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After the blackout, Hawkins doesn’t heal so easily. The town is cracked open, the Party is scattered, and the monsters everyone tries not to name are still out there, waiting. Between nights shared on a mattress by the heater, bike rides through broken streets and plans whispered over walkie‑talkies, the kids of Hawkins are pulled back together for one last fight —against the things that crawled out of the Upside Down, and the ones that have been growing quietly in their own hearts.
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nothing hurts like you do (like the way you say i love you) by regulus_d1_angel0
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Dec 2025
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A little Churchgate fic I am writing before volume 2 comes out because Churchgate is dear to me :)
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It took control of me, and I let it happen by creeling
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Dec 2025
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Henry Creel never fit in. He was quiet, sensitive, and spent most of his time alone. When his family moved into the Creel house, strange things started happening only to him. Lights flickered, shadows moved, and time felt wrong. Henry thought he was losing his mind, but something was actually watching him.
That something was Vecna, a real monster from the Upside Down. Vecna saw power in Henry and slowly took control of him. As Henry grew older, the monster’s influence became stronger. In the end, Henry was fully taken over and became Vecna.
Meanwhile, Will Byers was dealing with his own problems after being rescued from the Upside Down. When he returned to school, everyone stared at him. He looked pale and different, and kids began calling him “Zombie Boy.” Will tried to act normal, but he felt the Upside Down still inside him.
Two boys, two different struggles, both tied to the same dark world. But one of them wants it to end, one of them doesn't want it to end.
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okay so are the curtains blue for a reason or what (this is a metaphor) by sunflower_J
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Dec 2025
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Now, someone walked into the room. A boy, awkwardly standing at the side of his bed, looking over him worriedly. His hair was brown and scruffy, and he had big baby doe eyes and a yellow-and-blue horizontally-striped shirt like a cartoon character. The window was lighting him up like he was important to Mike’s narrative. The curtains are blue, thought Mike, this boy is light. I love metaphors. Maybe he was high on the pain meds. Upon seeing him, Mike felt a great affection, a great peace. Plus, he had long eyelashes. Mike almost giggled to himself. He was definitely a little high.
“Hi.” breathed Mike.
“Hi.” he said, hesitating.
“We’re friends?” Mike asked hopefully.
Or: During the Party's final battle with Vecna, Mike is gravely injured and loses his memories. He wakes up in a hospital only remembering a handful of inconsequential little things, like how much he loves a boy who seems like light.
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will byers has always worn long sleeves and baggy clothes in the summer, but is it cause of natural cold blood or something deeper?
after everything Hawkins has taken from him, it's easier to stay silent than admit what he wants especially when what he wants is standing right next to him, holding someone else's hand.
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It’s Not My Fault You Don’t Like Girls! by MarimbaMama
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
14 Dec 2025
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Will and Mike’s fight in s3 ep3, rewritten (they don’t brush the incident under the rug and the Mind Flayer is secretly watching it go down with a bucket of popcorn)
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I Know What It's Like To Feel Different by One_Direction_Obsessed28
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Dec 2025
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Will Byers has always felt different from everyone else, hes never quite fit in with anyone. He always felt like too much, too little, too loud, too quiet, too bubbly, too shy, an outcast, some would say.
Whether it was the lack of eye contact that differentiated him from all of his peers or the lack of social skills, no one would ever know.
But that never stopped him from chasing his dreams of becoming an artist, even with everyone telling him it'll never happen, even with everyone calling him a freak and a weirdo, he still aspired to be the famous artist his younger self yearned to be.
(This is lowkey just my life but rewritten to fit the plot of Stranger Things so it's probably gonna be terrible lmao)
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We Could Burn Brighter (Than the Sun) by PobodyNerfect
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Dec 2025
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He was mostly incoherent, but Mike could make out some words he was saying:
“Nooo!” Will sobbed. “It hurts! Oh, it hurts! Please!”
Mike’s lips trembled, squeezing his eyes closed. He was gonna cry if Will kept screaming like that. He’d seen Will being burned alive before, but this was intense.
Will’s body didn’t adjust to the heat at all, all he could focus on was how much pain he was in. It felt he’d forgotten to put sunscreen on and fell asleep outside for 2 hours. He was burning.When Will gets possessed by the Mind Flayer again, it's up to Mike to get rid of it
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Henry is a fantastic teacher, but he’s not so normal about one of his student.
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He will furthermore give in to the fantasy that Mike will let him in one more time.
or, Mike and Will drunkenly, secretly hook up at Mike's family cottage.
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Will steps into the woods. Birds chirp around him, and squirrels run up the trees. It's been six months since Vecna was finally defeated, and now everyone is finally beginning to settle. Everyone except for Will. He can't seem to get out of fight or flight mode, and everything's been wrong. His body feels off, heavy and achy, while his concentration is shot. No one noticed when he stopped showing up to things, stopped answering his radio. El will chatter every night about what her and Mike were up to that day.
And it seems to take all of Dustin's energy to keep moving, and to show up himself. Lucas is with Max, and no one noticed when Will started to fade into the background. He knew if he stopped trying, this is what would happen. He knew as soon as he had to beg for their attention. It's ok though, he's always known his place. And now it's fine for him to step back, and let them all breathe without him. Every morning he takes another walk like this one, trying to chase away the ache in his joints that make it hard to move. Part of him knows that he should say something, that this isn't normal pain.
That something is seriously wrong, but he can't bring himself to.
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Will steps into the woods. Birds chirp around him, and squirrels run up the trees. It's been six months since Vecna was finally defeated, and now everyone is finally beginning to settle. Everyone except for Will. He can't seem to get out of fight or flight mode, and everything's been wrong. His body feels off, heavy and achy, while his concentration is shot. No one noticed when he stopped showing up to things, stopped answering his radio. El will chatter every night about what her and Mike were up to that day.
And it seems to take all of Dustin's energy to keep moving, and to show up himself. Lucas is with Max, and no one noticed when Will started to fade into the background. He knew if he stopped trying, this is what would happen. He knew as soon as he had to beg for their attention. It's ok though, he's always known his place. And now it's fine for him to step back, and let them all breathe without him. Every morning he takes another walk like this one, trying to chase away the ache in his joints that make it hard to move. Part of him knows that he should say something, that this isn't normal pain.
That something is seriously wrong, but he can't bring himself to.
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- Part 5 of Stranger Things Mix Tape
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addicted to the sick - byler by tornadohound
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
11 Dec 2025
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!!NO UPSIDE DOWN AU!!
william byers is a 15 year old addict due to his extremley homophobic abusive father, while his ex-bestfriend, micheal wheeler, is a depressed loser on the dnd squad whose dating his step sister.
1st book in series
new chap every week!
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- Part 1 of sickenly (not) sweet
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A rewrite of Stranger Things season 4 based on ideas that came to my head, featuring Steddie, Will finally being happy (poor guy), and more craziness that my disturbed mind has to offer :).
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- 973
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- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 6
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- 99
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What if Joyce and Hopper weren't able to find Will? What if he escaped the Demogorgan, but was left stranded in the Upside Down?
This is the story of a boy returning to a world that continued on without him.
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‘It’s mean, Will realises. Mike is being mean. He’s blackmailing him- with his own mother.
Will shakes his head, staring at Mike in disbelief. Mike shrugs at him. His eyes are big and sparkling under the red glow of the WSQK sign.
He’s so pretty. Will wants to punch him.’
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Will, for reasons beyond him, is hell bent on breaking down his relationship with everyone one around him. Mike takes the chance to show Will just how competitive he can be.
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Will comes home. He's pretty sure he's come home. Quite a lot is different.
- Language:
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- 1,210
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- 1/1
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Love Will Tear Us Apart (A Glimmer Of Hope Refusing to Fade) by MagicSchoolbusDropout08
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Dec 2025
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After the events of 'A Glimmer of Light Refusing to Fade,' Will, Mike, and the Party are all battle-worn, exhausted, and half-grown-up - not to mention ready for their NDA deals to carry them into an easy life of peace, luxury, and recovery.
...but, of course, that doesn't happen. Whether it's the Upside Down following them and haunting whatever city they live in the same as it haunted Hawkins or just trying to survive after what they have, it's never going to be easy.
(It's worth a shot anyway. And they'll be damned if they don't try.)
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- Part 2 of The Glimmer Series
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A Glimmer of Light Refusing to Fade by MagicSchoolbusDropout08
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Dec 2025
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When the Byers move to California, Will is lonely, bullied, and struggling with his mental health. When Mike comes to visit, he notices that something is off, but doesn’t know what’s wrong or how to help while his best friend feels so far away even though he's physically there. However, maybe Mike finds the answer after they are brought closer than ever after El is abducted by the government and they end up facing capture, interdimensional monsters, torture, the past, their own feelings, and attempting to prevent the apocalypse. (Post-s3, rewriting s4, and predicting s5).
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- Part 1 of The Glimmer Series