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• And the chandelier's still flickering here / 'Cause I can't pretend it's okay when it's not." by BYLERRULES4EVER

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/F, F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  10 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Robin Buckley
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Erica Sinclair
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Eddie Munson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Jason Carver
  • Patrick McKinney
  • Chrissy Cunningham
  • Fred Benson
  • Original Female Character(s) - Freeform
  • Alternate Universe - Will Byers is Never Found
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • One-Eyed Will Byers
  • Henry Creel | One | Vecna is His Own Warning
  • Protective Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers in the Upside Down
  • Will Byers Has Powers

  Summary

  Everyone thought Will Byers had drowned in the quarry, everyone thought a beloved boy was gone at 12 years old, they all thought wrong.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  11,392

  Chapters:

  32/?

  Kudos:

  5

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  388