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1. In the Absence of Anything by draconabraxas

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Boris Pavlikovsky
   • one-sided Will Byers/Mike Wheeler - Relationship
   • sort of - Relationship
   • Will Byers
   • Boris Pavlikovsky
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Kotku (The Goldfinch)
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers-centric
   • POV Will Byers
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Bisexual Boris Pavlikovsky
   • Dead Joyce Byers
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • Underage Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Will Byers Has Issues
   • Will is forced to live with Lonnie in Las Vegas and Jonathan is trying to get custody
   • Will and Boris are horrible influences on each other
   • Codependency
   • EMPHASIS on toxic codependency
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Drug Addiction
   • Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Hawkins Family Roadtrip
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Implied/Referenced Dubious Consent

   Summary

   Will Byers learned a valuable lesson in the deserts of Las Vegas—anything was better than nothing. And Boris… well. Boris was something, that’s for sure.

   Or

   Joyce Byers dies in the Starcourt Mall fire, forcing Will away from everything he previously knew and into the addicting world of Boris Pavlikovsky.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,199

   Chapters:

   2/8

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