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1. After the Ending by NimbusScale161

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Will Byers/Original Male Character(s)
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
   • Spoilers
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Being Lost
   • Mike Wheeler Has Internalized Homophobia
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Finds Out About Will Byers's Painting
   • Will Byers's Painting
   • Mike Wheeler Grows Up to Be Like Ted Wheeler
   • Dead Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Dead Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • POV Mike Wheeler

   Summary

   Five years after the end of everything, Hawkins is quiet again — but not healed. As old losses resurface and new ones force their way to the surface, two former best friends find themselves sharing the same space once more.

   (Also, giving you the conversations that Duffer's never did (= THE painting talk).)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,714

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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