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1. Lonesome is a state of mind by Jealous_Purity

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Batman Beyond  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   19 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Will Byers/Mike Wheeler
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Eleven | Jane Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Henry Creel
   • Ted Wheeler
   • Barbara Gordon
   • Martin Brenner
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Clark Kent
   • Joyce Byers
   • The Jokerz (DCU)
   • Alternate Universe
   • Alternate Universe - Batman Beyond
   • Will Byers is Superman
   • Mike Wheeler Is Batman
   • Retired Bruce Wayne
   • Poison Ivy Maxine Mayfield
   • Harley Quinn Jane Hopper
   • Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers
   • Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler
   • Slow Burn
   • First Kiss
   • takes place in the future
   • no beta we die like ted wheeler
   • oh yeah ted wheeler dies
   • mike wheeler hates ted wheeler
   • Mike Wheeler loves Superman
   • Buff Will Byers
   • But cause he's superman
   • yearn white boy yearn
   • Author loves Djo
   • POV Mike Wheeler
   • POV Bruce Wayne (Sometimes)
   • MIKE WHEELER HAS A FACE BIRTHMARK LIKE GOD INTENDED
   • fighting scenes
   • mentions of torture
   • Kidnapping
   • There's a bunch of slang in this from the tv show a translation will be linked in the author note
   • Mike Wheeler is Down Bad
   • Mike Wheeler is Whipped
   • Mike Wheeler is a Mess
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Gay Will Byers
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Animal Abuse
   • Will Byers knows Mike Wheeler is Batman

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler has become the replacement Batman for a now very old Bruce Wayne, during one of his investigations he meets the one and only Superman (or one of his grandchildren at least) and falls head over heels desperate.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,893

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Kudos:

   6

   Hits:

   63