the way that soothes character B’s insecurities, whilst not showing anything even approaching that level of feeling from B’s other love interest), just for them to not end up together. Will’s love has to be this small, inconsequential thing that he will just ‘get over’, he has to be just ‘giving Mike friendly advice based on feelings El also shares’, because otherwise the direction of the story is laughably obvious.
#byler#anti mileven#like genuinely try and picture Lucas or Dustin giving Mike that speech#lmao it would be absurd because even though Will and Mike are also friends Will’s words are rooted in romantic love NOT friendship#Mlvn pales in comparison to the way Will’s love for Mike was portrayed#and Mlvns realise that too so they are forced to subscribe to a different (incorrect) interpretation of Will’s role in the story#in order for their endgame to make sense
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has anyone written anything where everything is the same but steve has beef w eddie bc he saw hellfire coming out of the school the night of lucas’s basketball game
#and he realised none of them went to support lucas#and maybe he confronted dustin and like ab it bc what the hell guys he can’t change what day the game is why didn’t you support your friend#this was important to him#etc#and dustin and mike are like this was important to us!!! and steve is just??? idc??? you couldn’t do the campaign like? tomorrow???#and dustin just kinda tells steve that eddie wouldn’t let that happen and he made them go find a substitute#which is why erica wasn’t at the game either#which steve noticed bc he goes to every game and he sees erica there every time but she wasn’t there that night#so steve just ends up pissed at eddie for not letting them postpone the campaign#also unrelated but i’m thinking about robins and lucas’s friendship like she’d def act like a big sister#<333#anyway i’m just ranting#someone write this pls i have too many wips#steddie#steve harrington#eddie munson#stranger things
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i think mike as a character has been severely overlooked/sidelined in fandom. i mean of course there is a lot of content with him, byler is after all one of stranger things biggest ships, but i feel as though there is not enough content about him that the fandom is producing. maybe i have just not found it and maybe i am biased because he has always been one of my favs, but post s3 with his head becoming full of rocks, the fandom has done nothing with him except criticize him or talk about byler. i want more independent mike wheeler head cannons !!!!! i want to see mike wheeler interacting with his friends more !!!!!!!! i want to see more people talk about the possible friendship between mike and eddie and how mike grew his hair out like eddie !!!!!!!! i want to see in depth talks about mike wheeler that dont revolve around his sexuality !!!!!!!!! i want people to start treating mike wheeler as a whole rounded character even if he is in an asshole place right now. he is 14 !!!! all 14 year olds are awful in their own ways !!!!!!
#mike wheeler#rant#byler#TAGGING AS A TARGET AUDIENCE#IT IS ONLY KIND OF BYLER#but i feel like bylers have the most respect for him so they might get it#seriously though#mike wheeler is just a traumatized (probably gay) teenager give him a break#also i want to talk more about him and eddie on my own#im a firm believer in their friendship#like appreciate dustin and eddie but think about the off screen mike and eddie friendship that could have existed#im just saying#stranger things
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Lucas: I’m not sure why people don’t automatically say “shapeshifting” when asked what superpower they would want. You could become anyone you want. Fictional characters. Anyone. Cosplay would always be spot-on. Dysphoria wouldn’t exist. Perfection.
Dustin: You could rob a bank and disguise yourself as a stray pen lying on the shelf when the cops come.
Mike: There are two kinds of people.
Will: Just imagine a single pen surrounded by five million dollars.
#mike wheeler#will byers#lucas sinclair#dustin henderson#the party#boys#friends#friendship goals#d&d#source: tumblr#lol#i mean#they've all got a point#i love it#and them#stranger things#stranger things incorrect quotes
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People saying "Why can't guys just be friends anymore???" about byler is hilarious to me because... why can't a girl and a guy just be friends? Why do they have to date each other? Why can't male and female leads of a show just be friends anymore?
#there are guys who are friends#there's dustin and mike and lucas and will#mike and will's friendship is canonically dofferent than those relationships#mike and will 'can't just be friends' bc the duffers have made it clear that their relationship is special#if youre mad about it blame them#also id love to see el being amazing without having to be in a relationship too#like has anyone ever told her that she doesn't have to be a girlfriend???#stranger things#will byers#mike wheeler#byler#el hopper#milkvan
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You know what I want from season 5? Mike and Will being super in sync but also super awkward almost-boyfriends.
Like, they’re not dating but things have been said and apologies have been made and now they don’t know where they stand with each other so they just end up staring into each other’s eyes like, all the time until Lucas finally makes himself say something out of sheer desperation for them to tone down the pining for his own sanity please I NEED IT
#poor Lucas had to spend all of his friendship with Mike and Will watching them uselessly pine over each other#before dustin was even in the picture too 😭#tbh he probably is more suspicious of Mike than of Will lmaoo#i am part of the Lucas knows and is tired agenda#bc Lucas is the only one with braincells sometimes#anyways byler apocalypse almost boyfriends#byler#mike and will#byler endgame#byler s5#apocalypse byler#lucas sinclair#mike wheeler i know what you are#and so does Lucas 💀#lucas sinclair supremacy#byler headcanon
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7 friendship bracelets for the barbie movie
#stranger things#netflix#stranger things 4#steve harrington#jane hopper#eleven#mike wheeler#max mayfield#lucas sinclair#dustin henderson#will byers#barbie#barbie movie#friendship bracelets
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