**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 The word normal has become a thing of the past, an outdated word that's been permanently torn from his vocabulary.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.

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.

***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.

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