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1. The Shadow of the Past by sunshine_exe

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   17 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eddie Munson
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Eddie Munson Lives
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt Eddie Munson
   • Eventual Byler
   • Eventual Family Reunion
   • Post-Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2
   • will byers was never found
   • Angst
   • Hurt Will Byers
   • Panic Attacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Will is kind of a badass
   • Will Byers Has Powers

   Summary

   Eddie doesn’t die or get turned into a vampire. Instead, he finds a secret third option: being nursed back to health by a dangerous teenager in the Upside Down.
   Or: an alternate universe where Will was never found in the Upside Down-- until he was.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,493

   Chapters:

   8/?

   Comments:

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