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The demogorgon does not die quietly. It dies inside Will.
In the aftermath of the Mac-Z attack, Will Byers realizes that fighting back awakened something he never knew he had. The power that answered him is not something he understands. It refuses to stay quiet.
Vecna left him alive. The military watches too closely. The Upside Down presses closer to the surface.
And somewhere beneath it all, something has been waiting for him to answer.
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19 Jan 2026
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Used and abused, it's still never enough (I'm unpunishable) by willel_domination
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Jan 2026
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After unlocking a new part of himself, Will wakes up disoriented at the Squawk, with a haunting memory burning behind his eyes and phantom fingers on his skin. And he can't for the life of him understand why they feel so familiar, and whether it's his monster or his savior.
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11 Dec 2025
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The vines cut deeper and the spurs near his hands start tearing through his fingers as well. They’re trembling and the pain is blinding. The hot tears that’ve been welling up in his eyes spill out as he screams out fuck! but Will Byers, Zombie Boy, keeps being brought back to life to die again and again. As long as they’re both alive, Will will never be granted the luxury of death, just the agonising feeling of chunks of his flesh being dug out and stripped from his bones. He’s not allowed to die, he wants to die, he can’t die. There’s only one thing he can do: Will meets His eyes and chokes out, “Henry.”
"Will."
Will falls asleep in calculus. He wakes up in Mike Wheeler's bed, haunted and aching. He's getting very tired of this very quickly.
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09 Nov 2025
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Hotch said, “You’re keeping score, just like Owen.”
If Spencer had been keeping score, the world was winning. The rolled eyes, the disinterested gazes, the way they spoke to him only when they wanted something. Only when they wanted notebooks read at an inhuman rate or statistics they could use for the profile, for a bet, for the delight of having them at all. If Reid was keeping score, he had the right to do so if only to prove to himself that he deserved to feel a little hurt. He deserved to step in front of a bullet to save a kid who felt the same way he did.
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11 Jul 2025
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what we make of loss (is a sport that kills us) by ijusthavealotoffeelings
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
16 Jan 2023
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How can a damnation feel like a benediction?
Will Byers had always known that he was connected to the Upside Down in a way no one else ever had been or ever would be. He was sure it would kill him. It was his own personal hell.
Will didn’t expect it to welcome him home, but it seemed the Upside Down had other plans for him. That was alright with him; all the better to tear it down from the inside. Now he just had to find a way to make sure he didn’t tear himself down with it.
UPDATE: sweeping edits made throughout, so if you've read this before, feel free to give it a reread! I think ya'll will like some of the changes I've made.
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22 Feb 2023