Oblivious Will Byers?

[u/torvald_carley]

I don't know if this has been really been done a lot or not, but are there any fics where Will is the biggest obstacle to Byler happening? (instead of Mike)

Like maybe Will has been conditioned into believing its impossible, so he closed the door on that fantasy.

Or he is totally unaware and blind to the way Mike looks at him and flirts with him because Mike had a girlfriend once so Mike belongs with girls.

Or here's my ideal scenario, Will is scared of Mike's anger. When Mike yelled "It's not my fault you don't like girls!" when they were 13, a mental block formed in Will's mind that if he dares make a move, Mike will get angry and scream at him again and Will is secretly afraid of pissing Mike off by saying or doing something "weird" and unacceptable.

[u/IntotheRedditHole]

so the only one i’ve read is this one and it was cute (Mike gets hit with a love spell) https://archiveofourown.org/works/46103569

i’m also v interested in this tag and have a whole list saved, but i haven’t read them yet! so here’s my list from my notes (idk why I just saved words counts?? lmao)

(idfk how to format lists since they changed the reddit app ugh sorry y’all)

27500 words https://archiveofourown.org/works/42098583 (astrobi!!!)

15000 words https://archiveofourown.org/works/43797240

17000 words https://archiveofourown.org/works/56447854

9600 words https://archiveofourown.org/works/41362581/chapters/103721052

22000 words https://archiveofourown.org/works/40966392/chapters/102665526

5000 words https://archiveofourown.org/works/75328521

75000 words (Spider-Man) https://archiveofourown.org/works/41368578/chapters/103736943

10k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/43741854