The party is having a sleepover in Mike's basement during summer break. Mike has a nightmare. Mike and Will have been more closer recently, after Mike apologised about their 'little fight' in the rain a few months ago. ──⋆•☆•⋆ ───── ⋆•☆•⋆ ───── ⋆•☆•⋆ ── (Sorry if this is horrible or cringey, this is my first story i've wrote lmao. But i hope you still enjoy it. Don't be scared to comment<3 This is an AU where the Byers never moved. The party also has the looks of after season 3 and before season 4 (however u want them to look like kinda just on the older side :) I hope you enjoy my first book<3 ✮Warnings✮ ~swearing ~'mature'-ish scenes ✮Ages✮ ~Will: 16 ~Mike: 15 ¼ ~El: 16 ½ ~Max: 15 ⅓ ~Lucas: 15 ~Dustin: 16 ¼ ✮Highest ranked tags I've gotten✮ #1 byler #36 byler #146 boyfriends #83 homosexual Est. - Fri, 31st Oct 2025 Completed - Sun, 14th Dec 2025 ────⋆•☆•⋆─────⋆•☆•⋆────

Mike Wheeler had always dreaded school days, and he could count the only reasons he actually somewhat cared about them on one hand. That is, until he skips a class and meets a boy in a record shop, making him reconsider his outlook on things. ------------------------------------- ! I DO NOT own any of the characters here, all of those credits go to Netflix, The Duffer Brothers, and the actors i guess, this is merely an AU for a series, Stranger Things. ! Please don't reupload this anywhere else like AO3 without my permission, I cherish this story like my own child. If you wanna translate it or something, go ahead, but please make sure to credit me! If you wanna upload it on ao3, please do reach out to me :] *no smut in here btw, i will NEVER write that. no offense to those who read smut. Just a modern AU fic that was made to help me (and you!) cope with the fact that byler wasn't endgame. Enjoy! oh btw chapters are gonna be a bit long like some ao3 byler fics, bc im forever an ao3 defender(why am i on wattpad? idk either.).

eighteen months. will byers had invaded mike wheelers home for eighteen months and counting, since vecna's attack on the small 'boring' town of hawkins. maybe in the past, that would've been a dream for will. spending days on end hanging out with his best friend/secret crush. except- they weren't talking. but maybe that would change. maybe the two of them would become friends again, and remember how good life was then they were together. maybe mike would finally realize that will had been there all along, waiting for him. maybe mike would finally sort out his feelings for will and things wouldn't be so awkward. maybe, just maybe.

"Why won't you even look at me anymore?" Will said, tears welling in his eyes. "You know why," Mike said, crossing his arms. "Mike, what is it?" Will asked, tears beginning to stain his cheeks silently. "The painting, I know about the painting. You lied, El didn't commission it. So tell me, why did you paint it?" Mike asked, beginning to choke up. Will stared at him blankly, he didn't know what to do or say. This was the moment he had been waiting for for over a year. "Mike"

I had the urge to write some Ronance, takes place somewhere after s4. Don't be confused, I made some changes to the universe to make it a little easier for me. I also don't even know where this story is going, I'm literally just writing and hoping it'll end somewhere. One of my first fanfics ever, I'm a beginner, so don't expect much from it. Also I apologize if I made any grammar mistakes or used a word in the wrong context, english isn't my first language. THESE ARE NOT MY CHARACTERS.