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   Yet the World Still Spins by AnxiouslyIntroverted

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   10 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers & Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers & The Party
   • Joyce Byers/Bob Newby
   • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington & Nancy Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler (Briefly)
   • Will Byers & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Bob Newby
   • Steve Harrington
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Swearing
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Self-Doubt
   • Insecure Will Byers
   • Protective Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Misunderstandings
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Mentioned Dustin/Suzie
   • Brief Mileven
   • Becomes Byler
   • Takes place during season 3
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Has Issues
   • Everyone Needs a Hug
   • Blood and Gore
   • Slow Burn
   • Mental Health Issues

   Summary

   What if Joyce and Hopper weren't able to find Will? What if he escaped the Demogorgan, but was left stranded in the Upside Down?

   This is the story of a boy returning to a world that continued on without him.

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   English

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   Bookmarked by tomcorbett703

   27 Aug 2022