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“Dustin?” he manages, when he finally catches his breath. It’s all he can think to say. Not what are you doing here? Not how did you know where to find me? Not why did you just crash your own car into a lamppost?
It’s not like Dustin was ever the answerable kind of question.
Dustin spits some blood to his left and breaks out into an uneasy smile. He limps forward, leaning on Will’s shoulder. His breath comes out in hasty wheezes. “Been driving three days straight,” he says, like that explains it. “Can I sleep in your bed?”
Then he faints into Will’s arms.
It’s the fall of 1994. Will starts a new life in San Francisco under a pseudonym, seeking refuge from his past. Dustin works for the feds, clearing up the last ghostly traces of the Upside Down.
Until the details of a strange new case force him to bring Will in under investigation.
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The figure stopped shy of the lamp's glow. Just out of reach that Will couldn’t make out anything except a dark silhouette. Will was fully aware their attention was now solely on him, original task abandoned so they could stare at him from the dark. His breath was coming quickly now, wet and sharp with still dripping blood into the back of his throat. [...]
“William…?”
That single murmuring of his name was a tragic blow to his feigned confidence. Will would know that voice in death. Mike spoke to him so softly, as if he were a frightened animal that could turn skittish any moment. The sound Will let out in relief was reminiscent of a sob. [...]
“...Mike?”
The figure took another gentle step forward.
It was like the world had turned upside down. Again.
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When the dust has finally settled in Hawkins and the world has turned the right way up, Will finds himself in another dimension. One where Mike has sworn an oath of devotion to protect every version of Will, in every lifetime. One where this Mike feels very differently to his own. One where Will must dig up the feelings he thought he buried years ago, or let them consume him whole.
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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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Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
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The bottle begins to slow, and manages to point at every member of the party slowly before finally coming to a stop at-
“Will!” Dustin crows. “Will kissing a girl!”
“Shut up, Dustin, it's not like I'm allergic to them.” Will says, with no real heat. He swirls his wine glass, takes another sip, and then makes eye contact with Max, who is looking right at him with a glint in her eye. Right now, Will knows that they’re thinking exactly the same thing; This is an opportunity for fuckery that they simply cannot pass up.
Max crosses the circle and rather than kneeling down in front of him and leaning in, like all the other rounds that have been played, she throws one leg either side of him and straddles his lap. One of her hands slides up into Will’s hair, their faces hover, inches apart, for a few moments - before he grabs Max by the waist and kisses her full on the mouth.-
or: the Party get a little wine drunk, and play spin the bottle like every good teenage cliche. When the bottle finally lands on Will and Max, they can't resist the urge to fuck with their friends.
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Will raised an eyebrow at his friend's antics, then dropped his eyes to where he knew Dustin had reached a hand out towards him.
“This summer, we stick together. You and me, Byers.”
Will grinned, taking Dustin’s hand and shaking it. “You and me, Henderson.”
A rewrite of S3:
The night Dustin gets back from Camp Knowhere, he brings the Party up to the highest point in Hawkins to set up Cerebro. He thought that his friends would be excited to have him back-- even if it wasn't the most entertaining to sit on a hill and talk into a radio with no response, he thought they would at least wait for him before going home. He thought it was going to be the best summer ever.
Instead, he finds himself and the one friend that didn't leave him, Will Byers, intercepting a weird Russian transmission.
And, well... if he couldn't have the best summer ever, at least he and Will would have an eventful one.
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