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let me keep this memory (just this one) by willfulcreatures
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
17 Apr 2026
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Summary
“Mike,” Will repeats through a smile. The name tastes familiar on his tongue. Like he’s said it thousands of times in his lifetime. Like he’d like to keep saying it a thousand times more. “I’m sorry, I don’t— I don’t think we’ve met.”
New York City. 1990. Will Byers loves his little life in the Big City. He has his brother by his side. His friends from Hawkins he stays in touch with. And the few friends he's made since he started college to help pull him out of his shell. So what if he forgets his past. He gets to live life to the fullest in the present. Until the memories start seeping out. And Will meets a stranger in a bar he wishes he never forgot.
Or: Will Byers loses his memories of Mike Wheeler, as well as the supernatural aspects of his trauma. Mike Wheeler remembers everything, and will do whatever it takes to get Will back.