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Part 1 of Stranger Things watch-it series.
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2024-01-26
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2025-11-26
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The Viewing Room (A Stranger Things watch-it fic)

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Summary:

What happens when an unknown force pulls the Stranger Things character's out of their daily life to react to Hawkins, Summer, 1985?

Disoriented, tired and with no way out, they have no choice to do what the unknown force says.

How will this effect them, will it strengthen relationships, or break them?

Will trauma be a bitch? Will they be forced to face their feelings?

Chapter 1: Prologue

Notes:

Hey *awkwardly inserts myself* I know I have another fic to be working on but I recently read one of these and I loved it so... haha. I promise I'll work on the other one soon. I'm just abandoning it for a bit. I'll come back. They are watching season three in this. I will also do season four. This is after the events of season 3 so the Byers have just moved, Max has just started distancing herself, etc.
A/N: This fic is going to be centred around all the characters, but the ones I will mainly focus on are Will, Robin, Steve, Mike, Erica, Dustin and Max just because what they each went through are different from the others and not talked about enough.
Ladies and Gentlethem, I present to you... The First Chapter!

A/N #2: It's been a while since updating the start note, so, here we go! Scratch what I said above, everyone gets their time in the spotlight. Everyone went through different things, and we really focus on each of them! We do not hate Jopper, they're just so motherfucking hard to write. The update schedule is really, very slow at the moment. Pytho and I live in very different countries, so the time zone is extremely different. It also doesn't help that we're both back at school, and Pythoness needs to spend most of their time studying. We are NOT planning on stopping anytime soon, we plan to do s4 as well! Thank you for all the kudos and comments, you have no idea how much they make our day. Shout out to 0Eleana0, their comments are amazing and the only reason Pytho and I aren't going batshit insane! We love you guys so much, enjoy your time with us!

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

The room slowly came into focus, blackness fading to light. Everyone was vaguely aware of a dull pain in the lower half of their body, probably from the stone floor they fell on. There was a collective bunch of groans as the strange group got up and helped each other from the floor. The group looked around the strange place they were in. It was a large dark room, only illuminated by torches on the walls. There was a long corridor that seemed to lead to other rooms, maybe others were in there? The room they were currently in was simple, a kitchen off to the side, a wooden table with a note on it, and a television with chairs and a sofa.

 

"Where the fuck are we?" One of the group members asks. She has short, dirty blonde hair and is wearing a blue Adidas tracksuit with white stripes and a name tag that read Robin Buckley. The rest of her friends shook their heads in response, not knowing. Robin looks around to check that everyone is safe and notices that not everyone is wearing the same thing. Erica Sinclair, Steve Harrington and Dustin Henderson are wearing the same thing as she is but, the others were all wearing something different. Joyce Byers, Murray Bauman and Jim Hopper are wearing a khaki green Adidas tracksuit with muddy brown stripes while Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, Lucas Sinclair, Eleven Hopper, Max Mayfield, Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler are wearing a deep red tracksuit with black stripes. Although a few of the others had different coloured stripes. For example, Eleven and Max have bright, different coloured ones, while Nancy and Jonathan have purple. The whole thing seems very carefully coded.

El steps forward when she sees her dad and hugs him tightly, trying to keep the tears out of her eyes. "I thought you were dead." She whispers, her voice broken. Hopper hugs her back just as tightly. "I know, I know. We'll talk later, okay? First we need to figure out what's happening." 

‘Is everyone okay?’ Joyce asked. The group nodded their heads and turned their attention to the wooden table with the note. Max stepped forward to read it out.

 

 

Greetings, friends.

Welcome to the Viewing Room. For the week or two, as a group you will all relive the events of summer, 1985. The television in the middle of the room is what will be used to show these events. As you have probably noticed, not all of you are wearing the same out fit. I specifically colour-coded these outfits due to the groups you were in throughout these affairs. For Robin Buckley, Steve Harrington, Erica Sinclair and Dustin Henderson, we have blue tracksuits with white stripes to represent your time at Scoops Ahoy Ice-cream Parlour. For Joyce Byers, Murray Bauman and Jim Hopper, we have khaki green tracksuits with muddy brown stripes to represent your time trying to take down the Soviet Army. For Will Byers, Mike Wheeler and Lucas Sinclair, we have deep red tracksuits with black stripes to represent the Mind Flayer in it’s flesh form and shadow form. For Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler we have the same red with purple stripes to represent your time spent with Mrs. Driscoll. And finally, for Eleven Hopper and Max Mayfield we have, once again, the same red with different coloured stripes to represent your time spent at Starcourt Mall. The rules are quite simple, you are permitted to watch up to 2 episodes per day, no more. At the end of the hallway you will find three rooms with your names on them which will be your designated rooms for the next month. You are only permitted to go into you own rooms, no one else’s. You may notice there are locked doors which under any circumstances you are NOT to go into. You may occasionally hear voices coming from these doors, do not worry about it. There is food in the cupboards and fridge. You have twenty minutes to prepare for the first episode.

 

  • Your Friend. 

 

 

The friends glance around at each other nervously, are they really going to have to live through the events that they tried so hard to forget? Joyce is the first one to speak.

 

"Everyone. I know this is going to be hard, but if we wanna get out of here, we going to have to do it. Okay?"

 

She tells them. They all nod their heads and Joyce pulls them into a group hug. 

 

"We can do this." The woman says as they settle onto the chairs and sofa. Lucas picks up the remote and anxiously asks if they can count down with him.

 

"Three, Two, One." They say. Lucas presses play.

Notes:

Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed.
This fic is probably going to have a very slow update schedule because I have school (🙄) but if you stick with me until the end I shall love you forever.
IMPORTANT:
For a few of the earlier chapters, I wrote them by myself. Later on I have Pythoness helping me as well. Things are a bit iffy at the moment, we're working out the finer details. If anything's confusing you, please don't hesitate to ask! Pythoness and I kind of have a "fuck it, we ball." mentality while writing this, so, yeah. The writing style changes quite a LOT, so sorry if you get whiplash or something. Pythoness is an amazing writer and person, and they deserve all the love! Pytho, I couldn't be more grateful to know and be friends with them. Pythoness, you're amazing! Everyone give them love!

ALSO IMPORTANT :)

Hey, Pythoness here. So, basically, the chapters before Apologies were written by Hawkins alone, and the chapters from here on out(here being after Apologies.) was the two of us! Everybody, thank Hawkins for letting me get my grubby mitts all over their fic. They're a great person and so totally rock, I don't think I could ask for a better co-author, especially one that matches me and lets me have as much creative freedom as they do. So make sure you guys let them know how cool they are! They deserve it! Happy reading you guys! We hope you enjoy the "show" :)