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Will Byers has already spent one full year studying at Boston University.
That fact still surprised him sometimes, the way it landed in his chest when he stopped to think about it.
Mostly, he's been focused on figuring out what a normal life felt like. Classes. Assignments. Deadlines. Critiques that didn’t involve anyone almost dying. Days that passed without incident.
And then, one night, he decided—fuck it.
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or: after the end of the world, will byers builds himself a new life.
Boston, art school, a boyfriend, and a home that finally feels like his own—until the past comes knocking, and mike wheeler suddenly makes leaving the past behind harder than will thought.title from: Good Luck, Babe - Chappell Roan
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Willow Byers has always felt a little out of sync with the other girls her age. Not in any obvious way—just a quiet sort of difference, like a radio station that never quite tunes in right. (...)
It wasn’t that she didn’t care about romance, or relationships, or falling in love—no. She wanted all of it. Just… with another girl....
or: willow byers is just trying to get through high school while ignoring her crush on her childhood best friend, michelle wheeler.
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Hopefully they weren’t. Hopefully he could slip in quietly, make his way to the bathroom for a hot shower, and then crawl back onto the makeshift air mattress on Mike Wheeler’s floor, letting sleep take him somewhere else for a change.
Unfortunately for Will, things never went quite the way he planned. He was so close—he’d managed to open and shut the front door without a sound, the only light in the house coming from the stairwell. He took it as his cue, stepping carefully up the stairs, around the corner, and—
“Where have you been?”
Right into Mike.
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or: will is spiraling, mike is panicking, and yes, making out with a jock somehow seemed like a good idea at the time.
title inspired by: Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters) - 1017 ALYX 9SM, Ethel Cain
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The tornado that swept through Hawkins, Indiana, on the evening of April 21st, 1991, would be forever etched into the town’s history—spoken of in hushed, reverent tones alongside the three bodies it left in its wake.
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or: a byler x willoughby tucker, i'll always love you au fic (you don’t need to know the ethel cain lore to read it! it follows most of the lore, but also weaves in stranger things elements and my own ideas !!)
or or: mike wheeler is the son of a preacher, has attachment issues, and is in love with will byers. will byers is angry, tired, and maybe a little self-destructive, but is in love with mike wheeler. slow burn. religious trauma. doomed love. a house in nebraska. -
thought i'd be cool in california (i'd make you proud) by frrogy
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Jul 2025
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Will was fine. Really, he was.
He was content, at least. His grades were up, he was still painting and drawing in his downtime, and he went out to the movies and found new music to listen to. He wasn’t constantly fighting for his life anymore. Really, what had he to complain about?
But life is funny like that sometimes. One minute, you could be fine being a nobody at some high school in California, and the next—well, life has a way of sneaking up on you.
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or: my theater kid will byers origin story. takes place during his years spent in california before mike visited for spring break.
title from: California - Chappell Roan
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in which i saw will byers’ “little shop of horrors” poster in s4 and ran with it
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part 1: churchgate
part 2: loverslakegate
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Mike is waiting for Will in the basement, a look of suspicious, nervous excitement on his face. He cleared the table and laid out upon it are two card games.
"Now, I know you’ll resist," Mike blurts out, stepping toward him. "But I think this will be good. For both of us! For when we... you know,” Mike trails off, “When we get partners.”
Will scoffs, stepping closer to inspect the titles.
Spill or Sip and Truth, Dare, or Strip.
Or: Mike suggests a spicy card game to help Will loosen up before college. It works a little too well, and suddenly they’re gambling with unresolved feelings, and clothes, that were meant to stay in place.
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09 Mar 2026
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talk to me dirty; talk to me sweet by thesweetestdream
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
27 Feb 2026
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Will and Mike accidentally overhear a couple talking dirty over the walkie, and start repeating some of the filthy phrases to each other for shits and giggles. What starts as a joke, soon turns into something they can't stop doing – and can’t tell anyone about.
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Mike and Will start talking dirty to each other for fun. What they don't consider is that it would accidentally turn them on.
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31 Jan 2026
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For a long moment, it's quiet. Dustin's chest is heaving with the force of his words, and Will is… standing there, looking shell-shocked, with that barely disguised look of hurt that Dustin once swore he would never, ever inflict upon him.
"...so you think this is my fault?" When Will does speak, it's quiet, the words barely a whisper. Dustin's heart aches at the sound, but not enough to tamper the seeds of anger still sprouting in his chest.
"Think?" Dustin laughs mirthlessly. "Isn't it obvious? Somehow, for some reason, you're the root of everything we've been through. We've all thought it, we all know it, but nobody's been heartless enough to bring it up with you because they're all too busy coddling you instead. Tough luck, Byers, spending all this time being worried about me when you could've been taking some fucking responsibility and actually helping us put a stop to what you started."
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or: seven months after the end of the world, dustin and will end up on a patrol that takes a turn for the worse. trapped together in the upside down, dustin is forced to confront his feelings-about eddie, about el, and about will himself. not canon compliant, theoretical s5.
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08 Mar 2026
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Will Byers hadn't the words to use at twelve to explain just why the invasion of the Mind Flayer left shame hot across his cheeks. He didn't dare explore why his memories of Vecna's voice were the times he'd heard it praising him, a lilt of adoration twisted up in his possessive tone. He didn't think to tell his friends just why his body remembered Vecna's presence before his mind.
For years, Will had managed to hide the sides of himself that were nauseated by affection and writhed under intimacy, but after one late night argument in the winter darkness of the Wheeler kitchen, Will finds himself wrapped up in Mike's plan to heal that part of him he'd once swore to never let anyone see.Still... Will can't help but wonder how many weeks of Mike touching him like a lover he can take before losing the few splinters of sanity he'd had left.
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Will has severe intimacy issues due to the predatory nature of how Vecna used/treated him as a child, and Mike decides to fix that through touch-exposure-therapy (He's not the smartest boy, cut him some slack).Bookmarked by frrogy
07 Mar 2026
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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
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06 Mar 2026