Happier With You

AN: Sorry for not getting this out to you yesterday but I've been working hard on this chapter as it was very important to me that I got it right. Please let me know what you think :-)

Warning: Fluff and smut!

Chapter 14 – Like the First Time

Summer 1990

It was two days since Mike had been released from the hospital and El sat around a camp fire with the party, Hunter and Emma, laughing and tucking into a smore that Mike had just made for her.

The sun was dipping low on the horizon, the warm summer evening keeping them all cosy as well as the crackling fire that Will and Lucas had built and lit. El watched distant fire flies in the surrounding trees just past lovers lake where they were all sat having the time of their life.

El couldn't help but grin as she looked around at the group, she couldn't have asked for better company. Her smile faltered as she looked over at Hunter and Emma as she thought about how much she was going to miss them. To everyone's surprise except El's, Hunter had asked Emma if she wanted to come with him to West Virginia. She had of course said yes and they were leaving in the morning to start their new adventure.

El had gotten so used to their company and sought comfort in the fact that they would always be her soul sister and brother, both knowing what she had suffered in the lab because all of their experiences were so similar. She knew they had her phone number and Mike promised her they would take a road trip to West Virginia once Emma and Hunter were settled in, but it didn't stop her from wanting them to stay.

She couldn't deny that they had to be able to live the lives they wanted to and El had known returning to West Virginia was something Hunter had wanted probably from the moment he left his home state. Everything felt like it was slowly slotting into place, like a jigsaw puzzle that was now completed with a beautiful image and El was more than thankful.

"You okay babe?" Mike asked softly bringing El out of her daze. She turned to him with a big smile, her eyes lighting up as she looked at the love of her life. "I'm more than okay. I'm perfectly happy." El mused biting her lip with apprehension as she watched her boyfriend.

His dark eyes sparkled with joy and he shuffled over so they were sat as close as they could possibly be whilst they gave each dreamy stares as they munched on their smores.

"Right who's for a beer?" Dustin said panting slightly as he carried a large cooler.

Mike rolled his eyes in amusement, "where did you even get that?"

"Steve." Lucas and Max answered together, like this was completely obvious which even El knew was true.

"Yep my main man Steve hooked us up with this. Guys just think, we're almost 20, so that means next year we can totally buy this ourselves!" Dustin exclaimed with excitement as he opened the cooler and Lucas, Will and Max hovered near by, looking at the options of alcohol.

Dustin began handing out beers to the group and he finally approached Mike and El. "Mike?" he said smiling offering out a bottle to the handsome dark-haired man.

Mike looked immediately uncomfortable. "Er…no thanks."

El turned to him in confusion. "Why don't you want one?"

"Er…I haven't drank since…you know. I don't drink anymore." He said, his cheeks turning red, his eyes full of shame.

Dustin raised his eyebrow at the awkward scene and gestured the bottle to El. "Want to try one?" he asked her with a mischievous look in his eyes.

El grinned, "yeah why not." She said relaxed taking the bottle and giving Mike a smile, hoping he'd realise that he didn't need to feel ashamed anymore. El had put the past where it belonged. Mike was hers, he was her future and that was all that mattered.

Mike watched her slightly playfully as she took a sip of the beer. "What do you think?" he asked her with genuine interest.

El pursed her lips and looked at the bottle deep in thought. "I think…that is the most disgusting thing I've ever drank."

Her boyfriend burst out laughing and put his arm around El. "You don't have to drink it babe."

"Trust me I won't be…" El said grimacing as she placed the bottle down on the dried grass and turned her attention to Mike. Her eyes almost devoured his face, as she took in his sharp cheek bones, his floppy dark haired, his pouty lips and his dark eyes that made her shiver.

"What?" he asked her laughing slightly at the intense look on her face.

El blushed but kept his gaze. "I was just looking at how handsome my boyfriend is." She said slyly. El thought she had spoken quietly but the whole group all made moans and gagging noises.

"Are you sure you were looking at Wheeler?" Max teased making Mike and El both roll their eyes whilst the rest of the group laughed.

"Yes I was definitely talking about Wheeler." El answered playfully as she shuffled closer to Mike and sat on his lap. His arms hugged her to him and he lay his head on her shoulder, kissing the curve of her neck and grinning against her skin.

"You two definitely need to get a room…" Lucas muttered and did a shudder before being handed his second beer from Max.

Mike and El ignored them and basked in their romantic moment and tender kisses as the night drew on. Will pulled out a radio and turned it on full blast whilst the group started to get drunk.

Hunter, Dustin, Lucas and Will all took part in a chugging competition whilst Emma and Max cheered them on, Max getting incredibly competitive, "come on baby! Beat their asses!" she screamed at her boyfriend.

"They are ridiculous." Mike laughed gently, making El turn slightly in his hold to look at his face which was so close to hers. She exhaled sharply as she took in his lips and felt his sweet breath on her face. Mike's laugh disappeared and his eyes grew darker as he stared at her, one thing on their minds.

Mike leaned in and pressed his lips to El's, one of his hands holding her around her stomach moved to her cheek as he deepened the kiss, their breathing heavy as El opened Mike's mouth with hers and their tongues met stroking one another furiously. El felt like she melted into an oblivion of desire and hadn't even realised that the chugging competition had ended.

"Ew the sickos are back!" Dustin shouted whilst everyone laughed and Mike and El pulled away from their kiss and looked at their friends with a glare.

"Dustin do you realise you have been interrupting our kisses since we were 12?" Mike huffed.

Dustin, Lucas and Will all gasped with laughter and El noticed that Mike's cheeks had gone red, having clearly said something in the heat of the moment and now wishing he could take it back.

"So, when was the first kiss I interrupted?" Dustin asked with wide excited eyes.

Mike looked away from his friends clearly too embarrassed to talk but El didn't see anything wrong with the question and answered for him. "It was just after I broke the mouth breather's arm. Mike was cleaning me up in the bathroom and I wanted to kiss him." El said simply, the memory one of her favourites of that time. She had hardly known what a kiss was, but it was just a chemical reaction she had felt for Mike, in that moment her body had just taken over and known what to do. Well that was until Dustin had interrupted them.

Dustin spluttered, "what?! So when I came to tell you Lucas was calling us…you two were sucking face?!"

"No we weren't!" Mike called cringing through his embarrassment.

"Well we were going to until you interrupted us…" El said holding onto Mike's arms that were keeping her close to him.

Lucas snorted, "so whilst I was trying to race to you and warn you…you two were doing that."

"Oh my god does it even matter? They've sucked face to last them 100 years. It's no big deal!" Max shouted exasperatedly and El couldn't help but grin knowing her best friend was drunk.

The song on the radio turned on to Boys of Summer and Max gasped looking at El. "Do you remember this one?" El couldn't help but laugh in response because of course she did. El had heard it on the radio of her first sleepover with Max who had moaned that it reminded her so much of California. The girls had danced on the bed to the song and it was one of their favourites.

"Come on Ellie!" Max said playfully, her hand held out for El who giggled and took it much to Mike's disappointment when she jumped up from his lap. The girls danced next to the fire, pulling an embarrassed Emma along with them who then pulled a laughing Hunter. Before they knew it, they were all dancing, well except Mike who was doing the robot because he refused point blank to dance.

El laughed and moved her hands to his hips just as Get Into The Groove came on. She gave him a sly smile as she made him move his body to the music. He bit his lip watching her amused, moving his hands to her waist. "That's it! See I told you that you could dance." She told him flirting as she moved their bodies together.

She watched Mike, a fire burning in her eyes and a blush creeping onto his cheeks as they moved closer, their bodies merely inches from each other as everything else seemed to fade away and all there was, was Mike and El. She could feel a tension start to build in her body and it was something she had started experiencing with Mike from the age of 15 but now it was almost unbearable. El knew it was time to do something about it.

She crossed her arms around the back of Mike's neck and pulled his face down to hers. Before she could get the words out, Mike spoke breathlessly, "do you want to go for a drive?" His eyes looked nervous.

El couldn't help but grin and nodded, "yeah…I'd love that." She said trying to control her pounding heart. Everyone else was too preoccupied with dancing, shouting and drinking, but El moved over to Max and gave her a hug, whispering into her ear. "Me and Mike are leaving."

Max giggled which was unlike her and whispered back to El. "And are you coming back?"

El bit her lip anxiously and looked over at Mike who was putting their things in the car. "No. If he asks, tell my dad I'm staying over at yours." she told Max who smirked and nodded.

Mike sighed in relief when El agreed to leave the campfire and go on a drive with him. He just really wanted some alone time with his girlfriend, he felt like they had definitely been deprived of it and he exactly where he wanted to go.

El had moved her hand onto his thigh and he felt every nerve ending in his body spark with electricity as she absentmindedly stroked the material of his shorts. Mike gulped anxiously and kept his eyes on the road as best as he could.

"So where are we going?" El asked grinning as she looked out at the dark landscape.

"Well I was thinking maybe the quarry?" Mike asked nervously, even though he wasn't sure why he felt so anxious. The quarry had become an important place to him and El as a couple. It was where she had saved his life and the place where they had reunited after two years apart.

"The quarry sounds perfect…" El mused as she lay her head back on the passenger seat and sighed in contentment. Her obvious happiness made Mike's heart swell. He just loved her so much.

It didn't take long to get to the quarry from lovers lake and Mike pulled up, grabbing blankets out of the boot whilst El walked to a sandy flat area near the cliff edge. Mike threw the blankets down and he and El simultaneously lay down together.

Mike lay on his back, his arm draped around El's shoulders as she snuggled her head onto his chest and wrapped her arms around his abdomen causing goose bumps to rise up his spine.

He couldn't help but exhale with pure love, this right here was his happy place, having El in his arms, her heart beating with his in a perfect symphony.

They were both silent for a moment as they looked up at the stars in awe. Mike leaned forward slightly and kissed the top of El's head before laying back and marvelling at her beauty. She was wearing a white summer dress that fell to her knees and it contrasted perfectly with her sun kissed skin. She was complete and utter perfection.

Mike played with El's curls for a moment and watched her deep in thought. "It's kind of sad Hunter and Emma are leaving tomorrow." He said quietly.

El turned slightly so she could look up at him. "I'm going to miss them." She said sadly. Mike sighed, "yeah…me too." He spoke honestly. It was so strange how things could change so quickly, but now that he wasn't hating Hunter he had grown to really like him and Emma too, who reminded him of Max because under the hard exterior was a really kind and caring person.

"But I meant it when I said we'll go on a road trip and visit them." Mike added seriously looking down into his girlfriend's bambi eyes.

She changed position so her chin rested on her crossed arms on top of Mike's chest. He tried to pretend that his body wasn't super sensitive from the fact that she was almost on top of him.

"When would we go?" she asked curiously.

"Well we could go at Christmas break if they're all set up somewhere. Or spring break." He offered hoping she'd be happy with the answer.

El smiled thoughtfully, "I really think it won't be long until they're an official couple."

Mike chuckled, "your matchmaking skills are definitely better than Dustin's."

His girlfriend snorted in amusement and planted a kiss onto his chest making his breathing rapidly increase. He knew he had a t-shirt on, but this closeness with El after all this time was wreaking havoc in his body.

"So…what happens next…with us? With moving." El said softly, her eyes anxious. Mike hated to think she was stressing about moving from Hawkins and in to the unknown.

"Well next week we'll start looking for an apartment and jobs." He told her, leaning in again to kiss her forehead, relishing in the fact that he was allowed to do so.

"I don't care what job I do, as long as we're together." El said smiling so sweetly that Mike felt his heart melt on the spot.

"I want you to do a job that makes you happy El. I've got enough savings and college money to cover probably 3 months of rent. So I don't want you to settle with any plain job okay?" He told her calmly.

El nodded and grinned, her eyes lighting up so beautifully. "And will you make me eggos every day?"

Mike laughed and went back to stroking her hair. "Of course. Every single day…unless you actually fancy something else for once." He teased. El immediately shook her head, "absolutely not. Especially because you make the best eggos."

He felt himself immediately blush, "you really think so?" he said surprised. El nodded and grinned, "you always have."

Mike sighed and looked at her with adoration. "God you're so cute." He said dreamily. It was El's turn to blush and she slowly pushed her head up off his chest and used her hands to lift her slightly so she was leaning over Mike. His heart was immediately racing.

"I love you." El said breathlessly, staring into his eyes in a way that made him feel her love, as if he could see every atom of what made it. "I love you too," he said every word embedded with the deepest desire.

El leaned down to him so that their foreheads were touching, their eyes still connected as their lips were inches from each other. The smell of El being inhaled through his nose and mouth was completely intoxicating.

Mike moved one hand to cup El's jaw and the other moved to her upper back, closing the gap between them as he caressed her lips with his, feeling like he was drowning in his longing for her.

El immediately deepened the kiss and pressed her upper body to his, making a groan be ripped from his chest as he tried to pull her even closer to him, wanting no distance at all.

Their kiss became hungry and desperate and Mike could feel that he was already hard, all the blood rushing from his head and down to his gut wanting El so much that it was almost intolerable. His hands moved down the curves of her body greedily until they found her hips and in one movement Mike pulled her completely on top of him. They both gasped at the sudden contact and as El adjusted herself, he knew she could tell how much he wanted her.

El's lips started to kiss down Mike's jaw line making him pant for breath from the sudden pleasure. As she moved lower to his neck licking and nibbling at his skin, he gasped in frustration from wanting her so badly and moved his hands to her bare legs. His fingers worked their way up her thighs and he gripped the skin desperately.

El moved back to his lips and their mouths crashed together demanding for the sexual tension in the air to be let loose. Mike couldn't take it anymore, "I…want…you…so…bad." He said shaking from his lust for the most beautiful woman in the world who was currently straddling him.

Mike watched panting as El broke the kiss and stared at him through dilated eyes. "Let's go to the cabin." She said breathlessly.

"A-aren't Hunter and Emma staying there?" he asked anxiously.

El shook her head, "no they're staying in a motel near the train station tonight." She said quickly, her chest rising and falling rapidly from the desire pouring out of them.

Mike felt a relieved and excited grin rush onto his face. "Let's go." He said eagerly helping a giggling El up from the floor.

He didn't think he'd ever driven so quickly in his life and they arrived at the cabin 5 minutes later. El walked in first and then Mike hesitated by the front door, staring at her with longing but also hesitation.

"Are you…are you sure?" He whispered to her across the room. Mike knew he had hurt her and it was something he could never take back. Did she really want to do this with him?

El looked at him for a moment, doing nothing but hold his gaze. He knew she'd be able to tell the desperation in his eyes for her. She smiled slowly and then her fingers went to the hem of her dress and she lifted it off her body.

Mike gaped like a fish, his eyes heavy with want as he stared at her body, almost naked except for the white underwear and bra. "You…are so beautiful." He choked out, not able to barely breathe.

When El's eyes burned with passion and she gave him a shy smile, Mike couldn't take the tension a second longer. He rushed to her and hoisted her body up so her legs wrapped around his waist and her arms flung around his neck, kissing him frantically as he walked them into her old bedroom.

They didn't even make it to the bed before Mike pushed El up against the wall and ambushed her with needy kisses all over her jaw line and down her neck. She flipped her head back and moaned, the noise making Mike's erection go rock hard.

In desperation Mike couldn't stop himself from grinding against El and gasping at the sensation with her. He pushed away from the wall and dropped her onto the bed, crawling up her body so their lips could once again begin their passionate battle.

El's legs wrapped around his hips, drawing him closer to her as they mercilessly bumped and grinded together, both exhaling sharply from their utter pleasure and gratification it brought. Mike could feel himself physically shaking from how badly he wanted her.

He felt El's hands move from his back and reach for his t-shirt which seconds later was thrown onto the floor. Her fingers then moving onto his shorts which were roughly pushed down, Mike helping to discard of them by kicking them off his legs until they disappeared onto the floor.

El broke from their kiss and looked down his body, her eyes glazing over with desire as her gaze lingered on his erection. Mike stared at her, panting senselessly when he looked over her incredible body.

He gasped as El suddenly flipped them over and straddled his hips making his erection brush against her heat, causing them to both groan loudly. Mike grabbed onto her hips and moved them against his own, the pleasure increasingly to boiling point.

El's hands moved up his stomach and planted onto his chest, her fingers gripping the skin slightly as she tossed her head back and enjoyed the feeling of them rubbing against one another.

She finally leaned down and began planting kisses across his skin, causing Mike to shudder from the fire fit to burst in his body. The adrenaline rush was unlike anything he had ever experienced, this moment just felt so incredibly intense.

El sat again on his hips and moved her hands to her back, unclipping her bra and flinging it to the floor. Mike instinctly sat up so their chests were almost touching.

His eyes went to her perfect breasts and he groaned deeply with desire. He tentatively moved his hands down to touch them, cupping them in his hands and stroking her nipples with his thumbs. El gasped and moved her hands into his hair, her grip almost painful as she pulled his head to her chest.

Mike knew what she wanted and whilst groping one breast he leaned into the other, taking it in his mouth and sweeping his tongue across the nipple, her moans of pleasure spurring him on. He attacked her breasts with kisses, licks and nibbles until El was practically quivering with need.

"I want you…I want you now." El whined as she gasped from the indulgence of Mike devouring her upper body. She felt him nod breathlessly against her chest and she was flipped back over onto the mattress.

Mike kissed her with need as El's hands went back into his dark curly locks. Oh how she had been so desperate to feel the soft strands within her hands and now he was all hers again and she could feel an odd dominance starting to pound through her blood.

Mike's lips started on her neck and slowly moved down her body whilst El bit her lip watching him with hungry eyes. His tongue swept in between her breasts and down her flat stomach.

His dark eyes slowly looked up her body until they engaged with her heavy lidded eyes. El knew he was asking permission to take off her panties and she nodded quickly, desperate for him to really touch her, to deal with the burning need she had for him in her core.

Mike's fingers hooked into the white panties and he pulled them down her thighs and off her legs. El felt a thrill of passion rush through her like fire when she saw how Mike was looking at her naked body.

"You are so beautiful…" Mike murmured against her inner thigh as he started to plant a trail of kisses there. El gulped, her throat dry, her eyes wild with boiling lust. Her body bucked the moment Mike's tongue met her centre, causing a loud moan to escape from her throat.

El gripped Mike's hair tighter as he made her feel waves of pleasure again and again, his mouth and tongue dominating her centre.

It had been so long and El's body was ecstatic and sensitive beyond belief. It didn't take long before the building heat in her gut made her body begin to twitch and gasp. "Mike!" she couldn't help but moan over and over again until she was brought over the edge and her orgasm grasped hold of her. She shouted out in pleasure and tried to desperately snap her legs together but Mike remained in between her thighs.

El took Mike's shoulder and pulled him up impatiently to her lips. Their mouths crashed together in a breathless kiss. "I love you, I love you so much." Mike panted against her mouth.

"I love you too. And I want you right now." El told him desperately, her eyes pleading with his, making the fire in his eyes rise to new levels.

Mike pushed himself up on his hands and with El's assistance, they pulled his boxers off and threw them to the floor. For a moment, they both stared at each other in their most intimate moment, panting for breath, desperate for one another.

El moved up onto the pillow slightly, her legs opening slightly as she bit her lip and watched Mike with longing. He smiled at her, so lovingly and so full of want that her heart felt like it might explode. He looked down to position himself and then he froze.

"What?" El asked immediately, feeling impatience take over her once again.

"Shit…I don't have a condom." Mike said in frustration.

El sighed in annoyance before her eyes widened in excitement. "Wait…I think I still have my stash here." She said before jumping off the bed.

Mike laughed in surprise, "still?!"

"Well it's not like I had time to collect them is it?" she said rolling her eyes before she reached her hand under the bed and found a small box near the back. Even when she and Hopper had moved in with Joyce and Will, El had kept a stash of condoms at the cabin for when her and Mike would sneak there to get some privacy.

"Yes!" El said victoriously when she opened the box and there were 4 condoms left. She picked one out and let Mike pull her back onto the bed. His lips met hers immediately and they were thrown back into their needy passion for one another.

Mike rubbed himself against her core and they both gasped into one another's mouth. El was so ready for this moment to happen and thanked god when Mike grabbed the condom to put on.

In a moment of lust El took the condom out of his hands and ripped it open. He watched with heavy dark eyes as she grasped his cock and gave it a slow kiss on the tip whilst Mike hissed with desire. El placed the condom on and then lay back on the bed, ready to be together at last with her soulmate.

Mike crawled up El's body, both of them panting with overwhelming need. El held onto his biceps as he slowly entered her, their eyes never leaving one another as they stared at the other's reaction when they became one.

"Urgh…you feel…so good." Mike grunted through his pleasure as he moved slowly at first, relishing the fact that they were making love after all of this time. El wrapped her legs around his hips, drawing him in deeper making them both shout out in desire.

"Faster," El gasped feeling the rhythm of their bodies and wanting more.

Mike immediately obliged and El moaned, her head burying deeper into the pillow at how amazing it felt. Their chests panting with one another, their hips moving senselessly together.

El kissed Mike desperately as he deepened his thrusts, her gasps and cries being swallowed up by his mouth and tongue. "God I love you." He exhaled, his voice deep and seductive.

"I love you" El breathed out once his lips were moving to her neck as he simultaneously began to pound into her, making her cry out with satisfaction as her body held onto Mike for dear life.

As their bodies moved and the adrenaline raced through her blood, El felt herself once again become dominant and wanting to control the situation. Using her powers she flipped them to Mike's surprise. He stared up at her through wide curious eyes as she straddled him and rolled her hips, making him flip his head back with pleasure.

El's hands clenched onto his chest as she started to move up and down, causing cries of desire to break out from them both. Her gaze moved down to his dark eyes and she could see the fire she felt so desperately for Mike being reflected in her eyes.

"You're mine. Say you're mine." She gasped out moving more quickly against his hips.

"I'm yours." Mike said immediately, holding her gaze and panting from desire. "I'm always…going to be yours."

El hated that the suppressed self-esteem issues caused by what she had seen in the void decided to rear their head up now she was in the heat of passion with Mike. She wanted to be his only one, she knew she was the only one he truly loved but she wanted to remind him that he was only hers.

Mike could read her eyes like no one else and she knew he saw the emotions she was feeling. He immediately sat up, El was still moving up and down but now it became much more intimate. Their bare chests pressed together panting frantically, their eyes never left one another except for when they were kissing desperately and Mike's hands moved to El's hip so they bounced together.

They moaned in unison as they brought each other closer to falling off the edge. "I love you. You are the most beautiful woman in the world. You are my only one." Mike whispered to her, their eyes locked in an intimate moment as they moved closer to their orgasm.

El felt her heart swoon and her confidence begin to rise again. She smiled at him through the pleasure and bounced more frantically, Mike grunted in awe and his fingers dug into her hips.

"Urgh babe yes…just like that." He gasped finally closing his eyes, unable to take the building fire. El could feel her whole body quivering as it prepared her for her undoing. Mike's hips jutted against hers as he pounded into her and that was finally it, her eyes slammed shut and her mouth fell open as her walls tightened around Mike. She cried out the only thing that mattered, "Mike!"

As her walls clenched around him, El could feel Mike's cock throbbing inside of her and he gasped, "El!" as his orgasm hit him and they both held tightly onto each other riding the wave together.

Mike collapsed back onto the bed in exhaustion with El still clinging to him. They both panted trying to get their breaths. El couldn't stop the huge grin appearing on her tired face as the endorphins rushed through her body.

"That was –"

"Incredible." Mike answered for her breathlessly.

El gently pulled off Mike and lay to his side whilst he pulled the condom off and threw it into the bedroom bin. He turned back to her with a loving and grateful smile. He buried his head into her neck and kissed the skin delicately. "Did I tell you how much I love you?" he whispered teasingly.

El giggled and bit her lip, her arms encircling Mike and stroking his hair. "You may have mentioned it."

Mike grinned against her skin and peppered kisses up her neck, onto her jaw line and finally kissed her full on the mouth. El kissed him back tenderly, wanting her love to flow right into the embrace.

When they finally broke from their kiss, they snuggled up under the bed and El sighed with contentment against Mike's bare chest. This wonderful man who she had loved since she was 12 years old meant everything to her. El had struggled over the years to accept she was safe, but in Mike's arms she felt truly safe. And as they fell asleep in their embrace, El knew her future, no matter rocky or smooth was always going to begin and end with Mike.

AN: Ah I hope you enjoyed that! Please let me know what you thought! :-) We've got one more chapter to go and then the epilogue.