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1. dancing in the dark, in the pale moonlight by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Stranger Things Ensemble
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon Compliant
   • Except for the finale
   • Epilogue What Epilogue
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Established Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Lives
   • Character Study
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Past Trauma
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • Siblings Jonathan Byers & Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Byers Family Feels (Stranger Things)
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Gender Non-Conforming Will Byers
   • Crossdressing
   • Boys in Skirts
   • Eventual Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Queer Themes
   • Queer Culture

   Summary

   A recollection of Will's life, from his childhood to his most horrific moments, and through his subsequent journey of empowerment and self-acceptance. Reframed through his most vulnerable and yet defiant moments.

   i.e Will likes wearing skirts and dresses, and pretending to be a princess, and that only gives him the strength to battle the dragons that await him.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,870

   Chapters:

   2/?

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