6 Works by A1_Lex
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In 1989, Mike Wheeler heads to college, but instead of finding freedom, he’s consumed by loneliness and depression. Turning to alcohol and reckless behavior, he struggles to cope with the fear of his sexuality. In desperate attempt to prove himself, Mike is wreck less and careless. Weeks later when a girl named Ashley shows up with a positive pregnancy test, claiming he’s the father of her child, Mike’s world is shattered. After the birth Ashley disappears, he’s left alone to care for the baby, barely scraping by, struggling to afford food and balance overwhelming responsibilities. With his mental health crumbling, Mike doesn’t know how much longer he can keep going. -
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Mike scowled at him, and before Will could react, Mike grabbed him by the shirt and planted a messy, paint covered kiss right on his cheek.
“Mike!” Will gaped, swiping at his face.
“Oops.” Mike grinned innocently. “Guess that’s what you get for putting paint on my nose.”
“Oh, you’re so dead,” Will said, and before Mike could escape, Will swiped his paintbrush across Mike’s cheek again, this time leaving a smear of green.
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This is a chapter in my other work echos of hurt which may not be everyone’s cup of tea so I decided to post this chapter alone because it’s adorable and can be read as a stand alone -
You’ve got a beautiful brain, but it’s disintegrating, from all the medicine by A1_Lex
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
11 Jun 2025
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Mike Wheeler survived bullying, demogorgons, vecna, the mind flayer, the upside down and falling off a cliff but he never expected the thing that could finally take him out could be his own body..cancer.
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When they beat vecna and his army Mike thought he would be safe, then in the summer of 87’ he gets diagnosed with stage ll sarcoma cancer. He meets a boy in the hospital and finds love where he never expected. Then comes in Will Byers when he moves back to Hawkins.
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Mike’s eyes burned with fresh tears. “Just drop it, Lucas,” he muttered, pulling his arm free.
“No!” Lucas’s voice cracked, and he grabbed Mike’s hand, holding it tightly. “Tell me who did this. Please.”
Mike’s resolve crumbled, and he lashed out, yanking his hand back. “Your stupid basketball friends, okay?” he shouted. “Your amazing, perfect friends beat the shit out of me!”
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High school is hard, being bullied is even harder, but being called different by your own friend is heart shattering.
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After almost kissing Will, Mike panics and runs. Alone in a park, he realizes how badly he wants what he’s too scared to reach for.
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If he was braver, he would have kissed Will tonight.If he was braver, he would have told him how he felt, would have finally said the words that had been sitting on his tongue for months…maybe years.
His eyes flicked back to the two boys.
They were still there, still wrapped up in each other, unaware that anyone else was watching.
Unaware of Mike, sitting alone on a park bench, yearning.
Longing for something that he was too much of a coward to have.
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When Will disappears again, Mike is desperate to find him, willing to risk everything to bring him back. But as his panic takes over, Lucas pulls him aside and they have a conversation.
“You don’t understand,” he mutters, voice barely above a whisper.
“I understand what it’s like to be so scared you don’t even know what to do with yourself,” Lucas murmurs. “So scared that you want to try everything—even if it’s stupid, even if it’ll get you killed—just to get them back.”
“Trust me Mike…if I knew Max was on the other side of that gate,” Lucas continues, voice thick, “and not just… in a coma, I’d be jumping in, too.”