The (Finally) Happy Life of El Byers-Hopper ✅

CHAPTER TEN: MIKE WHEELER

THE (FINALLY) HAPPY LIFE OF EL BYERS-HOPPER
CHAPTER TEN: MIKE WHEELER

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Mike Wheeler, El's favourite person on the planet, took her in and fell in love with her as he did. El would be forever grateful for Mike taking her in on that November night in 1983. Mike did everything for her, and all he asked for in return was her love.

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31st October - 1st November 1984

If you told Mike Wheeler, that the girl he had fallen for wholeheartedly, would come back Halloween night. He'd spend the whole night searching for her, screaming her name at the top of his lungs.

And if you were there that Halloween night, as he found her. You'd see the young teen watch as El fell to the ground only for him to catch her as her tired body hit the ground.

El was curled up in Mike's arms, and Mike was curled up around her. And, right here right now, is where he wants to stay.

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7th November 1989

Mike was sat on his chair, watching his new bride dance on the dancefloor with her best friend/maid of honour, Max. He looked and saw his 4 best friends, having a dance off. His little sister/flower girl was happily eating her third piece of their wedding cake. Their parents were happily chatting about something. And his father was sleeping in a chair.

It kind of sucked that his own father was asleep at his wedding. His father never welcomed El into the Wheeler family with open arms, however, his mom made her feel part of the family perfectly. El's parents had welcomed Mike in with open arms before they even met - because El uses to be a Byers.

But now she's a Wheeler.

Mike took another look at his beautiful bride and smiled, she looked beautiful in her white dress and her curly, brown hair pulled up in her bridal updo.

He knew Max had given El a book of 'Letters to the Bride' and Mike had written a long letter for his (then) fiancé. His letter to his bride was 3 pages long - double sided.

El turned around and her eyes locked with Mike's, she let go of Max's hands and ran across the dance floor (almost tripping over her heels) and into his arms.

Mike let out a grunt as his bride practically jumped into his arms, but Mike quickly steadied. He'd gained some mussels slowly over time, and he was now able to carry his other half.

"Did we actually just get married today?" El asks, grinning the back of her new husband's neck.

"Yeah, we did, baby," Mike said happily, even if the monsters they faced as young teens (Dr. Martin Brenner, the Demogorgon and the Tesslahydra) he would never take his eyes of his blushing bride.

"I just want to go on our little holiday, me and you in that old cabin dad let me stay in," El said, shifting closer as a slow song was played over the stereo. The slowly swayed back and forth, in their own little bubble.

The cabin meant a lot to the newly married couple. Days after the Demogorgon died, El was back in Hawkins, Hopper finding her and kept her sheltered in the abandoned cabin in the woods. Sure, Mike flipped his lid when he found out that El was home since the Demogorgon died, but she was home.

And that's all that matters.

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Published: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Word count: 585 words