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Will byers is in desperate need of a break, using routine as something grounding—much better than cutting himself.
One day something—someone breaks the routine by catching his eye
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paint me like on of your cali girls by HouseholdCleanser
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Michelle and Willow reunite in California. Through breakups, poor communication, paintings, and sex, feelings are realized and love is confessed.
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leshellcali au ft. shameless lesbian smut and willow painting michelle
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The Vanishing and Arrival of Will Byers. by BylerisNeat
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Will Byers disappears from Hawkins and arrives in a world of swords and sorcery to find a familiar set of faces.
Will La Fey disappears from the land of Grayhood and arrives in a world of metal and smoke, only to find familiar faces and a mystery.
Can these two, and the familiar cast of misfits, find a way to bring their Will back? Does either Will even want to return?
How well will attempting to bully a boy who can cast fireball go for Troy and his cronies?
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you're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be by hundredboysinbars
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Byler reunion where the author has no idea where this is going. Buckle in and enjoy the long ride, fellas.
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- Part 3 of sweeter, bolder, better
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roll a saving throw (to show me your love) by thaly_writes
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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It all goes away, swept in a stir of the wind followed by an unsettling moment of utter silence. A soft gleam of purplish light that transforms into a gentle yellow glow. A sudden smell of wildflowers caught in Will's nostrils. A heat wave passing above his body.
A glimpse of metal; a swing; a strike.or
During Will's failing attempt to take control over the hivemind, an unexpected guest from another realm appears to save him, the day, and, eventually, his relationship with his best friend.
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Season 5 Vol.2 partial re-write with Byler x Cleradin x Bravebyers x Wisewheeler and a bit of the Party on the side
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Mike Wheeler knows he feels differently about his best friend, but refuses to address it. Until he’s whisked away to a world where his feelings are celebrated, and Mike swears his best friend’s fantasy counterpart, William, is making it his life’s personal mission to turn Mike into a lovesick puddle.
When Mike tries to play the game, too, will he accidentally lose himself? Or is his love so strong for his own Will that it’s able to lead him back home?OR
5 romantic moments where Mike thinks William is Will, 1 romantic scene where Mike’s able to appreciate his own Will.
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Of Another Place by apersonwhoisherenotnownorneverwill
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Seven months have passed since Hawkins split into four. The military have made their presence in the town. A new normal. A new prison.
Seven months of no solution to a problem. Ones that need desperate attention.
Seven months of endless lists of failure, hope, and guilt.
Seven months of Mike Wheeler living in the same house of the boy he is helplessly in love with.
Seven months for him to find even more things wrong with himself.
Seven months of an eerily quiet, the eye of the hurricane. A false sense of safety.
Seven months of headaches, hurricanes of emotion, and anomalies.
Seven months later, twin drops of crimson fall onto white.
Something is shifting, creating, fabricating, destroying.
Something will happen. Something that has always been there before.
Things That Are Wrong With Mike Wheeler:
10) I fail all the time.
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- Part 1 of No Place to Die
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Watching Stranger Things: A Second Chance by sendyourprayers
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Will feels displaced in California, disconnected from his friends, and unsure of where he fits anymore. The others aren’t doing much better. They’re separated, carrying their own unresolved struggles, and feeling stuck in different ways.
After a particularly strong wish from Will to be together again, they are suddenly reunited in Mike’s basement and told they must watch their past, present, and future. As they go through all five seasons of Stranger Things together, they confront what really happened, and realize that, by the end, the future may not be as fixed as they thought, and they can make changes for the best.
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Vecna was just a metaphor.
Will Byers is a little thirteen year old intersex boy in Hawkins Indiana who winds up experiencing the worst trauma the world has in store for him. -
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Everyone knows Will Byers draws... but the creativity inside him is too vast to be contained by a sketchbook. What happens when the "Quiet Boy" of Hawkins finally finds his voice through music?
A story of distorted guitars, California sunsets, and the birth of a myth.
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After leaving Hawkins, Will builds a new life in New York — art school, independence, and a boyfriend who seems to offer stability. But when he brings Carlton home for a birthday weekend, old friendships, buried feelings, and unresolved trauma begin to surface. In a town that remembers everything, pretending to move on might be harder than surviving monsters.
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The Wizard and His Love by all_things_fandom_and_stuff
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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The red lighting flashed again, and Will almost stopped breathing. The light had illuminated a tremendous shadow monster thousands of feet tall, spider-like legs spanning miles. It hovered over Hawkins like a harbinger of death. The light flashed again, and it turned to face Will, looking directly at him. The presence pushed at his mind, looking for a way in.
The light flashed one last time, and then he was staring at his normal backyard. Crickets chirped in the grass, and a gentle cool breeze floated in the air.
Will didn’t know how long he stood there, rooted to the spot.
Eventually, he went back inside.
He didn’t sleep for the rest of the night.
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A complete rewrite of all five seasons of Stanger Things from Will's POV. It will be mostly canon compliant until the later two seasons where I am planning on doing some major reworking of the narrative.
In my opinion Will is the main character and deserves a complete story. This is my attempt at it, and I hope you enjoy it.
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Monday, you can hold your head. Tuesday, Wednesday, stay in bed. by StaysBlossom
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Feeling flooded back into his body. His head throbbed mercilessly, skull heavy and aching. The light overhead scorched his eyes, forcing them to squint against the brightness. It didn't help that the world tilted again, spinning just as it had earlier that day, colors bleeding into one another as shapes warped and bent unnaturally.
His tongue felt thick. Uncooperative. His lips numb and sluggish. Blurred shapes crowded into his periphery. Darkness pressed in at the edges of his vision.
And then there was nothing.
OR; Will gets a concussion after hitting his head during The Crawl and Mike looks after him.
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Где-то в Йоркшире живёт свою маленькую жизнь Майк, который работает на семейной ферме в захолустье. В качестве помощника они нанимают молодого мигранта Уилла. Это событие меняет жизни обоих парней.
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- Русский
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- 17,100
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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Too busy being yours to fall for someone new by TheYearningSun
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Two years after leaving Hawkins, Will Byers is living in New York, attending art school, and doing everything he can to build a life that doesn’t revolve around what he lost. He has friends, a gentle boyfriend, and a future that looks steady from the outside. What he doesn’t have is closure. When Joyce and Hopper announce their wedding and invite the family forged through shared trauma, Will finds himself pulled back into orbit with the one person he never truly left behind. As old bonds resurface and unspoken truths come into focus, Will must confront the love he tried to outgrow, while Mike Wheeler, far from Hawkins for the first time, begins to understand himself in ways he never allowed before. Set against a humid Summer of 1991, this is a slow-burn story about distance, timing, queer self-discovery, and the quiet courage it takes to choose the life that feels like coming home.
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Some loves don’t end when you leave them behind. They just wait until you’re ready to come back.
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How to make a cleric vanish by dazaimiaw
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), 13 Reasons Why (TV)
03 Mar 2026
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Where Will Byers craved the sort of light that Robin and Vickie shared, only to find himself loving like a ghost; with a devotion that was jagged, invisible, and utterly silent.
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Where Mike Wheeler receives, amidst the howling storm, a shoebox wrapped in butcher paper and unearths a cruel, definitive truth; that he was never the Paladin destined to pluck Will from the abyss, but rather the final gravity that caused him to jump.
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The party has since gone their separate ways, with all roads leading far away from Hawkins.
Except for Mike. For two years, he's stewed in his childhood bedroom, tapping uselessly away at his dusty typewriter. Will has been the only one who kept in touch, sending him letters, paired with the occasional call.
Mike has clung to this- clung to him.
At the start of summer break, he flies down to New York City, a CD filled with words he couldn't bear to say himself stuffed in his luggage.
Will has changed. Mike hasn't.
At least that's what they believe.
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Mike visits Will over summer break, and they spend a week living together in a dorm.
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Pushing it down, and praying. (Byler’s version) by rrainy_dayss
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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Mike is facing the challenging battle of overcoming his internalized homophobia. Meanwhile Will is pushing his feelings down. Praying that one day he will get over Mike. Spoiler alert, He never does.
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- English
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- 711
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 18
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I Can't Sleep 'Cause My Bed's On Fire by sleepykangaroo
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Mar 2026
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"That really was an exceptional massage... you're getting better..." Mike whispered, his voice thick with sleep.
"You know you're the only one I do this for, right?" Will replied softly.
"Only me..." Mike repeated, already drifting off.
After a few seconds of silence, Will summoned his courage. "Mike... All of this... what is it to you?"
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What begins as a way to ease Mike's insomnia through massages soon turns into something much more intense. Mike has to face a truth he’s been burying deep behind a concrete wall: he can't resist the way Will makes him feel.
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au