***Modern Day AU*** Social Anxiety and High School don't mix. Will Byers just has to push through one more year, but a certain boy makes it so much harder, and Will can't help but wonder if he's been going about this all wrong. Maybe Mike Wheeler is just the person he needed to meet. And Maybe Will means more to Mike than he thought. Maybe that makes this terrifying. And maybe, just maybe, they both kind of love it.

ᴏɴ ɴᴏᴠᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 6ᴛʜ, 1985, ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʏᴇʀs ᴄʀᴀsʜᴇᴅ ʜɪs ʙɪᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴇᴇʟᴇʀ ʜᴏᴜsᴇʜᴏʟᴅ, ᴅᴀᴍᴀɢɪɴɢ ʜɪs ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ 2 ᴅᴀʏs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴏ ʀᴇᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀs. ᴘʟᴀɢᴜᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙsᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏғ ʜɪs ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ʜᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ʙᴏʏ ᴡʜᴏ ʀᴇғᴜsᴇs ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜɪs ɴᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀʟʟ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʏᴇʀs ʜᴀs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ɪs ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ's ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴘᴀʀᴛ.

ᴡɪʟʟ ʙʏᴇʀs ʜᴀs ᴀʟᴡᴀʏs ʙᴇᴇɴ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ʜᴇ's ғɪɴᴇ. ǫᴜɪᴇᴛ sᴍɪʟᴇs. ǫᴜɪᴄᴋ ɴᴏᴅs. ᴀ ʜᴏᴏᴅɪᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ᴛɪɢʜᴛ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀᴜɪsᴇs ɴᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ɪs sᴜᴘᴘᴏsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴇ. ʙᴜᴛ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʜɪs ᴇsᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ғᴀᴛʜᴇʀ sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴʟʏ ғᴏʀᴄᴇs ʜɪs ᴡᴀʏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ɪɴᴛᴏ ʜɪs ʟɪғᴇ, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ғɪɴᴀʟʟʏ sɴᴀᴘs. ᴏɴᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴏғ ғᴇᴀʀ ᴛᴜʀɴs ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ sᴘɪʀᴀʟ ʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴇsᴄᴀᴘᴇ. ᴘᴀɴɪᴄ, sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴅᴇsᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴜɴ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʜᴇ's ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ. ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴀ sᴛᴏʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ғᴀʟʟs ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡʜᴏ ʀᴇғᴜsᴇs ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴀʟʟ ᴡɪᴛʜ ɪᴛ. ᴡɪʟʟ ɪsɴ'ᴛ ʀᴜɴɴɪɴɢ. ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ. ɴᴏᴛ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ. !!𝑻𝑾!! 𝑫𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 (𝒏𝒐𝒏‑𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒄), 𝑬𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒈𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔 / 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒔, 𝑩𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑺𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒔.

｡･: ▍𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 Will Byers and Mike Wheeler were practically inseparable. They had been best friends for nearly a decade and planned to remain that way for eternity. Nobody was capable of destroying the unique bond they shared except for Will's step-sister, Eleven. She wasn't intentionally trying to sabotage their friendship. In fact, she had no knowledge about Will's massive crush on Mike. However, when Mike flew to California for spring break, she wanted him all to herself. He seemed to be perfectly fine with that. He loved her more than anyone - or so Will thought. After El is brought to a top-secret location to regain her telekinetic powers, Mike is finally able to spend some time with Will. Her absence is enough to make him realize that she isn't the one he loves after all. © BYLERHOE ┊ W. BYERS X M. WHEELER

**SPIDER-MAN AU** The truth is, Will wouldn't know what an actual normal person does, not really. The word normal has become a thing of the past, an outdated word that's been permanently torn from his vocabulary. Will Byers hasn't known normal for years. Not since that damn spider bit him. And just when Will thinks he's finally figured out this whole superhero life, here comes Mike Wheeler, ready to prove him wrong.