Should I Stay or Should I Go -- Byler
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After a long and grueling friendship of secret one-sided love, William Byers is ready to give up on Mike as Mike finally begins to discover his true feelings. However, Will is soon taken into custody by his father, Lonnie, and is taken far away from Hawkins. Mike must come to terms with his own emotions and find his best friend. Can they survive together or get burnt by love?
I hate to say that I have stopped writing this fic of Wattpad and have moved to A03 where I am currently rewriting it. I would love it if you read my retelling there! I would like to say though, if you want an incomplete ending, the first part is finished here. My story on A03 is the same title and Authors Name as on here. Love to see you there!
Edit--4/10/24
I had taken this fic down for a while and spontaneously decided to put it back up. I wrote this at a very different point in my life and am not necessarily planning on returning to this story on A03 or Wattpad, however, the first section is complete and has a semi-definitive ending. If you decide to read the rest (aka S2), you will just need to leave a lot to imagination. I am reuploading this tonight at 8:00PM EST. Thank you again to anyone that has enjoyed this fic and supported me at any point!
!!!Trigger Warnings!!!
-Suicidal Thoughts
-Abuse
-Very Aggressive Language and Derogatory terms
-possibly will be gore-ish subjects (I mean duh it's stranger things lol)
(If there are any others I will add them here)
#3 in #Will Byers--8/6/22
#11 in #tag--10/1/22
#33 in #byler--10/1/22
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