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1. Syrup Will Still Rot in a Sippy Cup. by RumInTheFandom

   Fandoms: The Turning (2020), Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   03 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Miles Fairchild & Mike Wheeler
   • Flora Fairchild & Miles Fairchild
   • Miles Fairchild & Nancy Wheeler
   • Miles Fairchild & Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Flora Fairchild & Mike Wheeler
   • Miles Fairchild
   • Flora Fairchild
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Peter Quint (The Turning)
   • Miss Jessel (The Turning)
   • Kate Mandell
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Tags Contain Spoilers
   • Fever Dreams
   • Fever
   • Found Family
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Child Abuse
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Shock
   • septic shock
   • why is that not a tag
   • its the best kind of shock wdym lmao
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Miles Fairchild Needs a Hug
   • Miles Fairchild Deserves better
   • POV Alternating
   • idk - Freeform
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • canon-typical trauma
   • Nancy Wheeler is a Sweetheart
   • Sad Ending
   • Sickfic
   • ig
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • we need to make THAT a tag too
   • Depression
   • Death Acceptance
   • why is that also not a tag

   Summary

   All the best things are fleeting. Everything will rot eventually, even the things we believe will last forever...

    

   Or: Miles is septic. Do I really need to explain?

   Oh, and uh...yeah the title is from a song by Melanie-Mar-idk how to spell the rest don't hate me IT JUST STARTED PLAYING BY ITSELF 😭😭😭🦟🦟🦟

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