(lowercase intended also there is actual dialogue from the series in here that i do not own it is from netflix and if you haven't seen the season yet then don't read and stop right now)
she was in her room at the cabin trying to find billy. mike, lucas, max, will, nancy and jonathan we're out in the living room thinking of what to do.
she had piles of bloody tissues next to her from her nose as she used her powers going into the void. she heard shouting and arguing between mike, and max. she took the blindfold off, and wiped her nose one last time as she got up to go out and tell them that she found billy.
but something stopped her from doing so-
"i'm just trying to demonstrate how careless max is with eleven's powers. in fact, how careless all of you are. you're treating her like some kind of machine when she's not a machine, and i don't want her to die looking for the flayed when they've obviously vanished off the face of the earth. so can we please come up with a new plan because i love her and i can't lose her again."
she stops moving.... mike loves me...?
(flashback)
"well im stunned i-i don't know what to think."
"then to love me."
"oh yes of course i love you, it's just- it's just that it's so sudden i mean it's not like you."
"erica i am this way because of you."
"me?"
"mhmm you have made me wild and impetuous."
"people are going to be aghast."
"hahahah i love it."
ever since she heard that word on the tv she's always wondered what it meant..
"what does it mean the word love?" she just asks hopper in the early morning as he drank his coffee
he chokes at her question getting some coffee on his shirt "son of a bitch." he mumbles as he gets a rag and tries to get the stain out
"what kid?"
"love? i..i heard it on there.." she points towards the tv
"oh uh why?" he gave up trying to get the stain out as he just ruined a shirt
she simply shrugs her shoulders her small curls bouncing up as she lets them back down "want to know.."
he sighs and sits on the couch moving papers and pats the spot next to him, she shyly sits next to him looking at her hands
he looks up and groans rubbing his hands on his face harshly "love..hmm it's a feeling... a weird undescribable feeling that happens in here." he points to his chest right where his heart is and she does the same a little confused
"i guess it's when...someone makes you happy. they make you laugh. try their hardest to make sure you're safe. they care about you...they never leave your mind..." he was now looking in the distance as if he was thinking really hard, his hand on his chin, his eyes soft, a small smile appearing on his scruffy face
"it makes you say stupid stuff, makes you jealous and sometimes angry. you want them all to yourself..but sometimes that can be unfair-selfish even.. you have to let them be their own person, let them grow."
