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• Do overs. by William_REDACTED

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  06 Jul 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler/Original Male Character(s)
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
  • James Dante
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Demogorgon (Stranger Things)
  • Henry Creel | One | Vecna
  • Demo-Dogs (Stranger Things)
  • Demo-Bats (Stranger Things)
  • Eddie Munson
  • Steve Harrington
  • Robin Buckley
  • Lonnie Byers
  • Time Travel Fix-It
  • Time Travel
  • Alternate Universe - Time Travel
  • Mike Wheeler Has Powers
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Will Byers Has Internalized Homophobia
  • Rewrite
  • Temporary Character Death
  • Time Loop
  • Lonnie Byers Is His Own Warning
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Stranger Things 1
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • POV Third Person
  • Bad Parent Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Bad Parent Karen Wheeler
  • Good Parent Joyce Byers
  • Mike Wheeler Has PTSD
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Has PTSD
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm

  Summary

  1987 then defeated Vecna, but with great loss.
  Max, Steve, Jane, Nancy and Will.
  He grieved and tried to be happy, he comes to terms with his sexuality, and even marries a man!
  But he doesn't get long with this short snippet of happiness.
  (Time travel ensues.)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,321

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Kudos:

  8

  Bookmarks:

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