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• The Vanishing of Mike Wheeler by boycreature

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M, Other
  • Complete Work

  15 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Dustin Henderson & Mike Wheeler
  • Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair
  • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Barbara "Barb" Holland & Nancy Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Joyce Byers
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Steve Harrington
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Season/Series 01
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Role Reversal
  • Gay Will Byers
  • Gay Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Will Byers
  • Will Byers Has a Crush on Mike Wheeler
  • Crushes
  • Mike Wheeler Gets Taken Instead of Will Byers
  • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
  • Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings
  • Mike Wheeler-centric
  • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
  • They love each other sm
  • Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug
  • Hurt Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler Has Issues
  • Will Byers Needs a Hug
  • Good Friend Dustin Henderson
  • Good Friend Lucas Sinclair
  • no max yet sorry :(
  • if i write season 2 she’ll be there
  • Trust
  • no romance but byler IS there
  • they have obvious crushes on each other
  • Autistic Mike Wheeler
  • This is important to me
  • not mentioned really in the story but i based some of his behavior after me
  • also
  • Mike Wheeler Has ADHD
  • author uses em-dashes way too much
  • like way too much
  • promise i’m not ai
  • Mike Wheeler is a Little Shit
  • no beta we die like mike wheelers brain in s5
  • dw mike you’re still MY favorite character
  • POV Alternating
  • Graphic Description of Corpses
  • Graphic Description
  • Blood and Violence
  • Blood and Gore
  • Pre-Relationship
  • Pre-Slash
  • author is a college student and is using up all their free time writing this
  • no regrets
  • Slow Burn
  • slow burn so slow they don’t even get together in this fic

  Summary

  On his way home from a friend's house, young Mike sees something terrifying.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Vanishing of… Mike Wheeler…?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  74,215

  Chapters:

  36/36

  Comments:

  201

  Kudos:

  538

  Bookmarks:

  101

  Hits:

  11,845

• let the sun only shine on me from a falling sky (i’ll be alright) by boycreature

  Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  09 Sep 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Ellie & Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Bill/Frank (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie & Frank (The Last of Us)
  • Bill & Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Bill & Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Frank & Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Maria/Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Bill (The Last of Us)
  • Frank (The Last of Us)
  • David (The Last of Us)
  • Riley (The Last of Us)
  • Sarah (The Last of Us)
  • Maria (The Last of Us)
  • Tommy (The Last of Us)
  • Protective Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie & Joel Bonding (The Last of Us)
  • Good Parent Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Soft Joel (The Last of Us)
  • Joel is Bad at Feelings (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie Needs a Hug (The Last of Us)
  • Ellie Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (The Last of Us)
  • Joel Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (The Last of Us)
  • Bill and Frank Live (The Last of Us)
  • Mentioned Riley (The Last of Us)
  • i mean she’s in flashbacks too
  • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
  • Alternate Universe
  • Foster Care
  • Runaway Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Stalking
  • Rape/Non-con Elements
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • obviously not from joel
  • POV Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • POV Joel (The Last of Us)
  • it switches between
  • Hurt Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Traumatized Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • Minor Ellie/Riley (The Last of Us)
  • Past Child Abuse
  • So many tags...
  • No beta we die like Robert
  • No infected
  • Alternate Universe - No Cordyceps Outbreak (The Last of Us)
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • But also
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Foster Child Ellie (The Last of Us)
  • But she ran away
  • there will be flashbacks to it though
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • mix between show and game
  • Mentioned Sarah (The Last of Us)
  • an absurd amount of f bombs
  • because it’s ellie. obviously.
  • Attempted Sexual Assault
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Panic Attacks
  • Attempted Murder
  • Past Suicide Attempt
  • Graphic Description of Corpses
  • Graphic Description

  Summary

  Squinting under the bright overhead lights, Joel absently wanders into the gas station.

  “Dad!”

  OR

  Joel is not a dad, at least not for a living child, but this teenager seems to need him to be hers for a bit.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  25,158

  Chapters:

  14/14

  Comments:

  78

  Kudos:

  513

  Bookmarks:

  92

  Hits:

  10,004