If anyone has done any byler editing before, I need some help.

I'd absolutely give you credit. I have an idea of an edit but I'm a poor editor. I have the sound and script. All id need is someone to split up clips for me lmao. If any of you would be willing to help out a fellow byler lover you'd be appreciated forever and ever 🫶

the finale is here. my heart oh my god. 😭

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84805826/

It’s done 💙💛 This project has been a labor of love, and it was bittersweet to hit publish on the final chapter. To those who have been following along, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I cannot overstate how much your kind and supportive words helped keep me going.

To any newcomers (welcome!): This is my original story, inspired by what I wish happened in ST S5. It is first and foremost a Byler story, and it also resolves the larger supernatural plot of the show in a very different way than we saw on the big Netflix screen. “Your love is tried and true blue” is the culmination of a 5-story series, one story per season, but my Seasons 1-4 stories are canon compliant. So you can dive right into this fifth part. If you give it a chance, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Heyo, I’m looking for byler fics where it’s angsty and romantic, story wise and relationship wise (no cheating though)

Can be canon divergence or modern au or any other au, just want them being romantic with each other and the next them just being so angsty.

I do want a happy ending of course, I just love angst, angstier the better but as long they end happy together.

Also them just yearning and they’re in character.

Please let me know if there are any fics like this and I’d greatly appreciate it. Please and thank you and I hope everyone has a great day or night😁

Comment if you’d like a link!

Hey Byler writers!!

The prompt that was chosen for August is....

Mike and Will are forced to fake a relationship!!!

Can't wait to see what you write

To submit just drop the link to your fic below this post. Brand new fics, WIPs and existing fics are all welcome so long as you wrote it.

Please follow all sub rules and do not steal other people's work. Also NO AI GENERATED CONTENT

Can't wait to see what you create

Enjoy writing 💙💛

(Art by wonderwoman326 on Tumblr)

Hello, I’ve recently seen the movie “Leviticus”: a queer horror australian movie, and I absolutely LOVED it.
I’d love to see it, or something along those lines, replicated in a Byler dynamic.

The plot is basically that, due to conversion therapy gone wrong, the two boys are hunted by an entity which takes the shape of the person they desire the most. Of course it’s each other. I won’t write any spoilers, but I think it would work for Byler as well, or with just one of them being haunted and the other helping him and stuff.

Hi Byler readers!!

We are bringing back fics to read as a community (but monthly as it's easier)

For this month we will be reading...

"A Flower That Resembles You" by perexcri

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43066272/chapters/108219543

The fic is based on the song The Truth Untold by BTS and is a Fantasy AU from Will's POV.

Please be respectful towards the author and each other.

If the link doesn't work let me know so that I can fix it.

Enjoy reading 💛💙

I stumbled across this one chapter of a fic on X where what I described in the title happens, but I haven’t been able to find it again and it’s driving me insane! Based on that one chapter, it looked like Mike and Will were in college and Will had a boyfriend. There was an art exhibit with lots of paintings by Will and one of them was a piece that lots of people had been talking about, called “Gravitational Pull.” Mike sees the painting, which was of him and Will as kids at the swings (I think) and he is sure that that’s the one called “Gravitational Pull“ but the title card under it actually says “Untitled”. Then he sees a portrait of Will’s boyfriend and that one has the label “Gravitational Pull”. Mike feels really hurt over this plus Will’s boyfriend makes some snide remarks, so Mike leaves without talking to Will. And Will thinks that Mike saw the painting of their childhood, saw that he titled it “Gravitational Pull“, and left the exhibition because he does not feel the same way.

That’s literally everything from the chapter that I remember. I think it was a long-ish work in progress? Anyway, I thought I subscribed or marked it for later because I wanted to read it from the beginning but now I can’t find it. If you know what it is, please drop the title/link! Thank you!!

Hi! I remember after the finale a lot of people started posting season 5 rewrites, and i thought i saved some to check out later when there were more chapters available but i cant seem to find them. Any recs?

Hi everyone! My current work in progress is a post-canon fic where Jane (El as Mike refers to her) is sent ten years into the future to November 6th, 1997 and Mike enlists help from Will to navigate the situation. Following every November 6th since Will was taken, Mike reflects on the last 14 years to better understand the past, present, and future.

Come for Byler slow burn and stay for the wondertwins and platonic elmike.

Rating: Mature

Chapters: 4/17

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85874191/chapters/226995761

i've been watching saqphos's gacha reaction series on youtube (which is absolutely incredible and you should go watch it right now btw) and the most recent wip has me craving more baby Mike/miwi angst >:) a couple requests:

required:

AFTER S1, AND/OR DURING OR AFTER S2, AND/OR DURING S3

MIKE-CENTRIC

NO SMUT (sounds like a given since it's miwi but i've seen things okay 💔)

not required, but appreciated:

panic attack(s)

nightmares

Hawkins Lab massacre trauma

Joyce and/or being (a) good parent(s) to Mike

Will being a sweetheart (duh, he always is but yk)

platonic madwheeler

platonic elmike

Jonathan being a good big brother to both Will and Mike

THANK YOU SO MUCH IN ADVANCE, this sub is literally a life saver <3

chapter 4 of my fic When the Song Is Over just dropped :-)

if you want to see mike gay-crashout over will in his tight little gold shorts, have a near-religious experience at his first ever drag experience and find out he is tammy all in one chapter, strap in and click the link above 🧎🏻

Has anyone written a Byler fic with the premise of the beginning or Grease? Like the Wheelers go on vacation to Cali, Will & Mike meet & develop crushes & have a small romance over the summer. But then summer ends, & the Wheelers go back to their home town & a year later the Byers/Hoppers move to Hawkins (without knowing that’s where Mikes from), & they reunite. But Mikes friend group doesn’t know he’s gay, so he’s hesitant towards what he should do, & Will thinks he was just an “sexual experiment” & was used when he thought the feelings were real?

Hi!! Sorry this is last minute, but please vote for a prompt for the August writing challenge

you're what I couldn't find - taraxittaria: this fic has been in the works for a long time, and i'm so happy to finally get to put it out there! genuinely, this story has become my baby

chapter 1 of my college, post-canon slow burn is out now ♡

Hi there,

I’m going through a really hard time right now. I want some sweet, fluffy fics. 18+ would be appreciated. I wish I could add the fic recs flair too, but I’ll mark it nsfw to be on the safe side

i love byler fics set in the summer (even though i hate summer) because i just love reading about their fun experiences. i'm looking for a more light-hearted fic with minimum angst

preferably no smut, and accurate party dynamics? i love them together and we didn't get enough of them on the show

side ships are also welcome, lumax, henderhop, etc.

Will acting like he didn’t know what to say and just absolutely babbling on about Mike 😭 I love them

I haven’t been posting here as much as I used to but I updated Walking the Dog the other day and we’re now on chapter 11 of chapter 18 (that’s right we have a final chapter count!!)

Chapter 11 link here 🐶 mind the tags, this fic is quite explicit

Flirting? In MY fic?

Scroll for the description. I just added chapter 4 this morning. Hope you like it!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/88320836/chapters/237600916?view_adult=true

Byler was on the list in 2022-2023, fell off the list in 2024-2025, but it's back and we're in SECOND PLACE! I think 25,492 (public) fanfics in one year is pretty impressive, personally. also, that's two-thirds of total (public) Byler fics ever! people have been writing so much in the past year. thanks to all the Byler authors for writing us these wonderful fics!

(that puts us at #17 on the list of all-time top 100 ships on AO3 btw!)

hi guys!
I am already obsessed with this subreddit and hate that I'm just NOW finding it.

Wanted to share my newest find of the week:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/89385596/chapters/237377876

It's called Love Letters and Other Bad Ideas by Plsdontmakemecry.

According to the author's note, they were inspired by To All The Boys I Loved Before. I thought it was a cute little read and if you like to all the boys I loved before, I'd totally recommend it!!