It's been five years since Will was rescued from the Upside Down. More importantly to Michael Wheeler, it's been five years since Eleven disappeared. Ask anyone and they'll tell you Mike was never the same after El left. He became depressed and sad, and after a while he faded away from the group. But what if one person could have brought El back to Mike and didn't on purpose? (Full description inside) Promise it's better than it sounds

𝒊. 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 ╱ a 𝐬𝐭 social media au ⋆˚࿔ ✶ﾠ 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇. . . the party decides to kick off the start of summer by taking a road trip to L.A. let's just say that some serious shit's about to go down... [ social media modern au ] ( 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 | ON-GOING ) ©️ 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚, 2026 ˚.༄

The hardest words weren't "I love you"-they were "I promise." Mike Wheeler never thought he'd have to choose between keeping his life and keeping his word. Yet now, trapped in the terrifying reality of the Upside Down, survival is a countdown. With every step taken alongside a mysterious stranger who seems to know how to fight the impossible, Mike feels his mind fraying under Vecna's influence. He has to get back. Not just to his friends, but to Eleven, who is fighting her own battle thousands of miles away. Mike realises that the only thing stronger than the monsters trying to tear the world apart is the promise he never got to keep. To survive, Mike must become the leader he never knew he could be, because if he fails, he won't just lose his life-he'll lose her forever.

When Eleven vanished after she defeated the demogorgon, Mike thought he would never see her again. Every day for almost a year he would call her, waiting for a reply but never got one. Until the day she walked through the door of the Byers house. This story takes place during the snowball and after. I do not own any of these characters but the plot is mine.

Mikes completely different. The gang separated and el is gone. Until one day changed everything. - ~ Terrible Plot ~

After the Battle of Hawkins, Eleven is displaced in a foreign land meanwhile Mike deals with the grief over the love of his life. As the pair enter the trails and triumph's of adulthood, three thousand miles away from each other, build new lives and careers, they both still think of each other often. Yet, are under the impression they will never see each other again. The angst and yearning for someone who can barely exist to you is a feeling unlike either of them have ever experienced. Bug the real question is, with the government still after El and Mike having no idea where she is, will they ever find their way back to each other? Or will they truly never see each other again?

el's been kept away from the world for the past seventeen years. until one day, a boy quite literally stumbles into her life, a boy who might just be able to show her everything she's missed out on ✿ inspired by the movie!