Bowlier
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
You would think that with all the craziness going on in Hawkins, nothing would faze its residents. For a time that had been true. Then the unthinkable happened.
Will Byers got a haircut. Suddenly everyone is losing their minds. Perhaps Mike most of all.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 65,115
- Chapters:
- 22/22
- Comments:
- 425
- Kudos:
- 2,319
- Bookmarks:
- 402
- Hits:
- 49,448
Bookmarked by Bowlier
21 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
At some point Will realised his hand was still over Chance’s. Maybe it was the liquor sitting heavy in his system, or maybe it was just sheer dumb courage, but he felt himself gently shift his hand to the side, moving until it sat flush beside Chance’s.
Maybe the alcohol was clouding Will’s senses, but he could have sworn Chance’s fingers shifted to brush his.
or
Post-S5/Pre-Epilogue Will Byers finds his Vickie.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 112,415
- Chapters:
- 40/?
- Comments:
- 786
- Kudos:
- 2,921
- Bookmarks:
- 344
- Hits:
- 63,923
Bookmarked by Bowlier
21 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
After the upside down has been shut, life returns to normal. Everyone seems to be able to go back to their previous lives. Everyone except Will Byers. Will, who still feels slugs climbing up his throat whenever he hears gagging. Will, who hasn't slept in five days, scared of losing autonomy over his body. Will Byers, who almost watched everyone he loves die in front of his eyes, all to save him. Will, who didn't believe he was even worth saving
So Will starts to distance himself from everyone, finding peace in weed and cigarettes. He is able to feel lighter than it all. When his limbs start to feel too heavy, the blood spilling from his slit wrists always makes him feel lighter.
But what happens when people start to notice. Start to notice him skipping class, and coming back smelling vaguely of skunk and too much cologne. What happens when the distance between them becomes too much for Mike to handle? When happens when Mike see's his scars?
OR: Will becomes extremely depressed and develops PTSD a couple months after the parties adventures in the upside down, and starts to cope with his issues through weed and self-harm. Mike Wheeler notices, and can't stand it, especially after the revelations he's had.
Bookmarked by Bowlier
20 Jun 2026
-
Tags
Summary
Will just wants to get through his last year of high school without incident, to feel normal for once in his life, and try to survive the building tension between him and Mike that grows with every word left unsaid. On the first day of school, Will meets someone new who may finally offer him the acceptance he craves, but he’s unsure what to do when it causes his relationship with Mike to hit a breaking point, forcing them both to confront their true feelings. And to make matters worse, Vecna is always there, whispering in his ear, and letting him know his fated role in the inevitable fall of Hawkins. Slow Burn. Will-centric. Mike-centric later chapters.
Series
- Part 1 of The Slanted Mind Series
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 113,058
- Chapters:
- 35/38
- Comments:
- 678
- Kudos:
- 1,599
- Bookmarks:
- 310
- Hits:
- 57,880
Bookmarked by Bowlier
20 Jun 2026
-
Let's Go Crazy Together (but not like this) by Julia_Skysong
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jun 2023
Tags
Summary
The nurse, or warden, or whoever she was cause Will really didn't fucking care, stopped outside the room and unlocked it. Room number 11, of course. Will could throw up from the irony. He wasn't really listening to the nurse's instructions. He knew the drill by now, and his head was killing him, and all he wanted was to lay down and rest...
"Oh my god."
He stared wide eyed at the figure sitting on the other bed who had spoken to him. Mike fucking Wheeler.
"Of fucking course," Mike muttered, rolling his eyes and turning away from him.
"Nope." Will immediately turned around and tried to leave. "This isn't going to work."
"We have no other beds available, we're at full capacity," the nurse said.
"I can't stay here."
"We have no beds."
"So switch me with somebody else."
"It's already past lights out, nobody is moving until morning."
"Then send me to another fucking facility," Will said through gritted teeth.
...Anger, fear, trauma, grief. One turned to alcohol. One turned to drugs. Now, somehow, they've ended up sharing a room at the same mental hospital. Will and Mike are stuck, forced to work through their issues together, for better or for worse.
Series
- Part 1 of How Do We Move On From This?
Bookmarked by Bowlier
20 Jun 2026