PART ONE (of five) Set in the early stages of Will and Nico's relationship - after the war and before they became a thing. Artwork by Viria xx

Mike Wheeler falling behind in biology and chemistry. He's forced to study so Jane his best friend decides to help him with it. They go to her house and that's where Mike meets janes step-brother. Will Byers. He's rude and arrogant towards his little step-sister but when he catches a glimpse of Michael it all turns out... confusing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This story is inspired by the song 'Stacey's brother' and a bit of 'Margaret' (when you know you know).

Is this wrong, or have people in my life convinced me it is?

TW- SELF HARM AND SUICIDE taken place after the summer of 1985, the group is as close as ever. mike and el have broken up for good, and because of that will and mike have grown to be best friends again. but mike has been hiding something. -lowercase intended-

after all the times you destroyed me, i needed you like the air i breathe. ⚠️ story contains addiction, substance abuse, and other sensitive topics

"WILL YOUR AN ALCOHOLIC!" ✩⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Will has gotten his fathers genes, he is an alcoholic. He has heavy feelings and to make them go away he drinks. Will his friends notice and help him or will he eventually drink his life away? ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Total Word Count: 20,720 ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Started: 26th August 2023 ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ Ended: 19th September 2023

- "It's the ten-second rule. Think about what you're gonna say for ten seconds before giving an answer. That's how you'll be sure about it. Try it." Or When a rushed love confession between Mike & Will messed everything up.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐲𝐞𝐭." 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟗. 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 ! 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟓 !! 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟?? 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐥 #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝟓 (𝟔/𝟏𝟔/𝟐𝟒) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 (𝟖/𝟏𝟑/𝟐𝟒) 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝:𝟓/𝟐𝟑/𝟐𝟒 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝟖/𝟏𝟕/𝟐𝟒 𝐓𝐘𝐒𝐌 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝟏𝐊 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐒 𝐀𝐇𝐇 𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐋

જ⁀➴ | the byers have moved back to hawkins.