Eleven lay upon Mikes chest. She could feel his heartbeat, to her it was beautiful, she lay at peace with him.
It was six months after she had closed the gate, things were a lot different since the 353 days that should she not been able to see Mike, it had been torture to her, she still could not comprehend the feelings that she had for the boy who's chest she lay upon.
It was Mike's weekly visit to the cabin where she still lived, it was a compromise between the three of them, Mike, Eleven and Hopper. Although everyone now knew her real name to be Jane, everyone still either called her El or Eleven, she wasn't Jane, the bad men had took that from her, Jane was the person that she could have been. It didn't feel right.
It didn't dampen her spirits though, Mike had fallen asleep on the sofa, immensely tired from the amount of schoolwork he was going though before his exams before the summer, needless to say he was exhausted and had promptly fallen asleep in Eleven's warm embrace an hour into the movie that they were supposed to be watching.
Eleven had crawled up to his chest and laid her there finding comfort in doing so, her stomach giving her a weird tingly feeling that shouldn't describe or put a word too, it was kinda nice, she thought.
They hadn't put a label onto their relationship yet, everyone could see they were close, the boys would tease Mike endlessly who would just go a deep shade of red half heartedly telling them to shut up plus Mike didn't want to put pressure onto her to put a label on it. Mike knew what he felt for her, 353 days without her had shown him that, one week was all that was needed to fall head over heels for the girl.
She had turned the volume down to aid Mike in his much needed sleep, she could sense through her power how exhausted he was, although to be fair you didn't need to have powers to see how exhausted he actually was. El had used a tiny morsel of her power upon him as he slept, influencing his dreams, making sure he had nice dreams.
During this time El had been practicing using her power, she no longer got nosebleeds unless she was doing something strenuous, Mike had come up with a theory that her powers were like muscles in that if she did regular exercises with them then they would eventually get used to the amount of strain she placed upon them and become stronger because of it.
So far Mikes theory had been right and her powers were improving all the time.
However, El's feelings for Mike were becoming ever more stronger, with every minute they spent together, he was patient and understanding, he had been helping teach her science to try and get her ready for school in the fall, she had come a long way to do so, it was clear she was highly intelligent, often catching on to concepts and the teachings quite fast, however, socially she still had a long way to go.
But If there was one thing Eleven knew more than anything was that…
Mike.
She needed him.
When they were apart it was like there was a hole in her stomach that could not be filled, many times she had been tempted to sneak out of the cabin to go see him but she didn't knowing how pissed Hopper would be, but she had her compromise, her half-way happy.
But she didn't want halfway happy anymore, she wanted to go see Mike, ride around on his bike, spend time with his friends, go to places that she'd never been to before like the Arcade.
More often that not she would get a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach when she was around him, it was like an itch she couldn't scratch.
She slowly laced his fingers with hers, Mike shifted in his sleep as she did so, almost like he could sense El's touch, she gazed softly at his face, counting the little stars on his face, Mike called them freckles but she told them they were stars which always sent Mike into a blushing fit.
She gently ran her fingers across his freckles/stars, Mike nuzzled into her hand at the soft touch, making her giggle softly, he was immensely cute when he slept, she knew that due to either watching him in the void and once during the week in 83 she had gone upstairs and watched Mike sleep because she couldn't plus she felt a desire to keep the ebony haired boy safe.
Eleven soon fell asleep upon Mike's chest and his arm subconsciously had drew her in closer, laying an arm over her protectively, their bodies could literally not be any closer. But there was a soft knock on the door, Hoppers secret knock and being half asleep, El lazily lifted her arm to undo the locks o the door before laying her head back down on Mike's chest.
That was until a voice suddenly reverberated in the cabin.
"What the hell is this?"
Both of the teens bolted upright at the sound of Hopper's voice, Mike had gone a tinge of red (No surprises there) and turned to face the Dad of Eleven.
"Hello hop..chief… I mean sir" Mike rambled awkwardly at the sight of him, fighting and failing to hide his blush. Eleven just starred at the Hopper, not bashful nor ashamed.
"Mike I think its time for you to go home" Hopper said, not taking his eyes off of Eleven who starred straight back at Hopper, unblinking or willing to show weakness.
"No" Eleven said forcefully.
"Mike, Go, Now" Hopper said through gritted teeth.
Mike nodded weakly it felt like World War III was about to erupt any second now as both father and daughter starred down at each other.
Eleven broke her gaze with Hopper and walked Mike to the door of the cabin.
"It's okay El, I'll see you next weekend okay?" Mike said trying to not sound to sad.
Eleven just nodded sadly, hating the fact it would be another week until she saw him again at least in person, its not like she had been using her powers to watch Mike at certain hours of the day, once she accidentally she entered the void to visit him and he was in the shower, she eyes had snapped open almost immediately, from then on she had been more careful with her "visits".
Mike kissed her on top of the forehead but El was not satisfied with just a kiss on the forehead and pulled him down to her level so she could gently place her lips upon his, said kiss only lasted a second or two but it made both of their hearts race, flutter etc.
It both left them breathless and left them in a shade of red that would make a tomato jealous. Mike slowly walked out the door to his bike and rode with a final wave to El who gave a small wave back and closed the door, locking it with her mind turning to face Hopper. She could tell he was a little mad.
"We need to talk"
(A/N) I'm Back! Inspiration hit me and now I am writing this dark Eleven story, trust me its going to get gnarly soon (Evil Laughter) lol as always guys review! And until next time, peace!
The title of this story is based on a song "Beauty of Annihilation" if you look for it listen to the remix version by Jr Rizzo, which also served to give me inspiration as I brainstormed for idea's
