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   Time Cast a Spell On You (But You Won’t Forget Me) by vintagebyers

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Will Byers
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Miserable Mike Wheeler
   • Mike Is In a Loveless Marriage
   • RIP Joyce Byers
   • Mostly Canon Compliant
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Closeted Mike Wheeler
   • Modern Day
   • They’re idiots

   Summary

   “Will called me…” Mike could hear an intake of breath on the line. “Joyce passed away last night.”

   That certainly wasn’t news he expected to wake up to. He hadn’t seen the woman in years, but that didn’t ease the sting in his chest any. Growing up, Joyce felt like more of a mother than his own had at times.

   Or: Joyce passes away and Mike is forced to confront the person he’s been hiding himself from all these years.

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   English

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   15 Jan 2026