A Silent Swap Below the Earth

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• "The Paladin's Vanishing" by luna_ecl1pse

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M, Gen, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  07 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers & Mike Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers & Karen Wheeler
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper & Karen Wheeler
  • Joyce Byers & Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Jonathan Byers & Steve Harrington & Nancy Wheeler
  • Barbara "Barb" Holland & Nancy Wheeler
  • Phil Callahan & Florence "Flo" & Calvin Powell
  • Phil Callahan & Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper & Calvin Powell
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Chester the Dog (Stranger Things)
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Joyce Byers
  • Jonathan Byers
  • Eleven | Jane Hopper
  • Demogorgon (Stranger Things)
  • Calvin Powell
  • Phil Callahan
  • Florence "Flo" (Stranger Things)
  • Scott Clarke
  • Barbara "Barb" Holland
  • Steve Harrington
  • Sue Sinclair
  • Claudia Henderson
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Troy Walsh (Stranger Things)
  • James Hopper Sr. | Jim "Chief" Hopper's Father
  • Martin Brenner
  • Benny Hammond
  • Carol Perkins
  • Tommy Hagan
  • Tammy Thompson
  • Eric (Stranger Things)
  • Joanna (Stranger Things)
  • Role Reversal
  • Alternate Universe - Role Reversal
  • Stranger Things 1
  • Character Study
  • Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
  • Canon Compliant
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Blood and Gore
  • Violence
  • Mentions of Cancer
  • POV Alternating
  • Graphic Description
  • Graphic Description of Corpses
  • Implied/Referenced Abuse
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Trauma
  • Character Death
  • Minor Character Death

  Summary

  November 6, 1983, We return to the Wheeler's House. Except... There's something wrong here. Fate's playing a cruel game. It takes away Mike Wheeler, instead of Will Byers, the universe manipulating destiny just for a game to see how else it could end.

  ~~~
  OR!

  A role reversal between (mainly) Mike Wheeler and Will Byers. Inspired by @boycreature's own variation, a What If Mike Wheeler became Vecna's 001?

  Series

  • Part 1 of A Silent Swap Below the Earth

  Language:

  English

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