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• The Aftermath by vmpdivine

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  26 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Stranger Things 2
  • Post-Episode: s02e09 The Gate (Stranger Things)
  • Possessed Will Byers
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • Allegory
  • Background Shadow Monster | Mind Flayer
  • Burns
  • Caretaking
  • Non-Sexual Intimacy
  • Bathing/Washing
  • Crushes
  • Childhood Friends
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • Protective Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers Deserves Love
  • Good Sibling Jonathan Byers
  • Hawkins (Stranger Things)
  • The Quarry (Stranger Things)
  • Secrets
  • Wound Care
  • Mild Gore
  • Bad Parent Lonnie Byers
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Good Parent Joyce Byers
  • abusive relationships tag is for joyce and lonnie :(
  • miwi my beloved
  • Work in Progress
  • beta read actually :)

  Summary

  After the burning of the Shadow Monster out of Will Byers, Mike Wheeler comes and picks up the pieces.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,342

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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