5 Works in Dead Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
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The year is 1984, and after Ted Wheeler dies because of some stupid lab accident at his annoying government job in Hawkins, Indiana, Thirteen-year-old Mike and his family are forced to move there and stay at some lousy trailer park because 1.) moving there was the closest thing they had to still being with him, not that Mike really cared, 2.) it was the cheapest place his mom could afford when you’re in charge of a family of four with no man in the house, and 3.) because Mike had kinda maybe sorta did something really, really bad to another boy at school that unfortunately just lined up with the time him and his family had to move so… nothing important really.
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Love From the Other Side (I Guess You Can Say Things Are Getting Pretty Serious) by RoseByAnyOtherName17
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
13 Aug 2025
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“I’m sorry,” Steve said. “I tried to make her wait until you woke up, I really did.” He tossed something in Mike’s direction, which Mike caught without thinking. “Happy birthday, by the way.”
Mike blinked. He’d completely forgotten, between Holly going missing, frantically searching for a way to get her back, and being possessed by Vecna himself. “Uh, thanks,” he said awkwardly, running a hand through his hair and looking down at what Steve had tossed at him. It was a Kit Kat bar. His favorite. He wondered how Steve knew that.
“Oh, right!” Robin darted forward and hugged him before he could react. He met Will’s eyes over her shoulder, but Will still had a hand covering his mouth and his expression was unreadable, aside from the red on his cheeks. “Happy birthday! There’s a surprise waiting for you in the kitchen. Anyway—mind reading. Totally a thing now, right?”
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Through "the power of best friendship," as Robin puts it, Mike and Will develop a telepathic connection when Vecna tries to take Mike. Neither of them are really upset by it, especially when it gives them the opportunity to finally destroy Vecna once and for all.
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- Part 1 of You're In My Head (And I'm In Yours)
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“Can’t handle one of my parties sober, can you?” Troy taunts as Mike snatches the can from his fingers. “The kitchen.”
Mike nods, and Max slips her hand into his as they get to the kitchen. “Be careful,” Max warns as Mike grabs a can of beer. “Maximum is two for the night.”
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Mike is a fucking teenager and he's struggling and very little people know
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Nancy awakes to find her parents at the merciless hands of flesh hungry Zombies; but things get worse when she realizes it's not just her parents. Maybe it should be a comfort, that she's not the only one facing this curse, but it's not. Where's Nancy supposed to go when the whole town seems to be over run and the news is reporting no safe escape? There's safety in numbers, Nancy knows this, as she stumbles across Robin, Steve and Dustin. Starcourt doesn't sound like a bad place to hunker down for the time being. But Zombies will always find a way.
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Mike is having bad dreams. He goes to see a therapist. He finds out that she has a deep dark secret she has surpressed for years. These are the session tapes.