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1. The Body Remembers by JimmyJohnathan

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   04 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • Will Byers Character Study
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Established Relationship
   • Established Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Traumatized Will Byers
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Internalized Victim Blaming
   • Nightmares
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Non-Graphic Rape/Non-Con
   • non-graphic descriptions of sex
   • byler

   Summary

   This is a character study of Wills trauma. He wakes up in the middle of the night flooded with memories and haunted by the past. The process of him trying to fall back asleep explores his thoughts and feelings about his trauma. This is a (hopefully) realistic description of PTSD (as told from someone who is diagnosed with it). This story aims to explore the topic of his trauma in a better way than the show did.

   There are also elements of established Byler, which is why it's under the Byler tag.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,655

   Chapters:

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