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1. California Love by Rainy_forest_green

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   01 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lonnie Byers & Will Byers
   • Joyce Byers & Will Byers
   • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Will Byers & The Party
   • Will Byers & Everyone
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lonnie Byers
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • pretty much everyone - Character
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Live With Lonnie Byers
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Child Protective Services
   • Implied/Referenced Underage Sex
   • Underage Smoking
   • Underage Drinking
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Friendship
   • California
   • Will Byers is popular
   • American Football
   • will byers is a bit of a player
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Abusive Lonnie Byers
   • Lonnie Byers Being an Asshole
   • Bad Parent Lonnie Byers
   • Good Parent Joyce Byers
   • Homophobic Language
   • Partying
   • Stranger Things 4
   • Slow Burn
   • Will Byers is a Sweetheart
   • he’s just going through a hard time
   • so i can be a bit of an ass sometimes
   • probably more tags to be added but i don’t care right now

   Summary

   Will Byers went missing in November 1983. When he got back, people started to question things. Started to question Joyce. If she really was stable enough to care for her youngest.

   Moving in with Lonnie, far away from Hawkins, is bound to change Will fundamentally. What if Lonnie’s presence turns him into someone the Will from before would hate. Someone who the party wouldn’t even recognize.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   64,904

   Chapters:

   30/?

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   Kudos:

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