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    “Mr. Byers! I was hoping to catch you. This is Dr. Owens, from Hawkins National Laboratory.”

    Will pinched the bridge of his nose in annoyance, already feeling a headache beginning to form in his temples. "I’m kind of in the middle of a lecture here, can this wait?”

    “I’m afraid it can’t. We need your assistance urgently.”

    “And why do you need me?” Will was unable to suppress the bitterness in his tone, “You’ve got plenty of experts and doctors on your staff. I’m just a grad student, and I’m halfway across the country. What could I possibly do that no one else could?”

    Dr. Owens cleared his throat on the other end of the line, “You’re the only one who’s been there and made it out alive. Honestly, we could use your expertise. We’ve caught a specimen. A live one. And you’re definitely going to want to see this.”

    Or, it's 1998 and the Upside Down is still alive and kicking, and something new just came out.

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    09 Mar 2026

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    Mike tilted his head. “First time here?”

    “Yeah. My usual place closed for a bit.”

    “Well, lucky for me,” Mike said, almost to himself, then immediately flushed, eyes darting down. “Uh, lucky for us, I mean. You know. The café. Business and all.”

    Will felt his face heat up but couldn’t help the small laugh that escaped him. “Right. Of course. For business.”

     

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    Will walks into a café looking for coffee and a place to draw.

    He walks out with a crush on the barista.

    A fluffy modern Byler AU featuring sketchbooks, movie nights, mutual pining, and falling in love.

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    03 Mar 2026

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    Looking over to the open windows of the tower, the view of nothing but crowded trees that hid the taunting glowing city from afar.. the place he truly belonged to, made him let out a low, menacing hum.

    With a flick of his wrist, the dark slimy vines closed the window shut – the darkness enveloping them. Just a fleeting sight of light seeped through the cracks from above, falling down to the little boy's fluttering amber eyes.

    Vecna – or Henry, slowly clasped his hands behind his back, staring down at him.

    "You and I, we are going to do such beautiful things together, William."

    Yet somewhere beyond Vecna's reach, an oathless paladin unawarely moved through The March and searched something he could believe in – a devotion with no name - and it was going to collide paths with him, waiting for him in a tower that was built through shadows no spell could find..

    For his fate was already bound to the blessed cleric that the world once thought they lost.

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    CLERADIN TANGLED AU
    ⚠️ SECOND BOOK IS UP!!

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    Mike Wheeler and Mike the Brave swap places, each trapped in a world that is not their own. How did they get there? How will they get back?

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    “Oh, come on,” Will says, struggling to keep his voice neutral in a different way. His mouth is dry, and he hates Mike for it even more. “Is this what it’s going to be like this summer?”

    Mike looks back at him, considering, lips pursed in an effort to shut down the smirk that Will knows is fighting to break free. Will doesn’t dare to let his gaze catch there, focusing instead on holding Mike’s stare, because this, too, is a game.

    Five years into a rivalry with bittersweet origins, the only thing Mike and Will want is to beat each other at this summer’s camp counselor competition. But being back at camp is dredging up old memories, and as Mike and Will lose momentum and gain something else entirely, it becomes increasingly clear that one summer can change everything.

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    27 Jan 2026