"I feel like my life started the day we found you in the woods." Will could feel his heart slowly breaking. -- The gang are now all in Hawkins, struggling to pick up the pieces after Vecna won. Some members still feel the divide left by the drama of the fight, and one especially is feeling heartbroken and devestated. Alone and vulnerable, Will begins to be haunted by illusions of Vecna- and it wants Will on his team. As everyone races to stop it before the gates open and Hawkins is destroyed, Will and Mike will have to finally face themselves and the shattered remains of their relationship. - Originally posted on my ao3, thebitchywitcher, im reuploading it here.

- 😔 - 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 (𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 - 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜) 𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣! 👀 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮! 🤍

This is a byler story where Mike and Will get assigned to work together on a project. Started: 18-12-2022 Finished: 27-01-2023