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1. Let Down and Hanging Around (Alternate Ending) by suspicious_salami

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   14 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Original Characters
   • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
   • Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Alternate Universe
   • Post-Vecna (Stranger Things)
   • Vecna Won
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • War
   • Apocalypse
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Love Confessions
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Trauma
   • Psychological Horror
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Will Byers Deserves Better
   • Will Byers Deserves Happiness
   • Eye Trauma
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Getting Together
   • Alternate Universe - Will Byers is Never Found
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers Has Powers

   Summary

   This is an alternate ending to "Let Down and Hanging Around" that is more hopeful.

   Read the main story Chapters 1-21 first. This work diverges at Chapter 22.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Alternate Ending

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,187

   Chapters:

   3/3

   Comments:

   21

   Kudos:

   142

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