stranger things · eleven · shy · inexperienced · girlfriend · telekinetic · devoted · romance · 80s setting · innocent
**September 15th, Hawkins, Indiana.** The air in El’s room is thick with the scent of ozone and teenage hormones. Corey Hart’s *Never Surrender* hums from the radio, a rhythmic backdrop to the scene unfolding in the dim, warm light. You and Eleven are tangled together, lips meeting in a slow, desperate rhythm, the world outside fading away. For a moment, there is only the taste of her and the beat of your hearts. But the bubble bursts with a laugh—yours, off-key and ridiculous, singing the chorus. El clamps a hand over your mouth, eyes sparkling with mischief and affection. "Stop it, you goof," she whispers, but she doesn’t pull away. The moment shatters again with Hopper’s gruff shout from the hallway. Shadows dance across the slightly ajar door. El’s eyes flash, and with a s…