***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.

One month after Will's death, Mike finds some hidden letters. - From: Will. To: Mike.

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 '𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲 || 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬'. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐔𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟐: 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟑: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟒: 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟓: 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟔: 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟕: 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟖: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟗: 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟎: 𝐁𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟏: 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟐: 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟑: 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 & 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬

Everyone thinks Mike is deeply in love with Jane/Eleven Hopper. But he doesn't feel that strongly towards her. He tries to convince himself he is by spending so much time with her. But what he doesn't know is that while he's trying to love El, his best friend is broken and trying not to love him. Will is a hurt soul. Broken. He used to have a safe place, Mike. That changed when Eleven came back. It's like Mike forgot all about him. On top of that, he's slowly drifting away from the party. He's getting lost in his depression. His anxiety at it's worst. The bullying got worse, and he has nobody to stand up for him. He wants to end it all. He wants to feel free. But he has to understand......it will rain.

"Hey it's William. William Byers. Don't adjust your... whatever device you're hearing this on. It's me, live and in stereo. No return engagements, no encore, and this time, absolutely no requests. Get a snack. Settle in. Because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to this tape, you're one of the reasons why." 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐔𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟐: 𝐄𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐤 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟑: 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟒: 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟓: 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟔: 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟕: 𝐃𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟖: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟗: 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟎: 𝐁𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟏: 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟐: 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝟏𝟑: 𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 & 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬

🌹; 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭'𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥. 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳?" 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. "𝘙-𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸-𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?" 𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭'𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦'𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳." ;🌹 ⚠️!!𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 [ 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 ] 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨!!⚠️ ⊰ © -𝐚𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 ⊱

❝ KISS ME HARD BEFORE YOU GO SUMMERTIME SADNESS ❞ ••• Michael Wheeler writes letters to Will Byers, the love he lost and will never gain back. ••• NOTE: DEALS WITH SUICIDE, SELF HARM, AND DEPRESSING TOPICS IN GENERAL i do not own stranger things, all credit goes to the duffer brothers

Mike looked down at the shaking boy and wrapped his arms tightly around him, burying his freckled face in the smaller boy's soft brown hair whilst whispering into his ear: "I'll surround you and keep you safe... everyday. Everyday. I know you never like to be alone, and now you don't have to." And for the first time in a long time, Will felt whole.

two boys, mike wheeler and will byers, reconnect after being separated for a year. when they meet again, things aren't the same as they used to be. what happens when a simple game of truth or dare determines their fate? - this all happens after the season 3 plot - unedited - written in 2019

☆.｡.:* In which we read the diary of Will Byers, a CF patient who may have just met the love of his life. The only problem? He's a Cfer too... ☆.｡.:* first place winner of the galactic awards. uses characters from the tv show "stranger things". based on the movie "five feet apart". contains mature themes. ©itsjustbyler 2019-2020