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1. can i dream for a few months more? by sundaysangel

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   21 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Karen Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler Character Study
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Grief Rumination
   • post-demogorgon attack
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • Heavy Angst
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Non-Graphic Depiction of Injuries
   • References to Depression
   • Suicide
   • Character Death
   • Title from a Mitski Song

   Summary

   She scrubbed until the skin across her hands began to peel, until it felt so dry that touching anything felt like touching fire. Every cuticle. Every fingernail. Every crease in her knuckles was marked by her mistakes. Her failures were no longer confined to memory; they had stained her, seeped into her skin to remain there forever.

   or: karen is left critically injured by the demogorgon attack, and nancy is consumed by guilt over everything she believes she failed to prevent

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   English

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