willthewiser
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"I'm just some random nerd who got lucky that Superman landed on his doorstep."
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Following the events of the Season 5 Volume 1 Finale, Will Byers has finally tapped into his true powers. It's too dangerous to stay at the Wheelers' house anymore, so the party builds Will a small cabin in the woods to keep safe. Naturally, Mike Wheeler decides to live with Will to keep him company, as any best friend would do. Two boys living in a cabin with one bedroom to share; what could possibly be suspicious about that?
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HUGE thanks to @lameparties for being a grand motivator!! your influence lives on forever
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30 Nov 2025
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For a long while, which Will felt too embarrassed to admit, part of the reason he left this secret unsaid was so he could cling on to the smallest scrap of possibility. A little imaginary corner of his mind and heart where he could pretend Mike might maybe, just maybe, one day feel something more.
It was foolish, he knew this. But it had been his.
And now? Now it was gone.
They’ve survived the near end of the world. Now Will just has to survive telling Mike the truth. It seems a lot easier than it is.
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30 Nov 2025
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It works for them... why not? by engel17white
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), The Shining - Stephen King, Beetlejuice (Movies), Journey to the Center of the Earth (Movies 2008 2012), The Goonies (1985), The Black Phone (2022), Stand By Me (1986), Dreamcatcher (2003)
12 Dec 2025
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Sometimes it is very difficult, if not impossible, to leave the past behind, especially when the past keeps looking for you, again, and again... and again.
Work based on the series “The Party Watches” by Squirrel_Tail22 on AO3
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20 Oct 2025
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Steve Harrington is normal, everyone thinks so. Captain of the swim team, starter on the varsity basketball team, most popular boy in school, absolute heartthrob, handsome, and rich. He's King Steve, Steve “the Hair” Harrington. He's an all-American boy growing up in the heartland. And he's spent years working very hard to keep it that way, because the truth is the last thing he is, is normal.
No, Steve Harrington has a dark past he's desperate to escape, however that gets much harder when Will Byers goes missing and Steve just can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong in Hawkins, something that's pointing straight to his past. But everything will be fine, right? All he has to do is pretend everything is normal.
Or, another lab experiment Steve story because I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m sharing it with everyone.
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- Part 1 of Pretend Everything is Normal
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22 Aug 2025
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Mike and Will separate from the rest of the party while trick or treating and decide to take a shortcut home. However, they end up running into a strange man and getting kidnapped. Now they have to try and survive a terrible experience locked in his basement, and hold out hope that their friends and family will find them before it’s too late.
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26 Jul 2025