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To Be Sorrow's Desire by littlewombats
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
02 Jun 2026
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Summary
"Do you wonder what Hawkins is like now?" Lieven stares through the window like he can possibly see something three hundred miles away from here. Will knows the direction they are to take tomorrow. It sends a shiver down his spine.
"I doubt it changed much in four years," he says.
"So you don't think it could also be recovering?" hopeful, always too hopeful.
Will sighs. "Is this still about Hawkins?"
Lieven hops across the table and onto Will's wrist. "Is there much of a difference to you?"
In August 1993, Will Byers drives cross-country to a wedding he's been dreading, and tries very hard not to think about Mike. He makes it as far as Missouri. Two thousand miles is a long way to go without looking back.
or: An estranged friendship, a broken water pump, the road, and your own soul insisting on a hope that has no right to exist.
UPD: Artwork is added to the end of Chapter 8