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1. The Exit by bedkem

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Robin Buckley
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Stranger Things 5 Finale Fix-It
   • Byler endgame
   • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
   • Mike Wheeler Is Going Through It
   • conformity gate is real...in this story
   • production mistakes are just plot devices
   • mike takes accountability

   Summary

   Mike's life went back to normal, for the most part. So why does he feel so out of place? He can't seem to move forward like his friends can. When he faces the music thanks to Hopper and realizes he has two paths to choose from, he doesn't expect another to open up.

   Or:
   What if the inconsistencies in the finale were actual story devices?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,484

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

   3

   Kudos:

   9

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