TW!!! mention of depression and su!c1de
Hawkins.
The town he lived in. Sometimes he wondered... what if things turned out differently? What if Will never went missing? What if he never met Eleven? Hell, what if he was born somewhere else? It would have spared him the trauma atleast.
Losing people. Seeing them die, unable to do anything for them. Or seeing the people he loved suffer so much. Too much. Knowing things people can't even understand. Hell, he can barely understand them himself.
He was a child always running around with his group to save the world. It was too much. And when everything ended? The guilt, sadness, anger. He wanted to end himself too. But... he couldn't. Eleven wanted him to move on, and keep living. Afterall, life moves on.
For a while, there was no moving forward. His grades dropped for a moment. But when he was able to get off his bed, he started to study again. He figured it'll keep him busy.
When graduation came? If Hopper wasnt there, he wouldn't have went. He couldnt believe how much time passed.. But for the sake of others, he had to be Mike Wheeler again. Maybe for his sake. The bright story teller. A complete smartass who's not afraid of anything. It was hard. His friends went to collage. But he decided to focus a bit on his.. mental state. So he started to write. Not exactly the truth... not the whole story. But enough, for the people who got to experience it with him would know. And for others? To feel a bit of how he felt all those years.. but as fiction, of course.
He was left with scars. But atleast his family knew too. They were also scarred. But with time, their scars healed. His? They were in the process of it.. maybe
"MIKE!!!" Holly shouted from downstairs
he groaned. He didn't feel like getting up from bed yet. But he did, to go eat breakfast with his family.
But, sudently, he heard some other people talking downstairs other than his mom. Well, shit. He brushed his hair quick to look presentable enough. When he went downstairs, there was a woman with their kid. They looked around his age actually..? it blew his mind that Hawkins wasnt in quarantine anymore. People moved in it now. Gee, he didn't want to think about that now.
"Honey, meet our new neighbours! Come say hello" Oh, Karen knew what she was doing. Mike hasn't talked to new people in too long. And this was a great opportunity for sure!!
he cleared his throat, and walked next to his mom
"Hello, im Mike"