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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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23 Jan 2026
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Mike has always been the protector. It’s his job, his oath. But nothing could prepare him for this. Nothing could prepare him for having to take the life of the boy he loves more than anything just to save the world he doesn't even think is worth saving.
Even in death, Will repays him. Selfless, as always. And even in grief, Mike survives. Because Will’s last words are a command. Not a task. It’s a spell. It’s impossible. It’s love. And Mike must obey even though he doesn’t want to. He shouldn’t be alive, not without him. And sometimes love is crueler than death.OR: Mike has to kill Will and in Will's final breath, he casts protection on Mike, refusing to let him die.
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this fic is based off of this fanart by cfog88 on tiktok!! (tysm for letting me write this)
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22 Jan 2026
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It's been over a year since the collapse of the Upside Down and the fall of Vecna, but everyone was still adjusting. Recovering. Some things had changed - good things, great things - while others remained like a vicious tumor, never leaving. And Will, it seems, has the most of these tumors, unrelentingly painful and ever-present. Mike, Lucas, Max, Dustin, his mom, his brother, and so many others see it every day, but Will keeps on fighting.
Or, where Will Byers faces the fallout of his traumas, injuries, and being connected to a Hive Mind for years. But he's not alone. He has his adoring boyfriend, close friends, and family to help him along the way.
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20 Jan 2026
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When going into the final battle against Vecna, Will has to break Vecna's curse in order for him to die. Mike's plan, however, included Will being kept completely out of harms way after everything had happened.
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Where Will has to break the curse of Vecna by losing an eye, severing the connection between him an the hivemind. What follows is Mike dealing with the guilt of letting him get hurt again and how he makes it up to him in the subsequent days, while also dealing with his suppressed feelings for his childhood best friend.
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16 Jan 2026
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Held Against the Dark by Sunny0mori
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Trefry
22 Jan 2026
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He can feel the hive’s connection pushing him back, trying to expel him. It’s painful and despairing, but Will holds on anyway, clinging to the tether irrevocably connecting him to the man before him. “You were just a kid,” he exclaims desperately, voice breaking. “Like me.”
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Will tilted his head, trying to absorb Mike’s words. “The point is, I want to stay by your side, and I feel stupid for not realizing it sooner. And I’m y’know…glad that you said what you did. It was kind of my missing puzzle piece. When this is all over, I hope we can talk.”Or
My version of the finale with first shadow lore, byler, and creelby. Very focused on Will's connection to the Mind Flayer and the role Mike must play in order to save him.
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13 Jan 2026