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• Waiting to be Seen by thiswanderingday

  Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

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  21 Mar 2026

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  • Will Byers & Dustin Henderson & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler
  • Mike Wheeler
  • Will Byers
  • Lucas Sinclair
  • Dustin Henderson
  • Nancy Wheeler
  • Karen Wheeler
  • Holly Wheeler
  • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
  • Jonathan Byers
  • The Party (Stranger Things)
  • The Party Friendship (Stranger Things)
  • Pre-Canon
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period-Typical Racism
  • Animal Death
  • Postpartum Depression
  • POV Mike Wheeler

  Summary

  Fourth grader Mike Wheeler has a lot on his mind. He loves his new baby sister, but now his parents argue all the time and his mom is always tired. His perfect older sister thinks it’s her job to run his entire life. At school, he and his two best friends have bullies to deal with and a principal who seems to have it out for one of them. Plus, he’s responsible for the class bearded dragon, and he takes that job very seriously. He doesn’t have time for the new kid in his class, who just might be the most annoying person on the planet.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  55,887

  Chapters:

  16/16

  Comments:

  60

  Kudos:

  24

  Bookmarks:

  6

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