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Eight years have passed since El disappeared, but Mike never recovered. Living as a writer, he is still stuck in the past, isolating himself and seeking comfort in alcohol. Far from Hawkins, El carries secrets, guilt, and the hope that there’s still a place for her.
Or Mike never forgot Eleven, and she's desperately trying to get back to him.
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15 Mar 2026
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Eleven and Mike - and the moments before season 5 we didn't get to see.
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12 Mar 2026
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El can move mountains. She can fly. She can defeat Vecna. This is why Mike will never think of El in the past tense. Because maybe she’s not dead. Maybe she’s in another dimension none of them know about. Maybe she’s trying to get back to him right now. It’s the smallest sliver of hope, but Mike holds it tightly anyway. He’ll never let go.
This is an exploration of the 18 months between El’s “death” and the Party’s high school graduation, followed by their college years. Through it all Mike Wheeler wraps his guilt around himself like a quilt. He buries himself in delusions. He writes. And he waits. Mike is good at waiting.
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10 Mar 2026
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Mike Wheeler has accepted that he'll never have a happy ending. After a car accident takes his dreams away, he eventually discovers that it took more than he realized.
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01 Mar 2026
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El learns the meaning of the word insatiable first through Hopper, and then through Mike.
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- Part 4 of Words to Love By
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28 Feb 2026