"mike?" mike's mom knocked on his door.
"yeah?" he responded from his bed.
karen walked in the room. "it's time." she smiled sadly.
mike's heart broke in two. he silently sat up from his bed.
"you okay?" she asked.
"yeah." mike responded.
"no." he thought.
they both walked downstairs together. mike stayed by the staircase while his mom went and answered the door.
an adult male, maybe 45 years old stood at the door. he had a mixture of grey and brown hair - on the top of his head and a bit under his nose. he had a bit of a potbelly, and his face was shiny with sweat. he gave mike the creeps as soon as he saw him.
the man stepped into the house. "hi." he smiled showing his yellow teeth.
"hello. i'm karen." karen smiled back.
"dan." he replied. "where's the girl?" he asked, trying to sound funny.
"mike?" his mom asked.
mike nodded and ran downstairs. el was still sitting on the ground packing some clothes into the suitcase mike gave her.
"hey, el." mike sat next to her.
"hi." she said as she folded another shirt and put it into the suitcase.
"he'll buy you clothes, you know." mike giggled as eleven grabbed another pair of pants and struggled to squeeze it into the bag. eleven shrugged and tried to zip up her suitcase. it was way too full, so mike had to remove some clothing items.
mike stood up and grabbed the suitcase before walking upstairs with eleven.
"eleanor, this is your new dad." karen said. nobody really wanted to explain to him that her name was eleven and that she had super powers, so they just went with eleanor.
el stayed behind mike and forced a smile.
"well, lets go kiddo!" dan said.
eleven nodded shakily and slowly walked out from behind mike and into dan's view.
"what happened to the blonde curls i saw in the picture?" he asked with a laugh.
shoot. karen forgot to send him a picture of el without the wig.
"we.... had to shave it off. she had, uh, head lice." mike quickly said.
dan shrugged. eleven walked to the door and put on her shoes.
"you ready?" dan said.
eleven nodded, even though she really wanted to shake her head no.
mike handed el the suitcase. she shyly smiled before lunging forward and hugging him. she squeezed him so hard, and he could tell how nervous she was about leaving.
"it'll be okay... i'll be able to see you at school, remember? you start tomorrow." mike said trying to cheer her up. she didn't say anything back.
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i lied || mileven
Fanfictioneleven has to be adopted. mike and eleven decided it would be better if eleven got adopted by another family, so they could be together. an unknown hawkins habitant filled in the adoption forms instead. when mike sees eleven in the halls at school...