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• A Shadow In The Light by VictorianGay

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Goldfinch (2019)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  05 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Boris Pavlikovsky
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Suzie Bingham/Dustin Henderson
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Boris Pavlikovsky
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Robin Buckley
  • Steve Harrington
  • Original Characters
  • Angela (Stranger Things)
  • Underage Smoking
  • Underage Drug Use
  • Underage Drinking
  • Consensual Underage Sex
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
  • Will Byers Smokes Cigarettes
  • Will Byers is a Mess
  • Bad influence Boris
  • Protective Jonathan Byers
  • Worried Joyce Byers
  • Changed Will Byers
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Bisexual Boris Pavlikovsky

  Summary

  a crossover AU story blending Stranger Things and The Goldfinch.
  melancholy, artistic, raw, and introspective. The story centers on Will Byers, transplanted to California after Hawkins, and Boris, a boy who becomes his unexpected connection in a disjointed world.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,842

  Chapters:

  16/?

  Comments:

  20

  Kudos:

  202

  Bookmarks:

  27

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