. 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. "𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬. 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭." - 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟎 . 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟔/𝟖/𝟐𝟎 . 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝟖/𝟑𝟏/𝟐𝟎 #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐫 (𝟔/𝟏𝟒/𝟐𝟎) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 (𝟖/𝟏𝟖/𝟐𝟎) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐱𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 (𝟏𝟐/𝟑𝟎/𝟐𝟎) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐱 (𝟑/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟏) [𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝟐]

Mike, a junior, begins to lose interest in being popular. What he had then is what he craved now. Genuine friendships, loyalty, comfort, and true feelings. The golden trio Mike, Lucas, and Jane are imprisoned by popularity, in denial that they wish for something more genuine. As for the other part of the party, Will, Dustin, and Max stay by the sidelines, staying together and keeping their distance from their old friends. As Mike and Will slowly reconnect, buried feelings resurfaced, and Mike begins to realize that what he needed was never popularity, but something more honest. Will the group reunite? Will feelings get in the way? Or will the pressure of high school tear them apart for good?

Dustin Henderson creates a groupchat with his closest friends. (Expect sexual jokes.) Started: March 27th, 2022 Ended: tbd Highest rankings: #1 Byler 4/10/22 #1 Elmax #1 Mill #1 Maxinemayfield #1 willbyers #1 groupchat #1 elevenhopper #1 dustinhenderson #5 gay #1 strangerthings #1 robinbuckley Ib: @graciellosersclub

Mike realizes he has some feelings for Will. He wants to get rid of them but he just can't. He goes to the party for help with his problem. But during all this Will has problems of his own. His father still stays at his house. This causes Will to not be himself half of the time. Get your popcorn, this is a long one. tw: cursing, homophobic slurs, sh started: 03/17/23 ended: 05/03/23 Highest Rankings; #1 in #mill [09/27/23] #1 in #stfanfic [09/27/23]

'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