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• He wasn’t like this by Idontneedhelp94

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  06 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Will Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Demogorgon (Stranger Things)
  • Steve Harrington
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Cannibalism
  • Will Byers is Missing
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Will Byers & Lucas Sinclair Friendship
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Stranger Things 1
  • No Smut
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • The Upside Down (Stranger Things)
  • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
  • Good Parent Joyce Byers
  • Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
  • Platonic Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler

  Summary

  It’s November 6, 1986 the same date Will goes missing. Mike, Lucas, and Dustin are all confused on why he didn’t show up to school if he was paying DND last night. This begins the search for Will Byers and Mike discovers what happens to his best friend.

  Or

  Will Byers changes when he gets missing and Mike doesn’t know if he still wants to be friends with Will or not.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,732

  Chapters:

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  Kudos:

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