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   you left me no choice (but to stay here forever) by jiaras

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   02 Jan 2026

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   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Steve Harrington
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Angst
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Five Stages of Grief
   • Bittersweet Ending
   • Depression
   • Anxiety
   • Sad
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Canonical Character Death

   Summary

   After the world is saved, Mike Wheeler is left with the quiet.

   Hawkins moves on, the party heals, and Mike learns what it means to miss someone who saved everything, but left him behind in the process.

   Series

   • Part 1 of no choice universe

   Language:

   English

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   5/5

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   03 Jan 2026