Alright I hit a bit of a creative block with Return to Normal but I have really been wanting to do an AU where Mike vs Hopper gets real. I feel like stories usually either a) Mike and Hopper compromise to some varying degree or b) Mike submits to varying degrees. This AU is where neither of those scenarios happen. This will be an AU based on the first few chapters of return to normal except it deviates in chapter 3-3 part 2. Chapter 4 would also be considered "canon" for this AU story as it was a flash back to before chapter 1. I will use some of the same lines from chapter 3 part 2 in the beginning just to help with the story flow. Hope everyone enjoys it! Don't know how long this story will last but I don't think I've seen anyone go this route. Also by the way if this first chapter makes me seem like I don't like Hopper just know I love Hopper!

Chapter 1

This takes place about 2 months after the snowball, Hopper only allows weekend visits and on Friday it can be just Mike and El but only when Hoppers there and the only alone time they are allowed is short walks around the house, during one of these short walks is when Mike introduced El to the joys of making out.

On a Thursday Mike decided to go sneak off and see El again. This time he didn't really have the excuse that his friends were busy. After school they all wanted to go to the arcade but Mike said he was feeling really sick and acted like he was going home.

Instead Mike went straight to the cabin after school. The whole time he was riding he was just thinking about El. The more he thought about her the faster he could pedal. Mike made it to the cabin about 5 minutes faster than he did the last time.

Mike walked up to the door and knocked and then El opened the door and saw him. She didn't say anything she just jumped at him and started kissing him. Mike held her close and slowly pushed her inside so he could close the door while kissing her.

They slowly made their way to the couch and after a few minutes finally came up for air. "Wow! That's like the best hello ever!" Mike said with the biggest smile.

"It's my favorite thing Mike" El said with her face glowing.

"So what do you think we should do tonight El?"

"Let's go to my room and watch another movie" El took his hand and lead him to her room.

Mike looked through the movies he wanted to watch and eventually asked, "Have you ever seen Scarface?"

"No that's in the scary movie box I worry about watching those"

"Oh ok what do you want to watch?"

El thought to herself that since Mike likes kissing her so much he'd like a movie with that kind of stuff so she picked out Staying Alive.

Mike thought to himself you have to talk her into watching scaring movies or you'll be stuck watching chick flicks from now on, definitely have to get her to watch Star Wars.

So Mike and El got up in bed together like last time. It was quite awkward for Mike to be lying in bed with her but El seemed to be completely oblivious to this and she was just thrilled to be with him. Being by herself all day was very boring.

Mike and El laid next to each other very close with Mike's arm under her head and around her shoulder. As the movie went on Mike found himself very sleepy and he looked over at El and she was sleepy too. Eventually they couldn't keep their eyes open despite trying too and they fell asleep.

Hopper pulled up to the House and walked to the door and gave his usual knock. No answer. He jiggled the door knob and realized the door was unlocked. He thought to himself I'm gunna have to talk to that kid she must have been outside at some point.

Hopper walks in and yells "Hey kid I'm home, you left the door unlocked you know what I've said about that"

El and Mike woke up very groggy and El just responded to Hopper "bedroom… tired"

"Too tired for pizza? I brought pizza home!"

Mike quickly realized what was going in and he rolled off the bed and slid under it making a very loud noise.

"What the hell was that kid!" Hopper shouted.

Now El's face was red once she realized Hopper was home and if he caught Mike they'd be in so much trouble.

"Dropped something, its ok"

"Alright get out here and have dinner"

El walked out of her room and closed the door behind her. Hopper thought to himself that's weird. Hopper jokingly asked her "Are you hiding something in there?"

El quickly replied in a defensive voice, "NO"

Hopper now knew something was up. Hopper went over to her room and tried to open up the door but he quickly realized El was holding the door closed with her powers. "What the hell kid, what's going on in there?!"

Mike was trying to get out the window during this time but he made a bit of noise getting out of the window. When Hopper heard this he stopped trying to get into El's room and looked out the kitchen window and saw someone running away from the house.

Hopper tried to get out of the door but El kept him from opening the door. Hopper yelled at El "Let me out of this door right now!"

Mike stopped when he heard shouting. Mike thought to himself you know what I'm sick and tired of that bastard. He acts like he cares about El but it's just guilt he has no right to tell her what to do! Mike thought back to a conversation he had with Jonathan; Jonathan in his investigation of what was going on had put together that Hopper must have sold out El to save Will. Mike was willing to not mention it to anyone because of everything Hopper had done for her and the group after. But Mike was just plain sick of being apart and having to sneak around.

Mike knocked on the door and yelled in, "Let me back in!"

El released her lock on the door and Hopper opened the door and grabbed Mike by the collar and pulled him in. Mike grabbed Hoppers hand and threw it off of him. It was all Hopper could do to restrain himself from punching Mike.

"What the hell do you kids think you are doing! I trusted you guys to obey the rules and this is how you repay me!"

"Go blow yourself you stupid shitty ass bitch!"

"Excuse me what the hell did you just say" Hopper screamed. El was in complete shock and did not know what to say.

"You heard me you pussy ass bitch! I'm gunna be with El whenever me and El want to be together and if you have a problem with that you can go blow yourself!"

"Mike! Settle down!" El pleaded.

"Why should I settle down for this asshole and how the hell can this bitch have any right to you at all! Do you know what he did El? He sold you out to Brenner, that's how they knew we were at the school! If it wasn't for this dumb shit you might not have been sent back the upside down!"

El looked at Hopper in shock "What?!" Hopper was beside himself how did Mike know that, he didn't even confess that to Joyce.

"Ya and that's why he felt all guilty and tried to find you and put the food in that box. He feels guilty and that's fine but then he thinks he has any right to tell me and you what to do? He can go blow a horse for all care, stupid bastard!"

"Ok that's enough Mike, you take your ass home right now and get out of my house!"

Mike looked at him and flipped him off and said "Suck my dick you fat ass bastard!"

El was looking back and forth as this fight unfolded, she was in disbelief had Hopper really betrayed her. El spoke up, "Is it true? Did you really sell me out"

Hopper looked down in shame, "Yeah its true but I did it to save Will, I couldn't let him die I had to, and they told me the other boys would be alright"

"Yeah and your dumbass believed them, if it wasn't for El me, Dustin, and Lucas would be dead and it would be all your fault and now you try to tell me what to do, fat chance you stupid bitch!"

Hopper started shaking and got teary eyed, "I made mistakes kids, I'm sorry I don't know what to say but I'm sorry. I've tried to make up for it, to keep her safe. I'm really really sorry. But I am the adult I have to make these decisions. So I am giving you one chance, one chance to start over. 2 months grounding and an apology from everyone including me to you guys"

"Not a chance in hell" Mike said calmly with a most determined look.

"Then its six months and you can't come over even after that unless you personally apologize to me"

Mike looked over to El who was just slowly shaking her head and had her hand on her head just trying to process what was going on. Hopper betrayed her and Mike to save Will... was that ok? Mike didn't think it was ok and she knew Mike cared deeply about Will. She had spent so long with Hopper and grew to love him but Mike was the only one who showed absolute loyalty to her so how could Mike be in the wrong and deserving of punishment and how did she deserve punishment? El lifted her head up and walked over to Mike and held his hand, "NO!"

"You can't tell me no, I'm the parent you are a kid, we have discussed this!"

"If you won't let me and Mike be together then I don't want to live with you!"

"And who do you think you are going to live with? Mike? He doesn't have his own house his Mom will never let you live with him"

"I have a place we can go far from here, if Mike wants"

Mike looked at her "What?"

"We talked about someone when you were here before someone he doesn't know about, we can go if you want"

"So what you want to run away?" Mike asked

"Yes, lets go Mike"

"Hold up! You guys can't run away! I won't let you and even if you get away from me Mike's mom will call the police, there would be a state wide search for you guys!" Hopper said, "Just wait maybe I was too hard just stay and lets keep talking about this!"

"No" El took off the blue bracelet that Hopper had given her before the snowball and threw it on the ground and took Mike by the hand and they walked out the door.

Hopper was frozen in total disbelief of what just happened. He grabbed the blue bracelet in his hand and started weeping uncontrollably.

a/n well shit! I feel really bad I just did this... also I'm not sure if the F-bomb is allowed for rated T so that's why I used blow