Stranger Things: Rebuilding: Book 2

by Assassin master ezio 91

Not long after her previous misadventures, El finds herself struggling with her growing feelings, meanwhile the rest of the group begin to get more involved, Mike continues to face issues and El faces yet more danger, from one particular gang member as well as those watching her and something altogether more, unexpected.

8. Mike's Diary 1

Stranger Things: Rebuilding

Chapter 8 of my Stranger Things story, enjoy. A bit of a change this time, a diary entry yes, but not Eleven's.

Reviews

Boris Yeltsin: Thanks, yeah, at least Mike knows, his mother's happy with him simply being who he is.
JaynetheFawn: Not exactly neutralized, but it is a hefty warning for sure. Yeah, it's a lot for him to be dealing with, so Karen's words at least meant a lot to him.
Wolfgirl2013: Thanks :)

Now onto the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Stranger Things or its characters.

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Mike's Diary #1

I sometimes wonder how things got to this stage. It's like I never knew my dad at all. It was bad enough when I was younger, when he just so...absent. Here but not really caring or doing anything. At least, not doing anything he didn't feel like doing. I remember him being so, disappointed when he found out I wasn't athletically inclined in the slightest. Mom didn't mind, in fact I'm sure she's still got my elementary and middle school science fair trophies stashed somewhere. Dad merely saw them as some consolation to not having a Super-bowl ring to decorate the sideboard. Yet he always left it at that, never tried to push me to do something I wasn't interested in, never tried to force me to join a sports team before. It's like all of a sudden it's important I'm doing what he wants me to do now. Like he's only just realized that I'm not...fulfilling this image he has for his son.

It makes me wonder, if the reason mom and dad are fighting so much now, is because of me. They fight because dad is disappointed I'm not the son he wants and mom tries to defend me. Dad's words today were, he thinks just because I'm not some macho jock that I clearly don't like girls or something. Yet I can't even tell them about my crush on El, all the problems that would cause, especially as she likes Eric Gibson and not me. My friends say I should tell her how I feel, but I don't know. Could I take the rejection she'll definitely give me, could I risk our friendship like that.

I wish I could answer any of these questions, but the fact is, I can't. All I know for now is, my parents are fighting and it's clearly affecting them more than I thought, this could be about more, could affect their entire marriage. But even if that's the case, I know that my main priority is simple, I have to protect Holly from seeing the worst of this, no matter what.

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End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.