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1. Never One Without The Other (We Made A Pact) by Alice2028

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), IT - Stephen King  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Bill Denbrough/Beverly Marsh
   • Richie Tozier & Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers & Richie Tozier
   • Eddie Kaspbrak/Richie Tozier
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper & Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Richie Tozier
   • Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Bill Denbrough
   • Mike Hanlon
   • Stanley Uris
   • Beverly Marsh
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Pennywise (IT)
   • (mentioned) Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Ben Hanscom
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper Lives
   • Richie Tozier as Mike Wheeler
   • Making Out
   • Suggestive Themes
   • Platonic Relationships
   • Shotgunning
   • Underage Drinking
   • Underage Smoking
   • Blood and Injury
   • Partying
   • Arcades
   • Hotels
   • Angst
   • Jealous Eddie Kaspbrak
   • Vomiting
   • Funny
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Song: The One That Got Away (Katy Perry)
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Queer Themes
   • Secrets
   • Platonic Kissing

   Summary

   It’s the summer of 1988 right after Junior year– the hot June air reminds Mike of blurs he can’t put his finger on. It’s been that way every summer since Derry, though.

   Michael Richard Wheeler has come to terms with his life experience. Look, Mike is only 17, in all of that time he never would’ve imagined running into two world-threatening beings. Fortunately-unfortunately for Mike, he forgot all about his past. No more of that Richie Trash mouth.

   All Mike wants to do is make it to senior year after defeating Vecna and his gang of nightmares. But when old faces prompt unwanted memories, he is forced to face his own nightmares in the one place he swore to never look back to.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,311

   Chapters:

   8/?

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