on and off - mike wheeler

fifteen

"you're so dead hardenbrook! you're dead."

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october, 1984

"ELEVEN" mike whispered.

"mike." eleven gasped.

they immediately walked up to each other, and just hugged.

they just stayed like that.

"is that.." y/n asked, slightly annoyed.

"i never gave up on you." mike tells eleven. "i called you every night. every night for-"

"353 days." eleven finishes his sentence. "i heard."

y/n moved some of her hair away from her face, since she was uncomfortable.

"y/n/n, you okay?" melissa asks y/n.

y/n turned to melissa.

"huh? yeah, yeah, i'm fine. i'm fine." y/n replied.

"why didn't you tell me you were there?" mike asks eleven. "that you were okay?"

"because i wouldn't let her." hopper intervenes.

mike let's go of eleven, and immediately turns to hopper.

"the hell is this? where've you been?" hopper asks eleven.

"where have you been?" eleven asks him.

hopper pulls eleven into a hug, and eleven hugs him back.

"you've been hiding her.." mike realizes. "you've been hiding her this whole time!"

mike then shoves hopper.

"hey!" hopper stops mike. "let's talk. alone."

mike gives in, and then they went to another room.

eleven went up to lucas and dustin, then hugged them.

"we missed you." lucas tells her.

"i missed you too." eleven said.

"we talked about you pretty much everyday." dustin adds.

eleven backs away from dustin and has a confused look on her face, then touches his mouth.

"teeth." el says.

"what?" dustin asks.

"you have teeth." el realizes.

"oh, you like these pearls?" dustin jokes, then does a weird purring sound, making lucas' smile disappear.

"eleven?" melissa says as her and melissa walk up to the girl.

"hey. um, i'm max, and this is melissa." max introduces.