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So I decided to move accounts and give my old username over to the new account: @gardenfairie

It's because this was a side-blog, so it was restrictive in a lot of ways. So I just went ahead and made a new account/main blog :)) I'll continue to post byler WIPs and writing updates on there!

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Posted the first chapter!

Did I plan for this fic to have practice kissing in it?

Not at all. I was just writing and my brain got carried away lmao— this alters the plot progression a bit, but now I don't wanna unwrite it lol

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Finally posted the first chapter of my byler college au where another guy starts hitting on will and mike gets jealous 🤩

Link to the fic

also, just for some context... this practice kissing wip I posted a few days back that got wayyy more attention that I anticipated: this scene is gonna happen in the 2nd or 3rd chapter~

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2023 Byler Big Bang Fics & Art Masterpost

Now that December is here, that's a wrap on the 2023 Byler Big Bang! We welcomed 22 fics and even more art into the fandom over October and November, and now we want to celebrate everyone's hard work one more time with this masterpost of all the fics and art links completed for the challenge. A huge thanks to everyone who took part or otherwise supported the fics and art of the creators!

We will be back in summer 2024 with info about next year's event.

[The full fic collection on Ao3]

Masterposts here on Tumblr with fics + art:

Second Chances and Dances

remember to remember me

Theatre and Pom Poms

a swingset stuck in amber

Teal Streaked Ribbons

in the springtime, in the sun (we can be alone without anyone)

it's nice to have a friend

What a Time to Be Alive

under the stars with you

Ain’t it enough that I'm laying my heart out?

Through A Dark Glass, Wanting

nosebleeds from epiphanies (i took full in the face)

Autumn Leaves

this must be the place

And the Wonder of it All is That You Just Don’t Realize How Much I Love You

Lips Like Sugar

never did shine as bright

afterimage

On the Same Frequency

At the Time of Sight

ai! ai! (fūnestaque littera ducta est)

Sick of Meaning (I just want to hold you)

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lmao as someone who's currently writing a byler fic where will has another love interest named david, i have no clue 😭😭

i was just inclined towards that name for some reason

whenever will has a bf in the byler fics why is his name always david or daniel or some common d name

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Did I plan for this fic to have practice kissing in it?

Not at all. I was just writing and my brain got carried away lmao— this alters the plot progression a bit, but now I don't wanna unwrite it lol

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Working on a new byler fic

This time college roommates byler and a healthy dose of Mike jealousy when he witnesses someone hit on Will for the first time hehe 🙈

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Mike really said 👩🤷🏻‍♂️👨

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So I wasn't even gonna make this post, but I've gotten such lovely feedback for my fic (Teal Streaked Ribbons) that I had to

ngl, I was pretty nervous to write this fic,, cause like A) it involves depicting Will as a CSA victim and discussing that aspect of his trauma, which is obviously a sensitive topic and it's pretty rare for a byler fic to explore this. And B) it involves college aged byler exploring physical intimacy together which is kind of controversial (look, I just wanted to realistically depict two 20yo dudes in their first relationship together ok 😭).

While it is T-rated, as there's nothing graphic or explicit in it, I was still definitely hesitant to actually write it for the byler big bang. But I'm really glad I did, especially from reading comments of ppl talking about how they liked the way the topic was handled :') Thank you!

Also bless @solisevart for the gorgeous drawings, you are so talented <333

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Teal Streaked Ribbons

Fic by @gardenfaerie | Art by @solisevart

Teen | 17k words

Everything should be perfect now. The Upside down was gone. Will was attending college. And he was in a happy relationship with Mike Wheeler, the boy he loved since forever.

But there was one glaring problem: Mike clearly wanted to take things further in their relationship. And despite Will wanting the same, he couldn't seem to shake this mental block that was putting a divide between him and Mike.

After all, how was he supposed to explain to his boyfriend that his body hasn't quite felt like his own since everything Henry did to him?

Warnings: Discussions about sexual assault, Implied/referenced sexual trauma, Implied Sexual content, Fade to black scene

Read on Ao3 | View Art

Read an excerpt below:

It was a dreary, rainy night when things got especially bad.

Will woke up gasping.

He’d never had one that bad— that graphic, and violent, and… vivid.

He sat up with a choked sound, tears streaming down his face.

As he tried to control his breathing, his trembling frame was suddenly brought into warm familiar arms. He hadn't even registered when Mike woke up.

Mike rubbed soothing circles into his back as he murmured, “Hey, it’s okay, you’re okay. You're safe, I’m right here.” He pulled back just slightly to wipe the tears from his cheeks before tucking him under his chin.

Will sighed and let his body go boneless and pliant against Mike’s chest. He knew he was being selfish for not telling Mike to just go back to bed. After all, he had early classes and Will was the one disturbing his sleep at 3am. Still, the soothing strokes of Mike’s palms against his shoulder and back felt too nice to give up so quickly, not when he’d been shaken up so badly. And so they stayed sitting like that a little longer, with Will’s head resting against Mike’s chest, and body curled up and tucked between his legs.

“So, what happened?” Mike was the one to break the silence.

“Just,” Will faltered slightly, “the usual you know.”

“Seemed a lot worse than the usual.”

Images from his dream flashed across his mind. Will closed his eyes, the rain pattering against the windows filling his head like white noise.

“C-can we just go back to bed? I don’t really want to talk about it.”

He leaned forward away from Mike, to look at him over his shoulders. His lips were pulled into a frown and his eyes scanned over Will uneasily. Mike clearly wanted to know more, but he only sighed and said, “Yeah sure, of course.”

When they laid back down, his hold on Will felt tighter than usual, and Will could acutely feel the rise and fall of his chest against his back. Will’s eyes fluttered shut, liking the added weight of Mike’s palms against his chest. It comforted him, and made his troubled thoughts recede just a little. He was still wide awake, but at least he felt safe.

A couple minutes passed in silence, when Mike suddenly whispered “Hey,” his lips brushing against his ear. Will flinched a little in his hold, caught off guard. He thought Mike had dozed off already.

Mike’s voice was scratchy as he spoke, clearly in the process of drifting off to dreamland. “I know you said you don’t want to talk about it, and that’s okay. But just remember, I’ll always be here if you ever want to talk okay? I’m not going anywhere. We’re a team, yeah?”

The last of Mike’s words drifted and faded out like a ripple stretching into a vast ocean. With a sleepy kiss placed onto the back of Will’s shoulders, Mike’s arms relaxed around him and he nuzzled into Will’s neck, before sleep at last seemed to overtake him entirely.

Will blinked in the dark a few more times, his boyfriend’s soft words ringing through his head.

“But what if telling you makes you love me less?” he whispered into the darkness.

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Teal Streaked Ribbons by GardenFairie on ao3

A story and character study of Will’s healing from the Upside Down, and his journey with intimacy and control.

it’s here!! I had the absolute pleasure of working with @gardenfairie for this year’s @bylerbigbang, who wrote this beautiful fic about a part of Will’s canon life that isn’t often explored - including himself here - and it warmed my heart to see him navigate it 🥹 check it out!!

cw for discussions of CSA (read author’s notes!)

click here for some companion doodles from the fic!

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Posting my fic for the bylerbigbang tomorrow and I'm excited!

Here's an angsty byler "fight" (sort of) snippet from it

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showed the kid I babysit stranger things when she said she wanted to watch something scary. she binged it. her favourite characters are el (for her powers) and max and dustin, and has become obsessed with millie bobby brown. we are now watching enola holmes.

her theories for s5 are that max will wake up and they’ll throw her a party and vecna will turn into a human (she doesn’t know how) and lose his powers. she said she also wants max, mike, and will to get powers next season (max because she likes max, mike because he’s dating el so they should both have powers obviously, and will so he can protect himself because he’s sensitive). she noted that if mike had powers he could protect will, and then said if anyone is *actually* going to have powers it’s el and will.

she also notes that will was very short compared to everyone (namely mike and lucas) as a kid but now he’s tall! she seemed very hung up on this and how it was possible.

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Halloween Miwi/byler

I recently found out that blue and white pumpkins exist and you CANNOT deny it because I saw them with my own eyes they were so cool. I might buy a blue one

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i worked so hard on this u don't even know

pls frickin reblog or something 😭

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stone in love