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   long enough to love you. by orphan_account

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M, Multi
   • Complete Work

   05 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Robin Buckley
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Dr. Kay (Stranger Things)
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Kali Prasad
   • Alternate Universe - Apocalypse
   • Alternate Universe - Will Byers is Never Found
   • Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Has Powers
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Will Byers Has a Gun
   • Vecna Possessing Will Byers
   • Worried Mike Wheeler
   • Evil Will Byers
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • References to Depression
   • Eating Disorders
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Self-Sacrifice
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • During the 18-Month Timeskip Before Stranger Things 5 Vol. 1

   Summary

   everyone agrees on one thing- will didn’t survive in the upside down.

   Mike Wheeler is trying to move forward in a world that already moved on without him—until the impossible happens.

   Some reunions aren’t miracles, some are warnings. And some things, once lost, never come back the same.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,376

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   21

   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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   06 Feb 2026