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• I can't be without you by Bear_Lagoa

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  17 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler & Nancy Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Reunions
  • Depression
  • Eleven is bad at feelings
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Nancy Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • Fix-It
  • Good Sibling Nancy Wheeler

  Summary

  Mike spend the last year planning his life, THEIR life, he knew deafeating Vecna wouldn't magically fix everything, El would still be hunted, but Mike didn't care, he would find a way, he always did, they would do it, they would have a happy future together

  Their future was taken away from him in a matter of seconds, now locked in the past he needs her to save him again.

  Language:

  English

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