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crawling back to you (too busy being yours to fall for somebody new) by byleur
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
04 Jan 2026
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"Does he know you have seventeen moles on your body in total? Does he know your role is the cleric in d&d? Does he even know you like d&d? Does he know you pick the dead skin off your index finger and only that finger whenever you're nervous? Does he know which Ghostbuster you went as for Halloween that year? Does he know your favourite candy?"
"Do you know, Mike?"
"—Does he know you still like me?"
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Will is having the time of his life at a party with a new boy he’s seeing, all until Mike spots him and stirs up a conversation that ends up in him and Will arguing about how he ghosted Will for two weeks without an explanation. From there, things get heated between the two, and somehow, they end up making out in a bathroom for almost four hours straight.
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11 Jan 2026
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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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08 Jan 2026
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Will and Mike have a chance to talk on their way to the top of the radio tower.
Or, effectively, a very short rewrite of the Finale scene in which Will and Mike actually talk about their feelings.
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01 Jan 2026
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The truth behind the Mage and the Storyteller by r0b1nnxx
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
02 Jan 2026
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“El knows nothing about d&d, Will. And besides. It’s too complex for her. Will the Wise isn’t very truthful either, I’ve always had this fear that if I stayed true to who I really was, I’d be bullied even out of school. So when we met Eleven. Lucas teased me about liking her, and Nancy asked if I liked her. So I thought. Just to fit in. Not be different’ Not be weird.”
What?..
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A fic where instead of getting called up for dinner mike confesses his love for will!!
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01 Jan 2026
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Will Byers feels like he exists just for someone, he is a pawn. He hates himself for loving his best friend. Hates himself for being the way he is. But his love is not one sided.
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A fix it with a Byler ending. Fuck Duffle Bags and their Queer Baiting.Bookmarked by Paprika007
01 Jan 2026