DanielDuarteDittmar
What if everything that seemed like peace... was nothing more than a carefully constructed dream?
After the final events of the fifth season, Mike begins to realize that something is wrong. The town is too quiet. People are too happy. Time seems frozen. And Eleven... is not there.
Fragments of memories repeat like echoes: perfect smiles, scenes that don't quite fit, a constant feeling that no one ever truly escaped that nightmare. Little by little, Mike comes to understand the truth that no one else can face - that they are still trapped inside Vecna's mind.
While the group lives within a comfortable illusion, the real world collapses. Portals open. Creatures advance. Hawkins falls apart. And at the center of it all, Eleven remains imprisoned, slowly being pulled into the abyss where Vecna awaits her.
WAKE UP is a script-fanfic that works as an alternative final episode, exploring trauma, denial, sacrifice, and weaving together the loose ends of the fifth season.