𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐒 | mileven oneshots.

just breathe

el picked at her painted fingernails, mike admiring her as the two walked down the hallways of hawkins high school.

ever since mike and eleanor met in third grade, mike found himself falling more in love with her each and every day.

el, being the oblivious person she was, denied all the 'rumors' that he liked her.

in fact, she found the accusations funny.
it was hard to imagine herself dating her best friend.

el's fingers now tapped rhythmically on her honors biology textbook, not fully paying attention as she thought about miscellaneous subjects.

she peered down, and noticed that both of the teenagers feet lightly brushed the ground with each step they took.

her wandering thoughts came to a halt as she heard heavy breathing beside her.

she whipped her head around to face mike, who looked distraught and panicked.

she looked into his eyes, her mouth slightly agape.

"hey, you okay, mike?" she asked.

his breathing became even heavier as he grasped his shirt, tears starting to form in his eyes.

the horrific realization overwhelmed her,
he was having a panic attack.

she lightly tugged on his arm, and dragged him to a locker room near them.

"just breathe." she frantically repeated as she sat him down on the ground.
his eyes dodged around the room.

"i can't." he sobbed.
she rested her fragile hand on his face.
"you can, just breathe, mike." she exclaimed.

he slowly shook his head in denial, his eyes finally meeting hers.

not knowing what to do, an urge overcame her.

without warning, she grabbed his face and collided her lips into his.

her eyes fluttered closed, but his stayed wide open in shock and joy.

slowly he eased into the kiss, resting his once trembling hand on her neck, lightly closing his eyes.

she continued to deepen the kiss in an attempt to calm the flustered boy down, but finally pulled away after a few seconds.

his eyes remained close, longing for her lips on his own again.

she was the first to open her eyes, her jaw slacked.

once he opened his eyes, he was dumbfounded.
"h-how did you do that?" he removed his hand from her neck.

"i-i read in an article once," she muttered.
"that when someone has a panic attack.. they should hold their breath."

he looked into her chocolate brown eyes.
"so when i k-kissed you... you held your breath." she stated, her cheeks becoming rosy.

he tried to hide his smile.
"i did?" he questioned.

he was too mesmerized with her lips during the kiss, that he didn't realize he stopped breathing.

"yeah.. you did." she smiled.
he returned the grin, still missing her slightly chapped lips that lingered on his own.

"uhm, thanks."
she chuckled at his words.
"yeah, no problem." she smirked.

she grabbed his hand and lifted him off of the cold, concrete ground.

"come on, we don't want to be late for biology."
"y-yeah, totally." he traced his thumb along her hand, not letting go.

this was inspired by stydia because that was my first ship and im still emo !!  sorry this was short.
happy Mother's Day! fun fact: i actually hate this holiday because my grandma that hates me comes over oops.
and thank you guys so much for 5k, that's insane!
-linds