when a mysterious girl who stumbles in the streets of freeridge ends up being the foster daughter of the Martinez family but once she meets spooky everything changes "A monster like me should never have fallen in love with a girl like her..." Oscar Diaz fanfic

˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚In which Will returns from a long, sun-soaked summer in California looking... different. Taller, tanner, maybe even hotter. Mike almost doesn't recognize his childhood best friend - not just because of the way Will looks now, but because of how he feels around him. Things with El haven't been right for a while, and Mike's starting to question everything - including who he really is, and who he really wants. As the school year starts and old friendships are reignited, Mike has to face the truth: maybe what he felt for Will wasn't just friendship. And maybe it still isn't. ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ Started: 07/06/2025 Ended: ongoing Includes mature themes I'll try to post atleast 2-3 chapters every day! Pre-apologising if I don't!

Will Byers hasn't seen all of his friends in the same room since 1995, and he hasn't spoken to Mike Wheeler since 1996-the year he told him how he felt and watched their friendship fall apart. But when Max and Lucas buy their first house, they throw a Y2K New Year's Eve party, dragging everyone back together for the first time in years. Mike and Will are older now, different now, but when they see each other again-all sharp edges, awkward tension, and a lifetime of unresolved feelings-it's like nothing ever changed. Except everything has. One too many glasses of champagne, one impulsive kiss at midnight, and suddenly, the distance between them feels impossible to ignore. But Will still lives in New York, Mike is still in Chicago, and Will is fresh out of a three-year relationship he never fully gave himself to. They tell themselves they'll take it slow, see where it goes, but Will has loved Mike Wheeler since he was twelve, and Mike has never been the best at waiting. ❤️ART BY 4rt_sgr on instagram ❤️