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  The Forgetting by HJolly

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  • Complete Work

  30 Dec 2025

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  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
  • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
  • Will Byers & Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Argyle & Will Byers
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • birthdaygate
  • Will Byers's Forgotten Birthday
  • Memory Alteration
  • Memory Loss
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
  • Sad Will Byers
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Possession
  • Will Byers's Painting
  • Sad Mike Wheeler

  Summary

  Will knew something was wrong back in Lenora. He just didn't know how to confront everyone. How do you even begin telling your mom, brother, and estranged best friend that they had missed your birthday?

  A story in which Will is being forgotten by those he loves.

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  English

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  Bookmarked by bluecatnutcorn

  15 Mar 2026

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