Force of Gravity
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Force of Gravity |
| Author(s): | oceanfruit |
| Date(s): | July - November 2021 |
| Length: | 170,879 words |
| Genre(s): | Slash, High School AU, Modern AU |
| Fandom(s): | Stranger Things |
| Relationship(s): | Will Byers/Mike Wheeler |
| External Links: | Ao3 |
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Force of Gravity is a Stranger Things fic by oceanfruit, focused on the Will Byers/Mike Wheeler pairing.
Summary
Will loved ordinary things, an uneventful existence was something he craved. Sadly, when Mike Wheeler walks into his life, Will’s easy going path snaps right in half. A passion he could never imagine overtaking his whole being.It was too bad their friend groups hated each other and his sister had a huge crush on the musician. Off limits.
Fantastic.
Reactions and Reviews
beautiful beautiful high school AU I cried an embarrassing amount of times over[2]
this is a stranger things fic, SUCH. a good slow burn, SUCH. good characterization and SUCH. insane emotional stuff that made me cry. it is. ogh. god. i cannot reccomend this enough.[4]
i just finished reading force of gravity and oh my goodness gracious i am so hooked on this fanfic fr. works can’t even explain. if i was smart enough to word this in a smart way i would. i just relate to wills and mike so much and i really saw what they were feeling tbh. if that even makes sense?? one of the BEST byler fanfics i think i’ve ever read?!? ever?!?! i definitely have my favs for sure but this fic almost gave me a heart attack 80 times and i’m just so obsessed with it. i SPED through those chapters and i genuinely cannot WAIT for more. i love all the characters sm and the book as a whole. i can’t even put it into words. great job oceanfruit cuz i’m literally obsessed. 🤭🖤[5]
i have been reading force of gravity by oceanfruit and wtf. this is the most gut wrenching, sliding down the wall, banging my head on the table sad shit i’ve ever read. school just started and my eyes burn from crying till 4am and i’m trying to keep them open. in the bus ride to school i finished chapter 36 and let’s just say it made me so happy knowing that will felt a wave of relief for everything and max being there to let him know it’s okay to feel angry. i literally cannot wait for chapter 37. i have not cried so much in a span of three days.[6]
i swear im not a crybaby but everything about Force of Gravity just brings the emotions that i dont feel very often, to the surfice and i think thats why i love it ao much, usualy i just cry but theres a lot of undertones of my crying idk if you guys get me, im literally a river as i write this and ia so odd but so good, i would give everything just to read force of gravity again for the first time, thank you oceanfruit, really.[7]
I started reading Force of Gravity at 10PM one night and thought it would be a short fic because I didn't know much about it. 12 chapters in, I'm hooked, but I need to sleep. I put my phone down. I think about it for 30 minutes. I blink once and then all of the sudden its 6AM, my alarm for school went off, and I'm sobbing, screaming, rolling, reading chapter 31, being unable to breathe for the last minute hooking onto every beautiful word, I scroll down and there is no "next chapter" button. 10/10 experience, would recommend. thanks oceanfruit[8]
I've just finished reading Force of Gravity in ao3, and I can't explain how much I've loved that story. It's amazing not only because of the story but because of its characters, how they're developed, how you're able to go trough everything at the same time as them. I don't know how much I've cried with some chapters, but it was worth it, the story is amazing. I recommend it to everyone who hasn't already read it, you won't regret. Thank you so much @oceanfruit444 for build up such a good story, you're an amazing writer 👏👏👏😍💞💛💙[9]
Just finished FoG last night and sobbed violently and I woke up with puffy eyes. I can’t even begin to put in words how much this story changed me as a person and it altered my perspective on life and people and love. It was truly beautiful, oceanfruit really does deserve an award. I’m so grateful to have been given the chance to read this. I’ll never forget this story for the rest of my life. I don’t think canon byler can ever compare to this, I’m sorry.[10]
Critical Reviews
I don’t get how people like this fic, tbh. Lots of unnecessary, repetitive plots, and characters are completely different from how they are in the show ETA: There’s also really weird instances where the author goes in tangents about Wills obsession with Mikes rings ?[11]
Inspired Fanworks
Fanart
- you take the breath right out of me..., Archived version by lucigooseart
- grungey guitar player mike and football player will, Archived version by fruity-cleric
- fog Mike and Will, Archived version by meowmeowmoew
- here's my take on ch 14, Archived version by radiantgrandma
- VLOSET SCENE FROM FORCE OF GRAVITY, Archived version by hannah-kat
- Sorry for the blood, Archived version by dishragy
Graphics
- fog michael wheeler for fr, Archived version moodboard by vividreamsworld
Vids
- Edit by hqwkins.curse
References
- ^ "byler fanfic recs !". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26.
- ^ "Starting tonight's spam with a list of ones I know I've recommended before but I still have to mention them because they really are that good lol". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26.
- ^ "New to the stranger things fandom. Do you have any good fic recs? Especially byler". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26.
- ^ "top five fics youve read? (dd or otherwise)". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26.
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- ^ "Sept 27, 2022 Tumblr post by boredbyler". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26.
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- ^ "Dec 5, 2022 Tumblr post by verashalurks". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26.
- ^ Comment on Looking for some good Angst/Hurt Byler fics on ao3 posted to r/byler, July 13, 2023