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1. Hear With Your Heart by AfraidOfBananas

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   08 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • lowkey everyone is here
   • Stranger Things 5 Rewrite
   • with a healthy dose of
   • Lumax
   • Willel
   • wiseone
   • and lots of
   • Creelby Parallels
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Slow Burn
   • I'll update tags as I go
   • mwtfdydgate
   • paintinggate
   • birthdaygate
   • those will come in later though
   • POV Alternating
   • No Beta We Die Like Ted Wheeler Should Have

   Summary

   “There’s nothing you can do, Mike.”
   Yeah, he thinks. That’s the problem.
   “I know,” he concedes. “But I told you: I want to help however I can.”
   “You do help,” Will says, simply. “This helps.”

   The Byers are back in Hawkins, but Will’s life is far from normal. Between the disturbing visions and the whole town treating him like a bad omen, sharing a room with his best friend should be the least of his problems.

   Hawkins is under lockdown, but Mike has other priorities. Even with a crumbling relationship and monsters roaming the streets, he can’t stop thinking about his best friend.

   Threats loom large while secrets linger, but love has a way of making the apocalypse just a little bit better

    

   Or: A byler-centric season 5 rewrite that actually addresses The First Shadow

   Language:

   English

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