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They arrive when the fire is mostly quenched. Back at home, from the television set, that mall had been consumed already. And they had sat, phone clutched between their joined hands, waited and waited for the dial tone to switch to their little boy’s voice. There was nothing.
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Behind a wilting strip of ash-dusted caution tape, they see him.
Beatrice clutches to her husband’s, Daniel Harrington’s, arm tight. “Steven!” she chokes out around a sharp, too short intake of breath. Without thinking, without question, she moves one foot in front of the other. Lets her fingernails drag along Daniel’s robed arm, harsh and quick. However, right at the edge of the tape, a man in pale blue stops her.
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Steve Harrington's Parents Pick Him Up After Starcourt BurnsBookmarked by miles_files
18 Apr 2026
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After a night that nearly destroyed him, Mike Wheeler is placed in a psychiatric facility, left alone for the first time since everything spiraled out of control. Alone in a place meant to “help,” Mike faces the voice in his head and the weight of his own self-destruction. Then he meets Will, a fellow patient, and slowly, they begin to navigate trust, friendship, and perhaps something even more.
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15 Apr 2026
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Jim and Steve, months after Steve’s breakdown.
Or, how life has a way of coming full circle.
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- Part 10 of Setup Man
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11 Apr 2026
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never cried to them, just to your soul by Demiwitchwoodwalker
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
20 Jan 2026
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The last time he’d stood this close to the edge, Will had been gone, he’d thought he was dead. Nothing had mattered anymore, except protecting his friends, keeping those he had left safe. He hadn't wanted to live then, not without Will. He didn’t want to live now. Not because Will was gone—he was just across town in Mike’s room, probably not thinking about him or where he was for even a second—but because he didn’t deserve to. Because he was wrong, because he was sinful, because he didn’t matter, because nobody needed him and they never had. He’d just wanted them to need him because he’d needed them.
All he ever did was hurt the people he needed. Why would anyone ever need him? He was–
“Mike, where the hell are you?” Will’s voice latched a tether around his chest, pulled him back, pushed down his younger voice, silenced Troy and James.
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It's October 1986, the Byers have been living with the Wheelers for 3 months now, and Mike can't sleep through the night, waking to nightmares and struggling to reconcile his growing awareness of his feelings for Will with the expectations of everyone around him. It all comes crashing down around him very quickly and suddenly (though it was a long time coming).
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07 Apr 2026
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Will thought leaving Hawkins meant leaving Mike behind.
Then the phone rings.
Mike just wants to talk.Bookmarked by miles_files
06 Apr 2026