after realizing his feelings for Will, Mike asks him to the dance. (Set in the 80s, when they're about the same age as season 3) BYLER, SOME REDDIE + MAX AND NEW CHARACTER!

PREVIOUSLY CALLED "changed" The Byers have moved. Mike is lost. He lost both his girlfriend and his best friend in one day. Mike needs El. Or so he thought. (I put the mature tag on because I mention sensitive topics mostly dealing with mental health. Nothing sexual at all.)

𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐊𝐈𝐃. He gets into fights. He talks back to teachers. He's the product of a nasty divorce. He has poor grades and a deep kind of anger in his heart that gets him in all sorts of trouble. But worst of all, he was caught once with a boy. After his Dad gets put away in prison one too many times, Harley's forced to move in with his estranged mother and twin sister Max, and his new stepfamily. Hawkins, Indiana, is nothing like he expected- for more reasons than one. But the thought that a skinny kid with tiny shorts and an awful bowl cut would be worth the hell he'll get from anyone that finds out? That's the real kicker. June 26, 2022