Smalltown Boy (Byler)

Senior year belongs to Mike Wheeler. Popular, untouchable, dating Jane Hopper, with Lucas Sinclair always at his side. He's everything Hawkins High admires.

Will Byers is everything it doesn't.

As the new leader of Hellfire after Eddie Munson's passing, Will rules the school's fringes with Dustin Henderson beside him and stands as Mike's sworn enemy. Their rivalry is bitter, personal, and rooted in something neither of them wants to confront.

But hatred turns into obsession far too easily.

As their worlds collide, lines blur between resentment and desire, and Mike begins to question everything he thought he wanted while Will wonders if the boy he hates is the same one he never stopped loving.