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1. before the day is done by 0ceansoftime

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   16 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • The Party - Character
   • Joyce Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Fix-It
   • Blood and Gore
   • Psychological Horror
   • Body Horror
   • Inspired by Dracula
   • Inspired by Nosferatu (2024)
   • gothic heroine will byers
   • vecna as the monster
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers's trauma is actually explored
   • Will Byers centric
   • Manipulative Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Slow Burn
   • slow burn byler
   • sort of a s5 rewrite ig
   • non-explicit references to CSA
   • nothing more graphic than the show
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • it's gonna get weird real fast
   • References to horror movies
   • Gothic Husband Mike Wheeler
   • Minor Character Death
   • Horror as Allegory
   • POV Alternating
   • Animal Death

   Summary

   Will Byers is stalked by an ancient presence that seeks to destroy the quaint town of Hawkins in its pursuit of him.

   A Will Byers-centric, gothic inspired S5 rewrite

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   4/?

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