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The glances his friends share are not subtle, at all. “What?” Mike snaps. “It’s just… you never talk about her,” Lucas says. Mike’s grip on his beer tightens and he doesn’t say anything. Drinking so much was a mistake. His head is starting to spin in a mix of frustration, guilt, anger- “It’s been years Mike,” Lucas is saying, gentle like he is when he’s trying to get through to someone, “how are you going to move on if you can’t even talk about, you know, the good memories?” The good memories are all tinted red and feel like impending doom, except they already happened, they’re not impending, they’re just always doomed now. “Maybe I won’t,” Mike mutters, words slurring. ~~~~~ Post canon au with a little twist. Karen and Ted Wheeler don't survive the demogorgon attack in season 5. When all of his friends leave for college, Mike stays in Hawkins to take care of Holly so Nancy can finally go to college. Mike is left with a house to take care of, a sister to raise, and a whole lot of repressed guilt and grief.

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