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• Why Would They Love You? Why Would They Care? by HowDoIHaveFriends

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  18 May 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Joyce Byers
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Robin Buckley
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Possessed Will Byers
  • Endgame Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Will Byers Has Powers
  • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Will Byers Can't Catch a Break
  • Homophobic Language
  • The Upside Down (Stranger Things)
  • Stranger Things 5 Finale Rewrite
  • Minor Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
  • Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Dustin Henderson
  • Minor Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler

  Summary

  "They have never cared for you, William."

  "That's not true!" Will tries to move, but the vines are too tight.

  "Why did they forget your birthday? Where were they when you first disappeared? Why do they distance themselves from you?" Vecna says, almost laughing.

  "They-" Will didn't know what to say. All of the things Vecna, or Henry, were saying were true.

  "Your dear Michael even used your own sexuality against you and made you third wheel on your birthday."

  "Shut up." He could barely breathe anymore. If he was going to die, let him at least save the world.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Chapters:

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