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1. I'm Not Cold (Take My Hand, Take Ahold) by That_Archivist

   Fandoms: Stranger Things - Fandom  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   23 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Angst
   • Whump
   • Torture
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Demogorgon - Freeform
   • Found Family
   • Adoption
   • Animal Death
   • demogorgon will byers
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Hallucinations
   • Vecna Possessing Will Byers
   • Manipulative Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Creep Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Survival
   • but at what cost
   • Loss of Humanity
   • Protective Will Byers
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Blood and Injury
   • Blood and Violence
   • Hive Mind
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Amnesia
   • Tags to be added
   • I only have this planned 2/3 of the way
   • lemme know if there are any tags i missed
   • Not beta read we die like my respect for the Duffers after S5 Vol 2
   • Vomiting

   Summary

   Will Byers vanishes November 6th 1983.

   The Party finds a monster three years later, bearing a striking resemblance to their deceased friend. He is not the same as they remembered. What happened between them and now? How did Will become so different.

   OR

   Will Byers goes missing and Eleven does not find him in time. What ensues is survival in the most dreadful dimension, family where you least expect it and defiance against inevitable forces.

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