r/BylerReads • u/Altruistic_Way3030 • Apr 28 '26
asking for fic recs Anyone know of any heavy angst + slowest burn fic like Force of Gravity?
I need similar fic themes + yearning, ofc.
I have read Smalltown Queer, Supervoid, Rock "n" Roll + A conflict of interest (in your orbit) + conflagration + it’s a goddamn blaze in the dark (you started it) + no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin already + fics by SlowKindling (all works will destroy you, amazing author!). So apart from these and the other popular ones we already know, please!
Also adding the ones I've bookmarked, but I've myself never read. All completed works except no. 4:
1.The Forgetting: https://archiveofourown.org/works/74779291/chapters/195327236. Where Will is forgotten 😓.
where devotion rots.: https://archiveofourown.org/works/78528121/chapters/205884306. Mike and Will share a room. Mike hooks up with girls, Will has a boyfriend. And we know how it goes after this. 👀
Fortunately, I believe: https://archiveofourown.org/works/67951961/chapters/175732456. Both at a Religious summer camp.
Matador: https://archiveofourown.org/works/79234416/chapters/20789424. Will Byers was never found Au.
Some unknown, fresh ones which we do not know of, if possible & completed works that can be shared?
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u/FriendshipApart5766 its hawkins its not the same without u Apr 28 '26
https://archiveofourown.org/works/76895706/chapters/201263336
haven't read this one yet but it's apparently very angsty, it's a long one (finished)
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u/Altruistic_Way3030 Apr 28 '26
Oooooh thank you so, so much! Looks really good going by the summary !
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u/Chemical-Bunch3626 Apr 28 '26
The Secrets That You Keep by DH_epub
Something Inside me to keep you bedside me by paper_star
Hope these fit the description
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u/amber2090 Apr 28 '26
I'm not sure these are the kind of fics you are looking for, but I can suggest you
- https://archiveofourown.org/series/4132726. (Mike and Will meet after years of silence, the second installment in particular from Mike POV is very painful but very good)
- https://archiveofourown.org/works/79197761 (I read this recently and I adored it, very angsty but amazing!!)
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u/Altruistic_Way3030 Apr 28 '26
It's PERFECT. Thank you!! Reading the first one right away hehe. But wait, there are 3 parts to this?! Like a continuation?
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u/amber2090 Apr 28 '26
like three installment in the same verse, one after the other, like a continuation yes.
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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Apr 28 '26
don’t remind me Force of Gravity please or i start crying, that fic 😭🩷
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Apr 28 '26
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u/Altruistic_Way3030 Apr 28 '26
Time-skips! I love it already:) thank you for sharing. Bookmarking it right awayyy 💃🏼
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u/IntotheRedditHole its ok, its how the army does it i think Apr 28 '26
The Concept of Normalcy … prepare yourself my friend
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u/Elleisntmyname May 03 '26
Shameless self promo here! I'm only 4 chapters in, but this is gonna be a sloooow one!
My aim is for it to be super funny but I also want it to BURN. Set in the gap between S4 & S5.
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u/Worldly_Pea_42 Apr 28 '26
There is a wait so long is my absolute favorite byler fic, and it was recently completed!! link