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1. Paint Her Pretty- (Lesbyler) by alliesLobster

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   19 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • michelle wheeler / willow byers
   • Willow byers
   • Michelle wheeler
   • lucy sinclair
   • Dusty Henderson
   • byler
   • Lesbyler
   • Lesbian
   • Lesbian Relationship
   • lesbyler college
   • College
   • Canon Compliant
   • Michelle Wheeler - Freeform
   • Willow Byers - Freeform
   • College Life
   • Light Smut
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • wlw
   • stranger things
   • stranger things genderbent
   • byler genderbent - Freeform
   • Lesbian Kissing
   • Quote: Friends? No thanks. Best friends. (Stranger Things)
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Drinking
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
   • New York University (NYU) Student Will Byers
   • New York University (NYU) Student Mike Wheeler
   • Love Confessions
   • Smoking
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Mild Sexual Content
   • Drunken Kissing
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse
   • mentions of 80s music
   • lesbyler college fic
   • Avoidant Michelle Wheeler
   • Borderline Personality Disorder
   • Michelle has BPD
   • Michelle has PTSD
   • Willow Byers has OCD
   • Willow Byers Has Powers
   • Jealous Michelle Wheeler
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Michelle Wheeler / Willow Byers - Freeform
   • Drunk Sex
   • Drunk Dancing
   • Light Dom/sub
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Canon Lesbian Character
   • Canon Lesbian Relationship
   • Post-Canon
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Romance
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Drug Use
   • Cocaine Use
   • pill use
   • Michelle takes drugs

   Summary

   Willow Byers and Michelle Wheeler have been two peas in a pod since kindergarten. But childhood is much different than life in college. While Willow pushes herself into her studies, Michelle pushes herself into a Willow shaped hole in the ground. Things may never be the same again.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   46,626

   Chapters:

   8/?

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