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1. Without You, What Would I Do? by loversunderthemoon

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   25 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Forced Proximity
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • References to David Bowie
   • Possession
   • Angst
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Violence
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers

   Summary

   Volume 2 & 3 Rewrite of stranger things season 5, from Wills perspective. In this universe Mike and Eleven are broken up, and have been since season 4. Will struggles with the idea of still loving Mike after he has hurt El. And as the months grow colder, memories arise. Trauma, hurt, guilt, but Will also begins to notice snowballs rolling down the hill. Turning into an avalanche.

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