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After a messy junior year for Will, the Byers family is uprooted from Lenora, California and dropped into the middle of nowhere, aka Hawkins, Indiana.
Will will be going into senior year, but he isn’t looking for friends, more just a quiet place to disappear.
But Will finds himself unwillingly pulled into the orbit of the loud D&D obsessed kids. One boy in particular — Mike Wheeler, with his midnight black hair — catches Will’s attention in ways he can’t explain.
What begins as a reluctant agreement to join their campaign might turn into the very thing Will has been avoiding — connection, belonging, and maybe something more.
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Six years ago, Will Byers moved away from his childhood home and left everything he knew and loved and hated behind. This year, he’s back on the island again, and he thinks he knows what he’s looking for. He’s wrong quite a lot, and right just a little.
Mike Wheeler has ridden in and won the Scorpio Races for the last five years. Every time he has been chasing something that keeps running from him even after he crosses the finish line in first, again and again and again. This year, he has no reason to believe things will be different. They will be.
(or, a story about mike and will, friendship and horses, love and the sea, and all the strange and marvelous ways they collide.)
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Will tosses and turns in his bed, he cant fall asleep, something is bothering him, he tries to brush it off and keeps his eyes closed, trying to find a more comfortable position to sleep in, but he just can' get that pretty face out of his mind..
Wills mind is overflown with Mike, his freckled face and dark curly hair that matched his eye color, 2 months ago they went swimming and Will still can't get the image of Mike, shirtless, out of his mind.
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Will can't sleep, but then he masturbates thinking about his bestfriend, and sleeps like a baby afterwards
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No summary yet, but it’s maybe good I swear
I mean you’ve got the beach, California, and the Party. What else could you expect
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Indie Rock band AU in which Mike, Max, Dustin And Lucas play in a band. Where art major, book loving Will Byers finds himself being dragged to his bestfriend Max's gig.
*Modern setting College AU*
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Dungeons, Dragons, Drow and even more Stranger Things by CyberJordan
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game)
21 Aug 2025
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Sequel to Subject Zero. The Party triumphed over Vecna and the Upside Down but now they have to face the biggest threat they've ever faced: namely an alliance of Toril's two biggest evils!
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Vecna is defeated but his final act has moved Hawkins to Toril, the world of D&D!
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We might learn how to forgive him. by explicit_slug (big_slug)
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
21 Jul 2025
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Of the few things Will knows, he is certain about only one thing; He is broken. His mind is twisted, bent, the wrong way around. Despite Jonathan telling him he's fine, Will knows the truth. His time in the clutches of Martin Brenner and Henry Creel only made it worse. What hope is there for him? And why are there so many people suddenly on his side?
Or: Will's slow and difficult road of recovery after escaping a conversion therapy camp.
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- Part 2 of The things people do to each other...
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What if Mike never went up to Will and asked to be friends?
This shows an alternative universe, where Mike and Will keep having weird visions whenever they have contact with each other…vision of another universe, timeline or world ?? They don’t know but they sure are going to find out.
Will they be able to finally piece together the story? Will they keep dancing around the obvious attractive they have towards each other? And when will Will finally finish his art project?
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As the final battle with Vecna looms, Mike and Will take a quiet moment away from the group to practice shooting. What begins as target training becomes something more intimate—Will grapples with buried memories of childhood trauma tied to guns, while Mike quietly offers trust, patience, and unexpected warmth. Through subtle gestures and unspoken emotions, the two share a connection deeper than words, finding comfort and strength in each other amid the rising tension of what's to come. In a world falling apart, they anchor each other—ready to face whatever comes next, together.
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Mike wheeler has cut all contact with Will Byers for over a year now. Will did not know why, moving to college in New York with no answers. that is until he finds out who his roommate is...
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Mike Wheeler drives with Max Mayfield in a rental car to Will Byer's house in lenora, california to confess his love and hopefully gain him back in his life...but he comes by the biggest obstacle of his life he had yet to face.
Yes, even bigger than losing his only real friend right onto his lap.
After the massacre of 1987, time passes with barely any notice. He still lingers onto the past, and especially to someone he wishes had stayed with him.
Will moved to California to start a new life away from Hawkins, but there's that one obstacle that presents between them on their first interaction after years…."Will?" Mike started.. It was now or never.
Will stopped searching and looked Mike from upon the fridge door. "Yeah?"
"Do you... remember me at all?" Mike hesitated.
Will narrowed his eyes. "To be honest, not quite. I do figure who you are but... nothing else".
Mike's fear had come to life. Will was obliviated, most likely by his worst sworn enemy. "What do you think caused your memory loss?" He said determined.
"The doctors said I was in a car accident while we were moving here, why?"Series
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One fateful night, Will Byers is taken from Hawkins, Indiana after a game of DND. He meets a strange creature, and the course of both of their lives are changed forever.
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the world turned upside down by itsspelledchloe
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT (Movies - Muschietti)
20 Feb 2025
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The kid cocks an eyebrow up and stared back at him. "You talk a lot for someone who just met a stranger." He responded quietly. Richie cursed at himself internally, but stopped when the kid smiled up at him, though it was small. "My name is Eddie, but I guess I’m called Edward."
Richie grinned back, heart racing. "Cool name, Eds."
"Don't call me Eds." He rolled his eyes, but Eddie didn’t seem to mind it.
In which Richie Tozier-Wheeler finds out that his biological parents live in Hawkins, Indiana, moves out of the town he's known his whole life, and gets his world flipped upside down.
or or; a typical stranger things x it crossover fic, except some things aren't the same, and yet nothing changes.
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- Part 1 of twtudverse
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When Eddie Munson is found severely injured, Steve Harrington is put in charge to nurse him back to health. Will Steve be able to help Eddie find his lost memories before it's too late?
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(this is for my long fic lovers, if thats not you then click the series and you can read each fic separately)
In a city that never sleeps, neither can Will Byers.
When past scars run deeper than memory, can love truly be enough to heal? For Will, the bustling city lights of New York are only a temporary escape from the nightmares and fractured memories that shadow his every step. As he navigates an intense friendship with Mike Wheeler, the line between support and obsession blurs, threatening to undo them both. Will’s friends carry their own burdens, each battle fought silently, each struggle hidden behind familiar faces. But when buried traumas collide and past ghosts resurface, Will and Mike are thrust into a dark, twisting journey that will force them to confront the question: how much can love endure when the past refuses to stay buried?
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- Part 1 of Problems
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If there was one word to describe Micheal Wheeler in Will's humble opinion, it would be naive.
If it were two words? Fucking idiot.
In the program you're taught to STAND.
Strategise, Tackle, Attack, Negotiate, Dispose.Each of these words are supposed to provide the individual with some form of last minute backups in case shit hits the fan. Strategise if you have the time. Tackle your issue head on. Attack undirected if you must. Negotiate for the best outcome. And when all else fails, dispose of the problem or body efficiently.
Will stiffens, not expecting the sudden touch. "What the hell are you doing?" he whispers as Mike massages his sides from behind.
Mike leans down, his breath warm against Will's ear, "Look at the guy at the corner table, two o'clock." He whispers, making it look to anyone else as though he was whispering sweet nothings into the brunette's ear.
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Byler as trained assassins(kinda)
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"Will starts walking towards the bathroom still only being half awake. After business is done he goes to the sink and starts washing his hands. He only gets the tap open when he hears the phone ring. He hears the phone ring and is confused to see the pure look of horror in his mothers face."
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I make Will confront his trauma cause I said so. Featuring your favorite character PTSD
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Will hadn’t been sick for quite awhile. He wasn’t counting what the Upside Down and the Mind Flayer did to him, because he’d rather not think about those incidents. Sure, there was the common cold, and he could only breathe through one nostril at night, which sucked plenty, but not something that could throw him out of school and leave him bedridden for a few days.
He really needs to stop jinxing things.
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Will catches the flu, and he has some negative feelings about it.
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- Part 1 of Stranger Things Fics
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The Will Byers we know gets kidnapped, possessed, traumatized, and shipped to the opposite side of the country.
But what if, before all that, little 8 year old Eleven decides to stay with Henry? That one choice changes Will's destiny forever.
Now murders, mysterious and brutal, plague Hawkins and the boy who should've gone missing, instead learns that he has more power than he could've ever dreamed.Series
- Part 1 of At Least We Have... AU
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"With Will by his side, well, MJ could do anything."
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In which I became fascinated by the idea of Will Byers literally being Spiderman and Mike going by MJ. I attempted to write a hurt/comfort one shot and ended up with thousands of words of lead up so now we get a ficlet with multiple chapters.