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A Drag Path, Etched In The Surface (As Evidence, I left there On Purpose.) by Cherry_my_love
Fandoms: The Black Phone (Movies - Derrickson), Stranger Things (TV 2016)
18 Jan 2026
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The screen flickers, and the words, "July 18th, 1978. North Denver," appear.
Steve freezes as the cheers reach him, his ears ringing. He can faintly feel Nancy's firm, questioning touch on his arm and Jonathan's leg pressed against his own. His eyes blur with tears that he would never let fall in the presence of his family. The TV flickered in-between static and an image of a boy, only 13 years old, eyes bright with determination. He remembered wanting to win that game more than anything. Amongst the static, a faint voice crackles through the room.
'Your arm was mint, you almost had me.'
Steve can't breathe.
He can't breathe, He can't breathe, He can't breathe.
Finn bolts off of the couch and runs outside to get air, leaving those in the room to shout after him.
God, He needs weed.
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Will steps into the woods. Birds chirp around him, and squirrels run up the trees. It's been six months since Vecna was finally defeated, and now everyone is finally beginning to settle. Everyone except for Will. He can't seem to get out of fight or flight mode, and everything's been wrong. His body feels off, heavy and achy, while his concentration is shot. No one noticed when he stopped showing up to things, stopped answering his radio. El will chatter every night about what her and Mike were up to that day.
And it seems to take all of Dustin's energy to keep moving, and to show up himself. Lucas is with Max, and no one noticed when Will started to fade into the background. He knew if he stopped trying, this is what would happen. He knew as soon as he had to beg for their attention. It's ok though, he's always known his place. And now it's fine for him to step back, and let them all breathe without him. Every morning he takes another walk like this one, trying to chase away the ache in his joints that make it hard to move. Part of him knows that he should say something, that this isn't normal pain.
That something is seriously wrong, but he can't bring himself to.
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- Part 5 of Stranger Things Mix Tape
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You would think that with all the craziness going on in Hawkins, nothing would faze its residents. For a time that had been true. Then the unthinkable happened.
Will Byers got a haircut. Suddenly everyone is losing their minds. Perhaps Mike most of all.
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“I don’t think…” Chance swallowed, he was so close now, he could practically feel Will’s breath against his own, “I don’t think it's normal to think about your friends this way. The way I think about you, I mean.”
Will looked up at him from under his lashes. He looked scared and wanting all at once. Chance was sure he looked the same, and if not, he felt it. He’d always been good at faking it till he made it.
“How..” Will breathed out, “What do you think about me?”
“I think I want you.” Chance murmured, “I want you more than the way I want a friend.”
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Will Byers didn’t mean for it to be complicated.
But introducing his new boyfriend to the people who once felt like home forces everyone to confront what’s changed, what hasn’t, and the feelings no one ever learned how to say out loud.
