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1. I Was Still There by flipsidefantasies

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   03 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Kali Prasad
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Demogorgon (Stranger Things)
   • Alternate Universe - Will Byers is Never Found
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Possessed Will Byers
   • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Will Byers Is Not Okay
   • Blood and Injury
   • How Do I Tag
   • First Kiss
   • POV Third Person
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • I Don't Even Know
   • I Will Go Down with This Ship
   • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Minor Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Minor Robin Buckley/Vickie Dunne
   • I Tried
   • I Wrote This While Listening To Lana Del Rey's Music
   • This Is STUPID

   Summary

   Will Byers disappeared on November 6th, 1983.

   Mike Wheeler refuses to stop searching. Every sound, every shadow, every signal could be him, or something else entirely.

   Now three years later…

   Will they find him before it’s too late? And if they do… what will he have become in the time he was gone?

   Somewhere between fear, hope, and chaos, Mike is about to learn that some things never truly stay buried, some things never come back the same, and some things are waiting.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,554

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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