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1. Why choose? (when you don't have to) by clericzp

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Turning (2020), IT - Stephen King  

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

   01 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers/Miles Fairchild
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers/Miles Fairchild/Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler/Miles Fairchild/Richie Tozier
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Richie Tozier
   • Miles Fairchild
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Robin Buckley
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Possessive Mike Wheeler
   • Shy Will Byers
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Mutual Pining
   • Pretty Will Byers
   • Boys Kissing
   • Dry Humping
   • Oral Sex
   • Swimming
   • Summer Romance
   • Will Byers deserves two boyfriends
   • Flirty Richie Tozier
   • Flirty Miles Fairchild
   • Miles & Richie are down badddd
   • they genuinely think hes the prettiest boy ever
   • Dorks in Love
   • Grinding
   • Will getting extraaa care
   • The two are staying in Hawkins for the summer
   • Mike & Miles & Richie are cousins
   • Will getting overlyyyy flustered by all the attention
   • Will Byers Has Anxiety
   • Multiple love interests (for only Will)
   • They all want him
   • Light Angst
   • Alternate Universe - No Upside Down (Stranger Things)

   Summary

   Will Byers is tired of being the third wheel to every hangout.

   Tired of his pleas being ignored, tired of his friends acting like he’s invisible.

   He expects this summer to be no different. In fact, he’s preparing for it.

   What happens when instead, he meets two cousins who finally show him just how much he deserves?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,224

   Chapters:

   2/10

   Comments:

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