defensive - mike wheeler

nine

"ELEVEN" mike whispered.

"mike." eleven gasped, in relief.

they immediately walked up to each other, and embraced each other in a tight hug.

"is that.." y/n asked.

"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."

"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, in anger.

"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.

"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?" y/n says as her and max walks up to the girl.

"hey. um, i'm max, this is y/n.
." max introduces.

"i've heard a lot about you." y/n adds with a smile.

eleven just walks right past max and y/n, ignoring them.

eleven went up to joyce, to hug her.

"hey, hey, sweetheart." joyce whispers.

"can i see him?" el asks joyce, referring to will.

joyce sighs, they walk into the room where will was laying unconscious.

"he's not doing well." joyce tells el.

"i know." el softly replies. "i saw."

"what else did you see?" joyce asks the girl.