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“We haven’t done this since middle school,” Will says, voice barely above a whisper.
“Huh,” Mike whispers back. “Yeah, guess not.”
A couple years ago, Mike read a National Geographic article about a phenomenon called the polar night. In the farthest north and south regions of the globe, there are weeks, sometimes months depending on how close you are to the poles, where the sun does not rise above the horizon, plunging the world into a perpetual nighttime. Living in such conditions, the article had explained, can affect one’s circadian rhythm, heighten issues with concentration and energy levels, and cause a spike in depressive symptoms among local populations. Some resort to using light therapy lamps to mimic the daylight.
It was only after the Byers moved away, all those years ago, that Mike began to understand what the prolonged absence of the sun can do to a person.
The Upside Down is gone, and everyone has made it out unscathed. In the aftermath of the not-so-end of the world, snowballs turn into avalanches. Sometimes it just takes time.
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31 May 2026
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The Closest to Heaven...That I'll Ever Be by starr_stories
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
31 May 2026
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In Hawkins, Indiana, the rules are simple.
Boys date girls. Friends stay friends. And anything else is something you don’t talk about.
But Mike Wheeler has never been very good at following rules, especially when it comes to Will Byers.
Because falling in love is easy.
Figuring out what it costs is the hard part.
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28 May 2026
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most men lead lives of quiet desperation by winchemrys
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
22 Apr 2026
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Summer, 1989. The Party has been trying to adjust to normalcy after the final battle. Mike's no stranger to trauma, but the wounds he's still nursing, both literally and figuratively, have left him feeling aimless and distant. The group of friends have been trying to enjoy the precious summer months they have left together before they all split off for college, self-discovery, what have you. Normal things teenagers in Hawkins are supposed to do. Like spending blistering afternoons cooling off by the lake, finally teaching Jane how to ride a bike, gorging themselves on ice cream, (definitely not talking about what's eating at him), and going to the movies. It's June, Ghostbusters II just came out, and while the boys have been dying to see it, the girls insist they see Dead Poets Society. In an unassuming movie theatre, Mike's completely unprepared for what a film about boys at a boarding school might help reveal about the most repressed parts of himself, once thought to have already been quelled forever.
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Mike Wheeler watches Dead Poets Society in theatres and promptly has a bit of a breakdown. A summer full of realizations, lots of mistakes, and maybe a redemption of sorts.Series
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23 May 2026
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Coming back from the Upside Down doesn't mean Will Byers fully left it.
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23 May 2026
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this loving feeling (it wears us out) by Girl_rotting
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
28 Feb 2026
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“Why? Why won’t you ever tell me what’s wrong with you?” Carlton’s voice is filled with frustration, and it sounds like nails on a chalkboard to Will.
What is wrong with him. It’s such a loaded question. Why does Will wake up screaming sometimes? Why can’t Will handle the cold? Why are there days when Carlton’s hands on him feel like being kept under water with no way up?
And why can’t Will tell Carlton the truth? How could Will possibly explain it without sounding insane? What is the human translation for being taken and kept in another dimension, violated, and possessed, only to then be violated yet again—
This part of him is something Will is never going to be able to share with anyone else. That nobody would understand.
Why won’t you tell me what’s wrong with you.
“Because you wouldn’t get it.” Will somehow manages to say it without gagging.
And then, Carlton goes in for the kill.
“Oh, but Mike does?”
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After leaving Hawkins to go to college in the great city of San Franscisco, Will finally finds someone who loves him. The only problem is that the only person in the world who knows him, is someone else.
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