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Sometime in the formless dark before breakfast, Mike Wheeler vanishes.
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A comprehensive guide to navigating parallel dimensions, disrupting the fabric of reality, and deciding to save yourself.
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- Part 1 of cosmonaut-verse
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16 Jan 2026
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"I'm so hungry I could eat Will Byers." Jane bursts into a fit of giggles. Mike's heart drops.
"What?" His mouth feels dry. His hands are sweating. He can feel a flush creeping up his neck.
Jane repeats her words between cackles and wheezes, "I said... I'm so hungry... I could eat... Will Byers!"
All of the kids are laughing now, some big inside joke that Mike is the butt of. He feels sick. He feels something he can't place.
"How do you know that name?" He asks, the words catching in his throat like bile.
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In which a silly TikTok trend changes the course of Mike's boring adult life.
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03 Jan 2026
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mike hears good luck babe and blows his head off by yuristabzzz
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Jan 2026
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As the rest of the song played, Mike realised he couldn’t do this anymore. He really couldn’t. His hands trembled as he reached for the glove compartment. There, he kept a gun.
You can say it’s just the way you are
Make a new excuse, another stupid reasonBookmarked by mercurialdisk
03 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler hears “Good Luck, Babe” by Chappell Roan playing in the radio. In anger, he kills himself and his family. by orphan_account
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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As it says on the title.
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03 Jan 2026
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Mike Wheeler listens to Good Luck, Babe! by Chappell Roan and drives off a cliff by nxptunic
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
03 Jan 2026
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“When you wake up next to him in the middle of the night, with your head in your hands, you’re nothing more than his wife.”
Mike pressed harder on the pedal, biting harshly at his lip as he sped down the highway.
There was no railing. Any faster and he could run straight off the edge.
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03 Jan 2026
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What starts as a movie night becomes the point where Mike and Will can no longer ignore the truths about themselves and one another.
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- 6/6
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30 Dec 2025
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“Are you offended that people think we’re dating?”
“No,” Mike says immediately. “Of course not,” because, again, he should be so lucky.
Will’s baffled expression does not change. “Then why would I be?”
“So– okay, fine, whatever. Should we, like, tell them to get their heads out of their asses and that we’re not– um– dating, or–”
“I think,” Will cuts in, “well. You know what would be funny?”
Honestly, Mike doesn't know what he thought being Will Byers' fake-boyfriend would entail, but he definitely didn't think it would involve this many ugly Christmas sweaters.
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29 Dec 2025
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In the end, it doesn’t matter. None of it fucking matters. Because what’s really in control is the tension. This elusive string tied between their chests that’s always changing length. Right now it’s so short and taught and strong that Will can’t imagine resisting it. So really, it was never a matter of if he would. Just when. When will he fold? When will he let go and let himself follow Mike into the water?
He dares to glance down at his knees, where he can see Mike’s fingers peeking out from behind his calves (as if he needed that visual reminder that they’re touching), and then back up to meet Mike’s expectant gaze.
He’s going to do it. He’s such a fucking idiot.
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Mike & Will have a long overdue conversation on the way back to Hawkins— by, in, and around a random motel pool.
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28 Dec 2025
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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28 Dec 2025