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1. We Were Born Sick (Churchgate) by Beeblie9

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   13 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Churchgate
   • byler
   • Byler endgame
   • The Upside Down
   • Vecna - Freeform
   • The Demogorgon
   • religious trauma
   • Will Byers Has Religious Trauma
   • Stranger Things Spoilers
   • Stranger Things FIve
   • Angst
   • Bittersweet
   • Fluff and Angst
   • First Kiss
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Mutual Pining
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • mike wheeler - Freeform
   • will byers - Freeform
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Song: Take Me To Church (Hozier)

   Summary

   Will is afraid that he has become a monster, in more ways than one.

   Series

   • Part 1 of 12 Days Of Byler

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,228

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Kudos:

   52

   Bookmarks:

   3

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