the first episodes stranger things 5 were released 6 months ago today. at that point there were 14,799 works in the byler tag in ao3
today there are 38,203 works in the byler tag and it is the top stranger things ship on ao3 out of 150,000+ fics. im speechless
over 20,000 new fics in 6 months. i never thought we would see the day byler dethroned harringrove and then i never thought we would see the day it surpassed steddie. this is so incredible i love byler fans forever and ever
Why is it only now occurring to me that to get a car from California to Hawkins you have to drive. Guys. I think Max might have gone on the road trip from hell. 40 hours no breaks. No wonder she had no patience left for the boys when she finally got to Hawkins.
i was gonna say they probably didn’t even stop for food but then was hit with the thought “billy pulled into a McDonald’s drive through, ordered one black coffee for himself, and kept driving” and now I’m laughing hysterically and trying not to wake up my whole house
Following the noise, they soon come up to someone. A young boy dressed up in a wizard hat and a colourful blanket as a cloak. He was laughing as a dog tried to take the stick he was holding.
“Chester, stop. It’s my wand,” The young Will laughs at his dog, who jumped up again, barking a little as Will held the stick as high as he could.
Max and Jane couldn’t help but smile softly at seeing how happy and small Will was.
“I’ll save you, my cleric,” A small voice can be heard calling out as a young Mike appeared. He had some pieces of cardboard taped around his middle and had a red teatowel tied around his shoulders like a cape.
“Your brave paladin is here. I shall kill the scary beast.” Mike says as he raises his stick like a sword.
“No, don’t do that.” Will cried out. As Chester watched the sticks moving, tail wagging.
“I’m only pretending, Will, I won’t do it,” Mike explains carefully.
“But it is still mean,” Will says sadly.
“Okay, I will tame this scary beast,” Mike says, swinging his sword.
Chester, seeing the stick move close to him, goes up to jump and get it, knocking Mike over, causing him to scrape his knee on the ground. The dog, seeing this, goes over and starts to lick Mike’s face.
“Oh no, my Paladin.” Will laughs out before going to help Mike stop the excited dog.
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