After the fall of the Mind Flayer, Hawkins slowly begins to heal. But for Mike Wheeler, the war never truly ended. Guilt, loss, and the weight of everything left unsaid follow him long after the final battle. And Will Byers - the one who always felt the darkness first - understands that evil does not simply disappear. Sometimes, it lingers in memory, in dreams, in the quiet spaces between people. This is not a story about saving the world. It is a story about what comes after. About love that waited in silence. About two people learning how to live beyond survival and finally choosing truth.

In which Chris realizes that maybe feelings weren't that bad. Especially when you find out your best friend gets kidnap to another dimension. And especially when he realizes that he could have a crush on that same friend. Now all he had to was fight some weird monsters with the help of his friends and a weird girl with superpowers that they found in the woods. Easy enough, right? Will Byers x Male OC Season one {✓} Season two {✓} Season three {✓} Season four {waiting}

BEST OF YOU. "were you born to resist or be abused? is someone getting the best of you?" EXTENDED SUMMARY INSIDE. trigger warning: this story contains mentions of depression, anxiety, abuse, and everything else depicted in stranger things. read at your own risk. [WILL X MALE!OC] [STRANGER THINGS: SEASON 2-?] I DO NOT OWN STRANGER THINGS, ONLY MILES AND ANY OTHER PLOTS THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL CREATION OF STRANGER THINGS.