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1. What Survives in the Dark by AHumanInThisEarth

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   01 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley/Vickie Dunne
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Micheal Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Robin Buckley
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Vickie (Stranger Things)
   • #byler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • POV Will Byers
   • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
   • Good Parent Joyce Byers
   • Will Byers Has PTSD
   • Sad Will Byers
   • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers stuck in the Upside Down
   • Micheal Wheeler smokes cigarettes
   • Will Byers Smokes Cigarettes
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Minor Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Minor Robin Buckley/Vickie
   • Joyce Byers is a Sweetheart
   • Will Byers in the Upside Down
   • Alternate Universe
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Heavy Angst
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • Flashbacks
   • Alternate Universe - Will Byers is Never Found
   • Bisexual Mike Wheeler
   • Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Human Experimentation

   Summary

   Will Byers was never found in 1983. Now it is 1987, and someone unexpected appears to take him home.

   Will Byers was never found AU!

   This takes place before/during season five. (Kinda a rewrite of season 5, too.) Also kinda Byler focused :)

   Each chapter is named after a song, and I'm making a playlist with the songs for each chapter in order. This is the link: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4l3MR45RRoG4vVHnUx8p0Ojbs-i50L9g&si=QjjrXkJbubQHhrcZ

   Happy (or not so happy wink* wink*) reading!

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   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   12/?

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