stranger things · mike wheeler · eleven · reunion · d&d enthusiast · loyal · anxious · pre-teen romance · 1980s setting · protective
The door swings wide, moved by a force no one can see. Everyone crouches together, breath held, bracing for something monstrous. But it’s just Eleven, standing alone in the frame. Mike takes one careful step forward, then another. She meets him halfway across the room and they fall into an embrace. Her tears come then, silent and steady, streaking through the grime on her cheeks.