TheDuskSystem
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shhhhhhhh I know I've missed four days already. let me be ok
I HAVE TERRIBLE TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS SO HOPEFULLY I'LL LOCK IN AND ACTUALLY DO THESEanyway I'll be writing byler oneshots every day this April!
(I will finish these even if it takes me three months guys i promise)
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- Part 7 of Byler 💛💙
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- Part 6 of Byler 💛💙
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Nobody knew how hard it was to focus when his brain would never shut up, that when his teacher talked about medieval slavery all he could think of was his new campaign and how the party would have to rescue slaves from the rule of a tyrannical king, and then all he could think of was how to make the Goblin NPC they were almost certainly going to befriend funny so that he could make Will laugh, and then all he could think of was Will and by then the class had ended and he was being handed another note home.
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Or, Mike Wheeler struggles with being a teenager in the 80’s. The only pesky thing is he is hopelessly in love with his best friend, and god knows Mike doesn’t know how to handle that.
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- Part 5 of Byler 💛💙
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We deserve to be happy, after all this by TheDuskSystem
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
10 Dec 2025
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Some people would have thought their relationship was weird. Six teens, boundaries lowered, bonded over trauma that should never have happened, dating in a weird haphazard way. Trying to get back on their feet.
The best they could do was so survive. And if that meant Max dating Lucas and El and Mike and Dustin, or if it meant Will dating Mike and Lucas and loving El and Max and Dustin like family, then so be it.
None of them knew what 'polyamorous' meant, but that was okay. They didn't need to label whatever it was that they had.
They all loved each other, and that was all that mattered.
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- Part 4 of Byler 💛💙
- Part 1 of Polyparty✨✨
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I’m sorry (I wanted to be with you again) by TheDuskSystem
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
24 Nov 2025
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This time, there was no Troy, no Dustin at stake. It was just him and his thoughts, at the edge of the quarry.
He wondered what he’d say when he saw Will again.
As Mike’s foot left the cliff, it felt like flying.
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- Part 3 of Byler 💛💙
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"Dude, quit squirming!" Scar's laugh starts as a deep, bright rumble in the pit of his stomach, soaring from his throat to punch the air in short, ribboned strokes, each a brilliant star between them. The air here is warm, dazed, an illuminated snow globe— except the globe is his tree, and the snow drifts in downy feathers outside it, forming an intricate latticework of frostbitten fingers that crawl up the sides of his windows.
They’d retreated here an hour ago— once their impromptu snowball fight with Doc had transcended from three hermits to thirteen— all shivers and chattering teeth, drenched to the bone. Now, with the fire stoked, sweaters both discarded and exchanged, neither one of them can ignore how the bedraggled wreck of Grian’s feathers are in desperate need of preening.
"You're doing this on purpose!" Grian's retort is tart, but it lacks true bite, curling high as a silver wisp of smoke. "Sto— stop it, Scar, stop trying to tickle me—!"
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- Part 6 of by any other name
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Banishment (bravebyers, byler, cleradin) by ByeDisaster
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
26 Apr 2026
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Paladin Michael switches with our Mike. Will Byers finds an injured knight on his doorstep.
Mike fumbles for Will’s face, armoured thumb on his chin. “William?” Butts his forehead against Will’s. “It’s you,” he chokes. “It’s you.” Kisses him.
His lips and stuttering breath hot on Will’s mouth. Kisses him hungry and wanting. Messy, teeth scraping down his bottom lip as he sags against him.
Byers can’t help himself. If he knew this was waiting for him in Hawkins, he wouldn’t have played hooky for two years. Kisses his best friend back, hands supporting him, feeling him. Mike’s hair is longer; Will rubs his fingers backwards up his scalp, tugging. Then groans, and pushes away. “You’re bleeding."
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- Part 2 of Paladin Mike chewing scenery (cleradin)
Bookmarked by TheDuskSystem
17 Mar 2026
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Cleradin / bravebyers / wisewheeler. REREAD AGH
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Mercutio is in love with Benvolio. Romeo is in love with Juliet. Both are forbidden. Instead of committing fake-turned-real suicides, Mercutio and Juliet get married to keep their real relationships a secret. Unfortunately, Paris and Tybalt are determined to prove what a fraud their marriage is. Will they destroy everyone's lives? Or will they find happiness instead?
A Romeo and Juliet AU inspired by crystallizedtwilight's Tumblr post.
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Bookmarked by TheDuskSystem
12 Mar 2026
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That one romeo and juliet but woke fic
Unfinished tho :(
Probably wont ever get finished but im bookmarking anyway -
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“But…Will Byers is a boy…?” Max whispers, a raised eyebrow paired with parted lips.
The raven-haired boy lets his eyelids droop, covering half his eyes and sigh. He rests his head against the cold tiles of the dirty public toilets. “Max…” He mumbles in tears.
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Max and Mike work a summer at Scoops Ahoy together, after a drugging they end up in the bathroom and Mike reveals a secret.
Bookmarked by TheDuskSystem
11 Mar 2026
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Stobin coming out scene but it’s max and mike
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Mike grabs Will’s hands and tangles them with his own, blinking up at him through his long, dark lashes. His eyes are endless. Solid black, like the night above them. So shiny that Will can see himself, tipsy and happy, in the reflection. “I want to be stuck with you,” Mike whispers, like it’s a secret. “I don’t ever want to leave.”
Will sucks in a sharp breath, squeezing his hands. “Then don’t,” he whispers back, punched-out and honest. “Stay.”
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Senior year in Hawkins. Will and Mike figure some things out.