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   Smalltown Boys (1986-1987) [CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN] by olicreates

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/F, F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers & Will Byers
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Steve Harrington
   • Eddie Munson
   • Robin Buckley
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Step-Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Will Byers Comes Out
   • Mild Hurt/Comfort
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Background Steddie
   • Past Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Slow Burn(ish)
   • Supportive Party (Stranger Things)
   • Supportive Joyce Byers
   • No Smut
   • Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Are Roommates
   • Anxious Will Byers
   • Oblivious Mike Wheeler
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • POV Will Byers
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • the Party are Sophomores
   • The Party are Little Shits (Stranger Things)
   • Eddie Munson Lives
   • Mutual Pining
   • Gay Disaster Mike Wheeler
   • Will fell first Mike fell harder
   • Minor Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
   • Minor Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
   • Mostly Will Byers-centric
   • On Hiatus
   • Abandoned Work - Unfinished and Discontinued

   Summary

   Six months after defeating Vecna, the Byers-Hopper household settles back into Hawkins. Even without the physical distance, though, Will and Mike still aren’t as close as they used to be. However, El and Mike’s conversation and Wheeler’s surprising phone call give Will hope for their friendship to rekindle, and possibly become something more.

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   CURRENTLY BEING REWRITTEN as "Never Let Me Down Again"; will delete this one after i catch up.
   I'm not exactly proud of this one, but I'm keeping it up in case you want to kind-of know what's going to happen in the rewrite.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   42,442

   Chapters:

   11/?

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   106

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   Bookmarked by Nami (itokorq)

   08 Dec 2025