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1. ST S4.5: Before Skyfall by thesevenholysins

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Will Byers
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Original Characters
   • Susan Hargrove
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Adam (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2
   • Canon Compliant
   • For the most part
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Bisexual Male Character
   • POV Male Character
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Step-Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Vecna's Curse (Stranger Things)
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Post-Season/Series 04
   • Teenagers
   • Teen Romance
   • Original Character-centric
   • The Upside Down (Stranger Things)
   • Will Byers Has a Boyfriend
   • Protective Jonathan Byers
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship
   • Lesbian Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • References to Sex
   • No Depictions of Sex
   • Growing Up
   • Adolescent Sexuality
   • Song: Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash)
   • Song: This Charming Man (The Smiths)

   Summary

   Will Byers isn't the only one who returns to Hawkins after the events of Season 4.
   James Atlas makes his unwanted return to his least favorite place on earth after his father was injured in an earthquake. James has always had a bad feeling about Hawkins, until one day, he meets Will Byers. Will their growing relationship be enough to make James want to stay and will Will's visions of an upcoming threat come true?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   33,970

   Chapters:

   16/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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