Fics like most men lead lives of quiet desperation

Summer, 1989. The Party has been trying to adjust to normalcy after the final battle. Mike's no stranger to trauma, but the wounds he's still nursing, both literally and figuratively, have left him feeling aimless and distant. The group of friends have been trying to enjoy the precious summer months they have left together before they all split off for college, self-discovery, what have you. Normal things teenagers in Hawkins are supposed to do. Like spending blistering afternoons cooling off by the lake, finally teaching Jane how to ride a bike, gorging themselves on ice cream, (definitely not talking about what's eating at him), and going to the movies. It's June, Ghostbusters II just came out, and while the boys have been dying to see it, the girls insist they see Dead Poets Society. In an unassuming movie theatre, Mike's completely unprepared for what a film about boys at a boarding school might help reveal about the most repressed parts of himself, once thought to have already been quelled forever. or Mike Wheeler watches Dead Poets Society in theatres and promptly has a bit of a breakdown. A summer full of realizations, lots of mistakes, and maybe a redemption of sorts.

Fics like most men lead lives of quiet desperation

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