THE byler power outage fanfic Note: this masterpiece is NOT MINE it was originally posted in ao3 by @lameparties and she has all the credits and rights of the story. It's winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren't speaking anymore. Living in Mike's house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement. Then the power goes out - and if there's one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it's the cold. or Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they're barely friends anymore.

Will Byers moved from Madison Wisconsin to Hawkins Indiana when his mom got back with his dad for the money. Will was less than excited as the prospect of having to leave his few friends and move in with his abusive father but there was nothing he could do. He goes so school expecting it to be bad but it ends up being worse than just bad, it was terrible. Luckily his new friend Mike Wheeler helps him through it. Will quickly gains a crush on Mike but holds it in as it's the 1980s and he thinks Mike is straight. Mike thought he was straight to, until he met Will and things started to change.