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Mike Wheeler has not seen the party in over twenty years. It wasn't like they'd all ghosted him; the group had just drifted apart over time. All in their late thirties by now, everyone was living out their happily-ever-afters. Lucas and Max were married with a single daughter. Dustin ran away to California with Suzie to live out her fantasy of escaping her huge Mormon family. Will was in a very happy relationship with his boyfriend, somewhere off in New York.
And then there was Mike. A failed attempt at an author, off out in the middle of nowhere Indiana, living on multiple addictions and the occasional bi-curious hookup with anyone remotely similar to Will.
Yeah. He's not doing too hot. But then, something comes to him in a dream. Someone.
Eleven is back. She's alive. And she's already planned for their reunion back in Hawkins in twenty-four hours.
He doesn't know if he can handle it; not just facing the party, but himself. His actions. His feelings. Feelings towards someone who is already in a happy relationship. Feelings he'd come to terms with a little too late.
But he can't keep making excuses. He needs to see them. No matter how painful it may be to see him again.