through the phone | mileven texting au

thirty-seven

hop 🐰

Kid

hiiiii
daddd
i was thinking of getting tacos for a change
what do you think?
wait
why are you texting me?
WORK YOU OLD MAD 😤😤😤😤
i'm just kidding
don't yell at me please 🥺
you're not old at all 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Kid, i'm coming home now
We need to talk

why?
is everything okay?
dad, you're scaring me

Everything is good
We need to talk about something
I'm arriving in 15

okay
drive safe please ❤️
(delivered 4:28pm)

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"el! where are you? i'm home!" hoppers voice echoed through the house

"i'm in my room!" el shouts as hopper runs up to her room

"afternoon dad, how are you today?" el asks sarcastically, waving her arms since she was laying on her bed

"el, i need to talk to you about something." he grabs a chair and sets it besides her bed, sitting on it

"what is it?" she tilts her head sweetly

"so i got a call today.... it was from murray." he tells her

she furrows her eyebrows, "w-who's murray?" she asks softly and in confusion

"he's the chief of police in hawkins, a old friend of mine. he called saying he needs my help on this case that he has been working on for months. el, we need to go to hawkins." he says, reaching for her hand

she gasps, letting out a small breath, "w-what? we're moving? f-for how long? i can't leave dad!" she starts to panic

"el, it's just for a while. a few months, tops. you know me, i'm smart. it'll be quick." he chuckles trying to lighten the mood

"a few months? what about school? what about liv? what about mom!?" she whispers

"honey, calm down." he moves to the bed, pulling her into a hug from the side, "you'll go to school there. it'll be really quick, i promise."

"but what about hockey? d-dad i can't just leave, i can't just leave." she starts to sob as he hugs her tighter

"we can't just leave, i'm scared dad. what if it makes me worse? i can't just leave." she mutters

"el, it'll all be okay. i'll be there with you. i know it's a new place but hawkins is beautiful and everyone there is so nice and sweet. you'll go to school there till i finish with work and then we'll come back." he whispers

"but what if they hate me? d-dad, what if they find out that i'm not normal?" her voice cracks as he rubs her arm

"el, if you seriously don't want this, i can tell murray. we can just stay here." he says

"n-no dad, it's your work. i can't get into the way of your things once again! dad, we're gonna go, i just don't know what to do." she whispers

he nods understandingly, "i know. i don't expect you to know how to interact with new people quickly and i know you don't do well with sudden changes. but it's only for a few months and we're outta there."