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The year is 1984, and after Ted Wheeler dies because of some stupid lab accident at his annoying government job in Hawkins, Indiana, Thirteen-year-old Mike and his family are forced to move there and stay at some lousy trailer park because 1.) moving there was the closest thing they had to still being with him, not that Mike really cared, 2.) it was the cheapest place his mom could afford when you’re in charge of a family of four with no man in the house, and 3.) because Mike had kinda maybe sorta did something really, really bad to another boy at school that unfortunately just lined up with the time him and his family had to move so… nothing important really.
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When Will was pulled out of the water, Mike didn’t know what to feel. He doesn’t remember much from the funeral later, he already knew that Will was alive by then, but he still felt something bad staring down at the grave below him, the casket being lowered down. Mike feels that same way when he sees Will drop to one knee after they finally beat Vecna. The portals are opening and closing, fizzing out with Vecna’s power. It’s like they’re spasming, and Mike barely has time to take a breath before one swallows Will and everything around him. Blood flies everywhere, enough that Mike can’t see what happened, or what caused it. Then someone’s pulling him to one of the portals that El is holding stable for them to escape through.
“We have to go!” Steve yells, dragging Mike with him.
But Mike doesn’t want to go, he wants to go to Will. But Will’s not there anymore.
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- Part 3 of Stranger Things Mix Tape
- Part 6 of Whumptober 2025
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Billy Hargrove hit Mike just a little bit harder, Max woke up just a little bit later and Mike Wheeler had always had shitty luck. He gets drugged, hauled to Russia and poked with so many needles that he doesn’t know where he began and the needles ended.
But it’s not so bad (He’s lying, it fucking sucks) at least he has the boy in the bed next to him, and his paper, and they finally stopped giving him cottage cheese with his meals.
He’s lying, he just wants to go home, but the doctor and this strange new thing in his chest isn’t going to let him. That’s fine, he’ll just have to get himself out.
TLDR: Mike Wheeler gets taken to Russia, gets powers and has to figure out how to get himself the hell out of there without killing himself first.
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He takes a slow, deep breath in and exhales shakily, like his lungs do not want to let go of the air, as if they know that this may be the last time they get any. He's okay, he thinks to himself. He's okay. Mike's finger twitches against the trigger and images of blood and mangled skin overpower him for a moment. He's okay, right?
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Mike's never been all that great dealing with things
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Too caught up in the crossfire and emotions, Michael Wheeler disappears from Starcourt in the middle of the chaos. A Russian soldier stares at Mike's slumped form. A child who had enough strength to get thrown around and still get back up was surely going to excel in Russia.
No one has noticed until they're resting outside the burning rubble that was Starcourt, and Will asks in a shaky voice."Has anyone seen Mike?"
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Mike has always had Will by his side. Until he didn’t.
Now, with Hawkins quieter than it’s ever been, Mike can’t stop replaying the goodbyes, the regrets, and the words he’s too afraid to send. -
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Mike has the worst day of his life. He's three hours late to school, his lunch is completely inedible, and Ted Wheeler finds his letters to Will.
What will he do now?
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- Part 9 of mike angst
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The one where Mike gets targeted, not Will.
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"It's awful and wonderful all at once. When they look at you it's like everything else in the world goes dim and when they aren't there it feels like you can't breathe. When they touch you it feels like a static shock and your heartbeat goes all funny, and you kind of hate them for taking over your life but all the same you wouldnt give them up for anything."
Or: two idiots in love
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" To kill the devil you must take the sinners."
Mike Wheeler writes a letter to an old friend, but unfortunately it will never make it to him.
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Letter gate but a bit different. This whole text is just a letter sent from mike to Will! Mike is about 19 at this point and all sexual-ish scenes are from when they were adults <3
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If I only could, I'd make a deal with God, and I'd get him to swap our places. . .
Mike Wheeler can't make a deal with God, but he can make a deal with Vecna.
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Starting high school with the whole party would be a dream, or Mike thought it would be but his own questioning of the reality of his home life is causing him to spiral.
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What if Mike escaped from the lab like eleven and had powers could he keep them a secret from his friends and deal with the trama he thought he left behind.
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El ends it with Mike, who now has to come to terms with his more-than-friendship feelings for his best friend, who is also now unfortunately living with him, making it very difficult for Mike to ignore his problems. And also the apocalypse is going on outside, but that isn't the most pressing issue at the moment.
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Post season 4 and how Mike deals with his feelings surrounding his sexuality.
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The body at the lake (in season 1) was really Will's and Mike is going through grief. Mike is writing in a diary because the school psychologist told him to. This is a diary fic.
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It was a matter of minutes. Minutes that could have changed his fate, that could have averted the fast-approaching disaster that was coming straight at Mike Wheeler.
Minutes that were wasted because no one noticed his disappearance.
And so he was left alone, with something new and dangerous in his veins, a scream in his head, and only one goal: to get out of here.
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Or: Mike Wheeler is dragged to the Soviet Union by the Russians, gains powers, and does everything it takes to survive. Everything.
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Mike goes to a party and it ends in a twisted blessing.
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A short story of the impact of young teenagers getting taken advantage of at parties ( this story is too spread awareness).
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- Part 9 of Mike wheeler angst
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He had been thrown like a rag doll into a tree. A tree he was sure he saw on his way to Castle Byers all the time as a kid, and that fact made it all the worse. His brain murmured for him to get up and go to it. To drag his body across the ground even if it unraveled as he went. The thought of sleeping in Castle Byers brought him immense comfort that he hadn’t felt in so many months. His friends would understand, right? They wouldn’t blame him for a small nap after such a terrible fight. They were good to him now. Mike attended him everywhere and Lucas and Dustin would smile with encouragement whenever Will offered up a new plan now. El and Jon would ruffle his hair or kiss his forehead as they’d walk past him in their base and tell him how proud they were of him. They all saw he was tired, so they wouldn’t care if he closed his eyes for a few moments. A few seconds. Hours. Days. Hopefully a year.
If only he could carry himself there.
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Season four re-write but Mike is the main character and takes the place of max in many aspects.
also hopper never goes to Russia and the byers stay in Hawkins.Series
- Part 5 of Mike wheeler angst
- Part 1 of right where you left me (series)
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He didn’t know what god he had pissed off in his last life, but he was sure as hell paying the price. His life giant joke, and the fucking bastard in the sky was laughing at his suffering.
Because out of all the people in the world, he had to still be alive.
Mike Wheeler thought he had escaped the lab, but when the man he has been running from turns up in Hawkins Mike isn't sure what to do.