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1. it’s your birthday (stop wasting precious time) by darceenciel

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   02 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Post-Canon
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
   • Smoking
   • Consuming a Cigarette
   • Overdose
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Love Confessions
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • No Beta We Die Like Ted Wheeler Should Have
   • Vomiting
   • Suicide

   Summary

   April 7th, 2001. Mike Wheeler’s 30th birthday. He decides it’s finally time to let everything go.

   There is no other way out of this nightmare called reality.

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