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1. The Real Me Comes Alive (I have to shout that I am coming out) by HartinHand

   Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

   • Not Rated
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   03 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Mike Wheeler/Original Male Character(s)
   • Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler
   • Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair
   • Mike Wheeler
   • Maxine "Max" Mayfield
   • Lucas Sinclair
   • Dustin Henderson
   • Will Byers
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Joyce Byers
   • Jonathan Byers
   • Nancy Wheeler
   • Holly Wheeler
   • Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things)
   • Karen Wheeler
   • Slow Burn
   • Gay Mike Wheeler
   • Drag Queens
   • 80's Music
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Latino Character
   • White women writing Latino gay character
   • Running Away
   • California
   • Platonic Maxine "Max" Mayfield & Mike Wheeler
   • Older Sibling Jonathan Byers
   • Mike Wheeler Has a Crush on Eddie Munson

   Summary

   Mike Wheeler has been packing his bag for a long time, long before he even know it. Until one day he snaps and leaves. In a journey of self discovery, Mike Wheeler accepts himself, along the way he meets Drag Queens, catty old ladies, the wonders of cultures, a snot nosed kid like him and a boy who make his heart flutter.

   OR

   Mike Wheeler learns some about Queer Culture and lives with a Drag Queen and falls in love with the boy in his class.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,040

   Chapters:

   4/20

   Comments:

   2

   Kudos:

   12

   Hits:

   69