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A season five rewrite where it picks up where season 4 left and more questions are answered than posed.
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Will fills his time at the hospital and at the local catholic church and after another fight with Mike he uses church to outrun anything else mike what to throw his way. But as November 6th gets closer, he finds himself at church more than not. after one horrible nightmare, he confesses it all in his confessional.
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After a hangout at the junkyard, Lucas and Will find themselves in a situation that rivals their favorite comics. After 4 years of keeping the truth hidden can they deal with the most important people to them finding out who the Hawkins heroes are? More specifically can Will handle the fact that he may not have been that crazy all along?
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I forced William Byers to basically live out Wild Geese by Mary Oliver and Not A Lot, Just Forever by Adrianne Lenker.
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After their second Halloween in college, Will and Dustin drags Mike to a halloween party. Mike goes only because Will asked but soon finds himself spiraling, what new?
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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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04 Jun 2026
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i don’t know what i want, only that i'm desperate for it, that i can’t stop asking by LCRSF
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jan 2026
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"So you know everything..."
"Yeah... I learned about the painting from El right before the battle."
Will doesn't understand.
"Then why did you hang it if you knew it wasn't from her?"
"Because it was from you."
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01 Jun 2026
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Valentine's Day 1989, Will Byers receives an anonymous love letter in his locker from a mystery boy at Hawkins High. The author leaves cryptic hints that he tries to piece together, but when he finally feels like he's getting somewhere, a new spanner is thrown in the works; Alex. All of a sudden, Will is juggling new feelings for Alex and this mystery writer, and old feelings for his best friend, who he just cannot seem to move on from.
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Will receives a series of anonymous love letters and what ensues is romantic chaos.
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30 May 2026
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tell me that you love me (just once) by jaywritesandwrites
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Mar 2026
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“That’s not true—“
“Then say it. Say it, Will!”
Will hesitates. “Say what?”
A beat. Then—
“Tell me that I’m wrong. Tell—”
He gulps. Will’s eyes dilate in shock.
“Tell me what’s going on with you, Will. For fuck’s sake, just talk to me!” Mike exclaims.
A stray sunbeam crawls up Mike’s cheek. At first, Will believes it to be another hallucination: that odd glassy sheen around his best friend’s waterline.
But when he concentrates, he notes that it isn’t a trick of the light at all. Rather, wetness brims in Mike’s eyelids, staining his eyes red.
Oh. Oh no.
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It's January, and Will Byers doesn't know how to act around his best friend anymore. But he has to hold strong. He has to keep his feelings to himself. If he doesn't, he'll lose everything.
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Set after season 4 and before season 5. Loosely inspired by "you took my heart (I was sleeping)" by lameparties.
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28 May 2026
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Trying not to want (what was left unsaid) by Daisy_May07
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
23 May 2026
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It starts off normal. Or at least, it’s supposed to.
They saved the world. School’s ending. Summer’s coming.
Everything should be fine.But somewhere in between cafeteria lunches, late-night thoughts, and things that almost get said but don’t, something shifts—and Will feels it before anyone else does.
He tries to ignore it. He’s good at that.
Ignoring the looks that linger a second too long. Ignoring the moments that feel different in a way he can’t explain. Ignoring the quiet, persistent truth that no matter how hard he tries, he can’t seem to stop wanting something he knows he shouldn’t.The worst part is, he’s not even sure if he’s imagining it.
Because something has changed.
And whether it’s one-sided or not might be the difference between keeping everything the same or losing it completely.Or
Epilogue rewrite sort of.
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25 May 2026