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1. Do you understand, that I will never be the same again by lynnyladybug

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Eventual Ships as time passes
   • Other Relationship Tags to Be Added
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Will Byers & Original Female Character(s)
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eventually - Relationship
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Other Character Tags to Be Added
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • I'm Bad at Tagging
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper-centric
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • will byers is my child i dont play
   • Will Byers is Missing
   • BAMF Will Byers
   • make him crash out i scream
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper is a Sweetheart
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Joyce Byers Acting as Eleven | Jane Hopper's Parental Figure
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper Adopts Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Siblings Jonathan Byers & Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • my little family i die
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • no beta we just die

   Summary

   Will Byers wasn’t found that day, Hopper and Joyce coming back with only tears in their eyes and a bloody vest in their hands. Years pass, people disappear, the upside down attacks, life moves on. All the while the party, the people who were once close to the bowl cut haired boy, mourn him.

    

   Except he isn't dead. He spent years in the upside down, only to escape and find himself stuck in the house of some soldier. He hoped to one day be reunited with his friends and family, but it’s not safe, not yet. So instead, he relearns how to be a civilized human and continues to train his new found powers. 

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   IM SO BAD AT SUMMARIES PLEASE JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE! (yes I’m begging, I’m desperate)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,519

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

   9

   Bookmarks:

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