𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎/𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚜

never surrender

*s3 spoilers + this won't make sense if you haven't seen s3 yet lol*

"so if your lost and on your own
you can never surrender
and if your path won't lead you home
you can never surrender."

mileven

November 20th, 1985

third person pov.

el plopped down on the creaky old mattress. sighing and inwardly cringing at the awful squeaky sound. she looked around at the small room that surrounded her, she missed her old room.

the one that was filled with drawings and posters. sure, she had gone back with the party to get some of the stuff from the destroyed cabin that the mind flayer had torn apart.

it hurt, stepping inside of that old wooden door, the glass covering the floor. the floor covered with leaves after three months of exposure to the wildlife. she missed it.

she gone back with everyone to get her stuff and get out as joyce packed up hoppers stuff. that only made els heart break more. the thought of her dad.

gone.

it broke her in more ways than one.

she couldn't describe the feeling. it was hard.

she looked around the walls that had stuff from her old room. her home. she saw drawings and pictures with her friends. the poster that mike had given her of the bird that he had once told her about.

god she missed him.

every fiber of her wanted to be with him, wanted to see him. to even just be in his presence would be a blessing to her.

she hadn't seen him in a couple of months. to normal people that was just a couple months to eleven it was entirely to long. it was forever.

mike felt the same way too, his need to be with el taking over every second of everyday. it was hard to even focus sometimes.

but she didn't know that.

she knew that she missed him and needed to be with him. even talking to him. as if on cue joyce walked by her room, knocking on the door frame. "el?" she asked, snapping the young girl out of her thoughts.

"yes?" she said looking up with a hopeful smile.

"phone." joyce said as el felt excitement make her stand up from the bed she was sitting on.

"mike?" el asked hopefully.

"yes honey. it's mike." joyce said softly with a smile, el just ran out of her room past joyce, almost knocking the woman over. el ran to where the phone was located, seeing will holding the phone up to his ear.

she tilted her head with confusion.

why was will talking to mike?

"will. phone please." el said towards the boy putting her hand out, grabbing at the air as if gesturing for him to just hand it over.

"dude i don't think she-" will started teasing el. she just jumped on his back, trying to grab the phone from his grasp.

"give me the phone." she said tackling will. he was trying to bend out of her grasp until she successfully grabbed it and tore it out of his hands. she put the phone up to her ear as will sat her back down on the ground.