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1. Under Pressure by knownsami

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Minerva McGonagall
   • Albus Dumbledore
   • Original Characters
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Self-Discovery
   • Coming of Age
   • Alternate Universe - Hogwarts
   • Stranger Things in the Wizarding World
   • everyone needs therapy but they have magic instead
   • Writer Mike Wheeler
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Sick Will Byers
   • Morally Grey Albus Dumbledore
   • Muggle Culture in the Wizarding World

   Summary

   This is planned to be a medium fic including the Party’s years at Hogwarts (and after) - a Stranger Things/Wizarding World AU where Mike, Will, Lucas, and Dustin grow up as classmates instead of neighbors, and the horror that would’ve been the Upside Down here shifts to: a man named Henry Creel, and whatever the Sorting Hat saw in Will Byers that it wouldn’t say out loud.

   This is a Byler fic, yes! (a bit of a slowburn...) But I promise to sweeten it :)

   ꩜

   Someone once said there were always three doors.
   Door one: You take your own life.
   Door two: Accept your fate.
   Door three: You escape.
   Eventually, someone would have to choose a door, before the choice was made for them.

   ꩜

   The story is told mainly from Mike’s POV, though I may include chapters from other perspectives if it feels interesting or necessary.

   I’m an overly multifandom girly, so my inspirations come from a lot of places - but the bones of this fic are pulled from Marauders-era Harry Potter fandom, and popular Stranger Things fandom headcanons.

   - Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pQBZVZr74xsXqewPSJ4D4?si=lUdkd3LJQMmsJWtFrA9JTw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=dYDrKcTfRg2r7

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   21,958

   Chapters:

   5/?

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   Kudos:

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