A world beyond Hawkins, beyond the waterfalls, beyond everything but you and me

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• 1,979 days by MsLCWebs for everyone who believes

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  21 Feb 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (mentioned)
  • Karen Wheeler (mentioned)
  • Nancy Wheeler (mentioned)
  • Holly Wheeler (mentioned)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Will Byers
  • Will Byers's Epilogue Boyfriend
  • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper Lives
  • Grief/Mourning
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
  • Nightmares
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Stranger Things 5 Finale Fix-It
  • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
  • Reunions
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Three Waterfalls (Stranger Things)
  • stranger things
  • POV Mike Wheeler
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • binge drinking mentioned
  • Mention of alcohol

  Summary

  Five times Mike Wheeler wanted to believe El was 'visiting' him after her death(?) at the gate, and one time he knew she was.

  (fair warning, gang - it's gonna hurt before it gets better.)

  PART 1 of this slow-ish burn Mike/El reunion story in 3 fics because SCREW that ending! They will always find each other. This part follows Mike from 1987 to 1993.

  Series

  • Part 1 of A world beyond Hawkins, beyond the waterfalls, beyond everything but you and me

  Language:

  English

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