Read Mike Wheeler: Birthday from the story Stranger Things Imagines by FinnyFinnEh ( SMUSHY ) with 3,646 reads. In the assault, the Mind Flayer grabbed El by the leg with one of his tentacles. The boys were preparing to leave when they unexpectedly met El and Max. Mike and his friends had a great relationship with their school science teacher, Mike had a great deal of respect for Bob, given his significant contribution to the funding and raising of Hawkins Middle AV Club from the ground up, along with his close friendship with Will. He then told everyone, sans Max, to meet in the AV room. Mike promised that he wouldn't tell anyone about Will's vision as Will did not think that the others would understand. He invited El to be his date to the As part of an agreement with Dr. Brenner to gain passage through the Gate, Hopper revealed El and the boys' location to laboratory officials. The four took Eleven and ran in panic to Mr. Clarke's classroom, where Mike tried to comfort her by promising that he would go to the Snow Ball with her.
Mike was also the only one out of his friends to stay with Will in the lab when he was suffering from memory loss and was manipulated by the Mind Flayer to kill them, proving that he was always ready to put himself in harm's way to protect his friends. Mike and El were reunited and Mike watched as El tried to comfort distressed Max over Billy's death. Later, they became friends with Lucas Sinclair. Immediately after, El entered the room and announced she had found Billy situated in his room. Hopper, carrying Will, guides Mike and Joyce out of the lab.Once Will was unconscious, the group took refuge in a surveillance room, where they witnessed the lab being overrun by Demodogs before the power went out. His undying love and concern for her were also explicit when he endeavored to convince the group to distract the Demodogs from Eleven, defying Steve's orders, as well as keeping his promise to her by attending the Snow Ball. With their help, Eleven manages to close the Gate.
Mike suggested to Eleven that she and Will return to Hawkins for Christmas as he thought that it would be fun to open their presents together on Christmas Day.
In 1984, Mike went with Will, Joyce, and Bob to rescue Hopper in the However, in 1985, Hopper and Mike weren't on good terms again, especially when Hopper was irritated with how much time his adopted daughter, Eleven, spends time being with Mike. He continued to visit Will every day while he was in the hospital, but when Will was finally released to go home, he along with his friends were temporarily forbidden from seeing him. El apologized, claiming she was the monster for having opened the Gate. When Eleven awoke, she stumbled along the hallways of the Middle School to find Mike. After successfully evading the creature, Mike, El, and Max managed to escape through the back doors located in The Gap, while the remaining group escaped through the front out to the car, distracting the Mind Flayer in the process. As the group reached out of the tunnels, they witnessed the lights glowing brightly, indicating that Eleven managed to close the Gate. Back in the infirmary, Will informed Mike of a way they could possibly stop the Shadow Monster. After being freed from the creature’s grasp, El severed the Mind Flayer’s head in half, temporarily incapacitating him and allowing the group to escape. He told him that he would never join another party, resulting in a big smile from Mike. The three had to leave Mike's house quickly when Lucas informed them over the radio that the 'bad men' where coming. Later, Mike told what had happened to Lucas, who was disappointed by his actions and advised him to get El a gift to make it up to her. With Billy blockading the mall’s parking lot, the group was forced to retreat back into the mall. While everyone agreed it was a trap, El made the decision to return to Billy in the Void and through his memories, discovered Seeing that the Mind Flayer was headed toward the cabin, the group prepared for battle. I had no friends...and I just felt so alone and so scared but...I saw you on the swings and you were alone, too. Additionally, Mike displayed strong morale and courage when he confronted Troy about his joke of Will's presumed death, showing just how much he cares for his friends. She used the last of her remaining power to disintegrate the Demogorgon, disappearing to the Upside Down in the process. When they investigated further, they surmised that Heather’s parents had been attacked, tied up, and taken to an unknown location where they were flayed. When Nancy and Jonathan arrived and explained At the Holloway residence, they found that the inhabitants had consumed several household chemicals. Three months later, Will says goodbye to Mike before he and his family move out of Hawkins. Mike, Lucas, and Will went to the Starcourt Mall to find a suitable present, however, their search yielded no results. In the original plan, Mike also had a birthmark on his cheek, but the Duffers decided to remove it as they thought him being natural was better.Due to sickness, Wolfhard had to film the entire audition tape for Stranger Things from his bed. Moreover, when Eleven disintegrated the Demogorgon and vanished away, Mike was severely traumatized by her disappearance and struggled. The surviving agents were distracted and were forced to release El and the boys. A rift grew between Lucas and the two other boys as they continued to argue about Eleven.