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   they say modern love's a cruel endeavor by middaydemon

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Mike Wheeler/Reader
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Reader
   • Post-Canon
   • Mike Wheeler Has PTSD
   • Reader-Insert Has Anxiety
   • Depressed Reader-Insert
   • Reader-insert has trichotillomania
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Just Because Reader Thinks Everyone Is Out To Get Her
   • 1990s
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Codependency
   • Eventual Smut
   • Mild Smut
   • No Use of Y/N for Reader-Insert
   • Implied/Referenced Eating Disorders
   • College
   • Creative Writing Student Mike Wheeler
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Happy Ending
   • Anxiety
   • Anxiety Attacks
   • Depression
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Title from an Olivia Rodrigo Song
   • Inspired by an Olivia Rodrigo Song
   • Song: the cure (Olivia Rodrigo)
   • Song: u + me (Olivia Rodrigo)
   • Song: maggots for brains (Olivia Rodrigo)
   • Song: stupid song (Olivia Rodrigo)
   • Past Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Mutual Pining
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Not Beta Read
   • Cross-Posted on Tumblr

   Summary

   in which an anxious creative writing major meets Mike Wheeler and they quickly come to depend on each other.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,901

   Chapters:

   3/4

   Comments:

   3

   Kudos:

   5

   Bookmarks:

   1

   Hits:

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   Bookmarked by evilfies

   11 Sep 2026