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A year after finally defeating Vecna, the Party is eighteen and falling apart. Will Byers, tired of being obvious mutual feelings being ignored, tried to force the truth from Mike, and painting his certainty onto a canvas of turbulent cobalt blue. Mike Wheeler, a fool terrified by his own desire, chooses to flee into the safety of a life built on lies.
For four years, Mike tries to outrun the truth in college, his relationship with El slowly crumbling under the weight of his denial. The long silence is shattered when Mike desperately flies across the country to Lenora for a chaotic, reckless reunion, realizing he must destroy the life he built to finally choose the one he ran from.
Or in simpler words, this is the story of two best friends who saved the world together, but must now face their own decade-long pining to build the true life they were always meant to share.