Will disappears in the middle of the night, leaving behind a life that has slowly learned how to hurt him quietly. He doesn't run toward answers. He runs toward memory, toward the one place where his body remembers what it felt like to be safe, long before he learned how to stay silent. Mike wasn't supposed to still be there. Not after two years of distance, unfinished conversations, and the kind of closeness that never really fades, only changes shape.

After the events of season 4 stranger things, Will must deal with the hardships of feelings he holds for his best friend as well as the torture vecna withholds onto him . Meanwhile, Mike begins to prioritise the struggles of Will and tries to figure out the reason for his change in behaviour . BYLER ANGST

-Always together? -Always. This is the story about two friends with a rare feeling in common. They're trying to figure out what is it. But they need each other to know... Mike Wheeler and Will Byers are really close since kindergarten, but they're getting even closer during this recent time. Why? Why now? Why them?

will is madly in love with the black haired boy and it hurts

1/6/2026: hey guys this story is so old and it is so cringe but it's a part of me. my writing was so bad back then tho so pls bare with me this story is based on the song heather by conan gray, in which will is jealous of mike and eleven's relationship because he has a crush on mike. will believes mike will never like him back because mike is straight, but what if will is wrong and mike isn't straight? this story takes place during season three. it will be similar, but not exact. only certain events will be accurate to the actual show, but it'll mostly be stuff that i make up. 🛑 i do not own any of the characters from the actual show or any of the plot from the actual show! the things i do own is the plot that i make up or any oc's that could potentially be added!🛑 ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ swears and/or slurs WILL be used in this story ONLY because the 80's were a very homophobic time, so i apologize in advance if anyone is hurt by it. i myself am part of the LGBTQ+ community, so i can completely understand if you get upset.

☆.｡.:*In Which Will takes a summer job in a small town restaurant, and Mike is the son of the restaurants owners- oh, and also a huge asshole. In which Will is set on avoiding Mike- but Mike is set on getting him. ©itsjustbyler 2020

☆.｡.:*What if the cute girl you met at the party wasn't a girl at all?

☆.｡.:*In which Will and Mike were best friends, but that was many years ago. Now? They never speak, or even acknowledge each other's existence.When they're locked in school together, however, an old friendship and maybe some new feelings start to blossom... ☆.｡.:* includes mature themes . ©itsjustbyler 2019

. 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]

(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.