Michael is not okay, let's help with that

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• If He Could Change How it Happened, He Would by Fighttothelife

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  21 Jan 2026

  Tags

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  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper & Mike Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Will Byers
  • Vecna (Stranger Things)
  • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Sad Mike Wheeler
  • Depressed Mike Wheeler
  • Depression
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Hurt Mike Wheeler
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Fluff
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Good Parent Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • One-Sided Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Not Actually Unrequited Love
  • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicidal Mike Wheeler
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler Has Daddy Issues
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Mental Breakdown
  • Mike Wheeler Has Self-Esteem Issues

  Summary

  If Michael Wheeler could change anything that's happened, he would've jumped off that cliff when no one was around to save him.

  TW: check the tags broskis. Talk of suicide and similar stuff.

  Just angst and some Hopper and Mike friendship.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Michael is not okay, let's help with that

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