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1. love comes in colors, i can't deny by willmcfly

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   30 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers & The Party
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • POV Will Byers
   • POV Alternating
   • Will Byers Deserves Love
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Will Byers Has Internalized Homophobia
   • That is largely past tense
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Flashbacks
   • First Kiss
   • Flirting
   • Falling In Love
   • Developing Relationship
   • Healing
   • HIV/AIDS Crisis
   • Largely part of the setting but it is addressed
   • Pratt Institute
   • New York City
   • Post-Canon
   • 90s
   • 1990s
   • Gay Bar
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Mutual Pining
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Eventual Smut
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • gnc will byers
   • Seizures
   • Will Byers has PNES

   Summary

   Brooklyn, 1991. Will is having nightmares again, and he doesn't know why. He has a loving boyfriend, doting friends, and a vibrant community. He's happy. Almost.

   Whenever he can't sleep, he steals into the city armed with nothing but a paintbrush, making his mark in places only he knows. Will intends to keep these paintings- and his harrowing past- a secret forever.

   When he begins to lose inspiration, he signs up for a summer course, hoping it will bring the change he needs. And then he meets Tony.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   68,228

   Chapters:

   6/15

   Comments:

   76

   Kudos:

   89

   Bookmarks:

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