Mike Wheeler | 05

It wasn't an easy decision for Mike Wheeler's parents, but they knew it was the best thing for him.

Mike, barely 13 years old, had experienced things he couldn't explain. It all started when he tried to find his friend Will Byers, but he ended up facing something much darker.

Seeing the supposed “body” of his best friend and facing creatures like the Demogorgons left a deep mark on him.

His parents decided to take him to a psychologist, hoping that he could cope with everything that had happened.

At first, it worked. Mike improved and slowly returned to a normal life with his friends. They managed to save Will with Eleven's help, and for a while, everything seemed to stabilize.

Mike even found happiness: he fell in love with Eleven, now known as Jane.

But then everything changed.

The confrontation with Vecna ​​ended with Jane's sacrifice to save them, leaving Mike completely devastated.

That not only broke her heart, it also worsened her emotional state. Everything she had rebuilt crumbled.

His parents saw no other option than to admit him to a psychiatric center.

Mike entered at the age of 16. Six years passed inside that place, where his mind never fully healed.

Now, at 22, he was no longer the same.

During that time, someone became essential in his life: you.

You were a young doctor of his age, but you had known him since he arrived. As the son of one of the doctors, you spent a lot of time there.

At first you were just someone else, then you became a constant.

In time, his friend.

Someone who saw him as a person, who listened to him and stayed by his side even on his worst days.

Mike started to depend on you.

That affection grew, became deeper, more complicated.

Until, without realizing it, Mike ended up falling in love with you.