The Stranger Things|Spin Off Ten years after Hawkins, the world has moved on. Everyone but Mike Wheeler. Old friends gather, laughter fills the night, but some spaces remain unspoken, some stories unfinished. One night, a choice, a journey, and the echoes of a girl who changed everything stir questions no one can answer. In The Spaces Between, the past lingers in quiet corners, the future waits beyond familiar streets, and what is missing might just be closer than anyone realizes. - A/N: This story is completely fictional and has absolutely no official connection to Stranger Things or the Duffer Brothers' universe. Everything you're about to read was created inside my imagination as a survival mechanism-because seriously, what in the Upside Down was that ending??? This is not canon, this is coping. This is me choosing to write instead of staring at the wall in silence, questioning my life choices, and replaying the final scene until it hurts. Consider this my unpaid therapy, my emotional repair project, and my attempt to give myself the closure I was very rudely denied. Read responsibly

Mike never got over losing Eleven. He bought a camper and traveled to places with three waterfalls, hoping to find her. Years later, he adopts a daughter and settles near a small town by the waterfalls. As a busy writer, he takes his daughter to school, where her teacher reminds her too much of the stories her father tells... What will happen between Mike and Eleven? Story playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5unFpyyeTqYSvLvqYqMSSC?si=lKXH96ubRcOuGPOXnY1s0g&pi=SEslO4zDTzSVJ