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

two boys, mike wheeler and will byers, reconnect after being separated for a year. when they meet again, things aren't the same as they used to be. what happens when a simple game of truth or dare determines their fate? - this all happens after the season 3 plot - unedited - written in 2019

'Will heard Mike scoff and say "You are so pathetic!" before he slammed the basement door shut.' 'Well, this summer is going great. This summer is going so fucking great.' Mike never liked when he and Will fought. Even about small things. Will was the one Mike would trust with his own life. He was important to Mike. Will was Mike's person. But why has Mike been feeling nervous around Will recently? Puberty hits hard... right? - AVAILABLE ON AO3 - Thank you so much for over 100 reads! - july 17th 200 reads OMG SJDJHJSHSAKHFCE - july 23rd 300 reads TYSM AAHH - august 1st 400 reads I LOVE YALL KFMBKD - august 8th 500 reada yall are insane tysm<3 - august 10th

(𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑺4) 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧, 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 & 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐞𝐜𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬: ➪Mᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ Tʜᴇᴍᴇs & Sᴄᴇɴᴇs🤷‍♂️ ➪𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭💪😼 ➪𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬🤡 ( Steddie, Slight Ronance and Jancy, Elmax and Byler, if you're a Mileven shipper sorry🤡 ) 𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂: (𝔹𝕀𝔾 𝕊ℙ𝕆𝕀𝕃𝔼ℝ 𝕀𝔽 𝕐𝕆𝕌 ℍ𝔸𝕍𝔼ℕ'𝕋 𝕊𝔼𝔼ℕ 𝕍𝕆𝕃.1 𝕆ℝ 𝕍𝕆𝕃.2) 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐳 𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐨. 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐜𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐰𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐜𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒆: 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟*𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉.𝐊 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡*𝐭.

"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

Will gets a boyfriend and Mike can't figure out why it makes him angry

"well? why'd you do it?" ☆⁂- in which mike wheeler and will byers have been best friends for over 11 years. they knew everything about each other. mike struggles with his sexuality and will tries to get over is crush on his best friend. but while thats all going on, there's a unknown killer running around hawkins. or two. t r i n x b y l e r <3 credit to @sceneslvt_ & @tryhard_fag for helping me with this book <33

☆.｡.:* In which we read the diary of Will Byers, a CF patient who may have just met the love of his life. The only problem? He's a Cfer too... ☆.｡.:* first place winner of the galactic awards. uses characters from the tv show "stranger things". based on the movie "five feet apart". contains mature themes. ©itsjustbyler 2019-2020

The new kid seems to make friends, But he is also in the closet. He has a crush on his friend and doesn't know how to tell him, But his crush might like him back. Eventually they become best friends.. maybe... hopefully something more. A byler fanfic. started: 1/02/23 ended: 2/14/23 highest rankings { #2 in base } { #3 in él}

highest rankings: #8 byler [6/12/2022] #1 lucassinclair [9/3/2022] #1 byers [1/5/2023] #1 elmax [5/7/2023] tw: mentions of homophobia Will realizes his feelings for Mike and tries to get Max's advice on how to get over him. While trying to do so, he develops a close friendship with Eleven and a new kid at school, whose open sexual fluidity gives a great opportunity for advice. But when guilt and jealousy take over, things don't go smooth for either of them. (slowburn) (ALSO THERE IS NO SMUT IN THIS BOOK) takes place after the plot of s3 just in case you're here after s4 🤞