the well deserved ending mike and el was meant to have. "•I never gave up•"

For eighteen months, Hawkins mourned Eleven Hopper as a hero lost to the darkness. Mike Wheeler was the only one who knew she was still alive. After hiding and healing in Iceland, Mike and Eleven return to Hawkins-not to sneak back into their old lives, but to face them. As the town, their friends, and their families come face-to-face with the impossible truth, Eleven must prove she's more than a memory, and Mike must finally stop carrying the secret alone. A story about coming home, being believed, and what it means to survive when the world thinks you're gone.