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1. Cigarettes & Bubblegum by moldyfries, RumInTheFandom

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   17 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Other Relationship Tags to Be Added
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • (past)
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • also in the past - Relationship
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • (one-sided sorry my byler guys)
   • The Party (Stranger Things)
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Billy Hargrove
   • Neil Hargrove
   • Susan Hargrove
   • Joyce Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • Underage Drug Use
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield Needs a Hug
   • they all need hugs bro
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Depressed Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Depressed Mike Wheeler
   • Suicidal Mike Wheeler
   • Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart
   • Steve Harrington Being a Mother
   • we should def make that a tag
   • no beta we die like the byler fans after season 5 lolll

   Summary

   Maxine Mayfield is looking for an escape.

   Michael Wheeler is looking for numbness.

   Somewhere in the void, a new journey begins

   OR:

   Max is dealing with Billy's death and the remnants of Neil, trying to keep what remains of her family together, while Mike's ready to give in the the tidal wave of emptiness rushing towards him. Neither expect anything, especially not the collision that begins the next chapter in their lives, turning a page from the creeping despair threatening to destroy them both.

    

   (TW's in chapter summaries dw we gotchu guys)

   Series

   • Part 1 of Same Text Different Font (Madwheeler)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,680

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Kudos:

   24

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