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1. oh, mother (i can feel the soil falling over my head) by jurassicwill

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 May 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Major Illness
   • Joyce Dies
   • Will Byers-centric
   • Established Relationship
   • Will Byers Whump
   • Byers Family Feels (Stranger Things)
   • Post-Canon
   • Will Byers Needs a Hug
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Wakes & Funerals
   • I really want everyone who reads this to be prepared and to take care of themselves

   Summary

   In the months after Joyce's death, grief keeps finding him in ordinary places - grocery store aisles, subway platforms, the reflex to reach for the phone - while Mike learns how to hold him through all the moments that still need her.

   or

   an exploration of illness and grief after Joyce Byers is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

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