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   A Life Between Two Names by PaladinsDefender (orphan_account)

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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

   06 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper/Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper (Mentioned)
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Original Characters
   • Thanksgiving Dinner
   • Thanksgiving
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Drug Addiction
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Hurt Mike Wheeler
   • Family Reunions
   • Memories
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Depressed Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler-centric
   • Healing
   • Iceland
   • Three Waterfalls (Stranger Things)
   • Adoption
   • Reunions
   • Misunderstandings
   • Jealous Mike Wheeler
   • Jealousy
   • Engagement
   • Post-Stranger Things 5 Finale
   • Stranger Things 5 Finale Fix-It
   • Christmas Presents
   • Christmas Fluff
   • Protective Mike Wheeler
   • Marriage
   • Married Life
   • Weddings

   Summary

   Eight years later, Mike Wheeler returns to Hawkins for Thanksgiving. Caught between what he has written and what he has yet been able to write, Mike has no choice but to find a way forward.

   Now, on a journey that takes him from Chicago to Hawkins—and onward to Iceland—Mike must move forward knowing that everything in his life is owed to the girlfriend he lost ten years ago

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   852,990

   Chapters:

   133/?

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   Bookmarked by wizardman11

   28 Jun 2026