BROKEN ➵ Future Mileven (Completed)

seventeen.

➵CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
'i love the stars. they remind me of your freckles'
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"can you be careful, dustin?" lucas snapped.

"just tell me! right or left?"

"uh- left! left!", lucas looked up from the map, "dustin! that's not left you idiot!"

"you said right!"

"no i didn't!"

"yes you did!"

"i think putting dustin and lucas as conductors wasn't a good idea" max rolled her eyes.

"maybe you're right" will sighed, looking back at the back seats of the mini van.

mike was laying down, el between his legs and her head on his chest, looking out the window. mike ran his fingers through her curls whilst he had a cigarette on his lips.

he usually didn't smoke. maybe once per month, that was really it.

will coughed.

"mike you really had to smoke now, didn't you?"

mike looked at him and took another puff as he shrugged.

will sighed and turned to max.

"mike?" el said

"mhm?" he asked, focused on her hair.

"why do you smoke?"

mike sighed as he inhaled one last time and took the cigarette out of his mouth, throwing it away through the window. he sat up a little and pulled el up with him, pressing her back against his chest.

"i used to smoke a lot more before. i don't know. i guess, you know- when- when i was sad. i guess i got addicted"

"so it's my fault" she mumbled.

"no. it's not your fault. why would it be? can we," he sighed, "can we just leave the past behind and try to, you know, move on? you're back, that's what matters the most to me right now"

el was fiddling with his hand, both were tightly wrapped against her waist.

"okay" she said.

mike smiled and kissed her head. his grin widened as he saw her cheeks rising, signalizing she was also smiling.

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the gang was sitting down around a fireplace in the woods. they were chatting, laughing and occasionally singing.

el placed her head on mike's shoulder, smiling at max's story.

a few minutes later, el had walked alone not to far away from where everyone was, to watch the stars. stars weirdly fascinated her.

she was way to lost in her own mind when a pair of arms hugged her from behind, making her slightly jump but quickly calming down when she felt mike's face snuggling onto the crook of her neck.

"what are you doing here, alone?" he asked against her skin.

"i was just watching.. the stars" she said silently.

mike looked up to the sky, millions of little bright dots illuminated them. the sight was really beautiful.

"i love the stars.", she turned her head to him, ending up so close to each other that their noses almost bumped, "they remind me of your freckles" she bopped his cheek with her finger.

mike let out a chuckle before pecking her lips. their foreheads rested against each other, their eyes closed.

"el?"

"mhm?"

"remember how before, at the van, i said smoking became my addiction?"

el opened her eyes in confusion.

"yeah"

mike opened his eyes to meet hers.

"well, i think you became my new addiction"

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-b