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But it wasn’t a monster that came out of the trees. It was a person. A boy.
Mike froze.
Then he was spotted, and the boy stopped in his tracks; with skillful movements, he quickly slung the rifle off his shoulder and pointed it at Mike’s chest. Mike raised his hands while trying to keep most of his weight on his left leg.
“Whoa. Hey,” Mike said, his eyes wide as he stared at the tip of the rifle. “Just hold on. I’m not—I’m not going to hurt you.”
Or: A crawl gone wrong left Mike stranded in the Upside Down. Hurt and alone, Mike stumbles upon someone everyone told him was dead.
Will Byers was never found Au
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04 Jun 2026
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“You want us to foster a kid?” Mike finally asks, disbelieving. Will is half convinced that El will laugh in their faces, clearing up the misunderstanding with a, “No, silly. I want you to water my plants.”
“It doesn’t have to be forever,” El says. “Just until I can find another home for him. I can’t stand him living in the shelter anymore. Not right now. He needs emotional support. And don’t lie to me— I know you two have been wanting kids. This can be a trial run.”
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Will and Mike are tasked with fostering an emotionally distant, judgmental, sassy twelve-year-old boy from El’s shelter. As hard as they try to win his heart, they seem to be making no progress. After all, how could two strangers earn the trust of a boy who’s been hurt time and time again?
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- Part 1 of Broken Mirror: a collection of us
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21 May 2026
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Mike Wheeler has gotten very good at being careful.
He's less good at being honest.
[A slow-burn, post-finale future fic, mostly set 10 years after the events in Hawkins]
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20 May 2026
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It's September 1986 and the gang have been at it for nearly six months now, desperately trying to find Vecna in the Upside Down.
On the night of Crawl #12, something finally happens: and it's not what any of them expect it to be.
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Two unlikely visitors stumble into the world of our Hawkin's heroes, shaking up their lives for a temporary period of time.
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17 May 2026
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One of the best AU ever, Byler, Foah, Henderhop; truly best S5 rewrite
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Mike walks in on his roommate making out with another guy and gets really upset about it. For all of the normal, straight reasons.
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15 May 2026