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• When things keep getting stranger by Splashybubble11

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Multi
  • Work in Progress

  01 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Eddie Munson
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Steve Harrington
  • Robin Buckley
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Sam Owens (Stranger Things)
  • Martin Brenner
  • Jack Sullivan (Stranger Things)
  • Dr. Kay (Stranger Things)
  • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
  • Will Byers is taken by the government
  • Angst
  • Stranger Things 4
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Possessed Will Byers
  • Will Byers Has Powers

  Summary

  What if Will was shot in Season 4 and was left behind.

  Series

  • Part 2 of I know so many strangers

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  32,828

  Chapters:

  7/?

  Comments:

  17

  Kudos:

  68

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  2,288

• With you feel like a stranger? by Splashybubble11

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Multi
  • Complete Work

  03 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Joyce Byers
  • Billy Hargrove
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Will Byers Has Powers
  • Will Byers-centric
  • Mike Wheeler Being an Idiot
  • Will Byers has lots of guilt
  • Will Byers Has a Gun
  • Possessed Will Byers
  • Season 3 rewrite
  • Will Byers suffers more than he should
  • Season 3 but if Will got flayed with a twist
  • Will Byers has a concussion
  • Internalized Homophobia

  Summary

  In the summer of 1985 Will is weighed down with the guilt of what he did while possessed and Mike’s behaviour isn’t helping. Unfortunately for Will more Upside Down misfortune is on the the way.

  Season 3 rewritten where Will is flayed.

  Series

  • Part 1 of I know so many strangers

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  50,437

  Chapters:

  15/15

  Comments:

  20

  Kudos:

  186

  Bookmarks:

  35

  Hits:

  4,044