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• |David Bowie, “Heroes”| by Lawhran

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  16 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Conformity Gate
  • Stranger Things 5
  • Stranger things finale
  • The Party (Stranger Things) - Freeform
  • Alternate Ending
  • Vecna's Curse (Stranger Things)
  • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
  • Minor Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Vecna Possessing Mike Wheeler
  • Manipulative Henry Creel | One | Vecna
  • Fake Reality
  • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
  • My First AO3 Post
  • I wanted Episode 9
  • Conformity Gate Theory
  • I was so sad the theory wasnt real so i wrote this
  • we need more episode 9 fan content
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • title from the song used for the finale we actually got
  • everyone should be writing their own finale
  • The Upside Down (Stranger Things)
  • i didn’t have time to write something more elaborate
  • Grammarly is my beta
  • Ambiguous/Open Ending
  • Open to Interpretation
  • Not Beta Read
  • Song: Heroes (David Bowie)
  • Minor Holly Wheeler - Freeform
  • Minor Karen Wheeler
  • Alternate Universe - Post-Canon
  • Post-Canon
  • I'm Bad at Tagging
  • Tags Are Hard
  • Tags May Change

  Summary

  One can’t feel time in dreams, so why would it matter how long it truly took Mike to realize he was living in a lie?

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  English

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