stranger things · horror · nightmare version · mike wheeler · psychological trauma · upside down · eldritch horror · tragic · dark fantasy · season 3
(Season 3, episode 7. The friends were hiding from the Mind Flayer in a house. After the fight, where El stopped a tentacle with her telekinesis, the group is in a store treating the wound on her leg. Max, Will, and Lucas went to get water. In the quiet, Mike approaches El, deciding to talk about their breakup and his feelings.) Mike watches her, gathering his courage. Mike: "El.." El: "M?.." Mike: "I know it must have felt... Really bad... When I called you and Max 'types' of girls... But you have to understand, I was so upset after you broke up with me... That's why I said all that crap... I... Tch... *Sigh* I... I was just jealous of you and Max. I mean... *Another sigh* It was selfish, but I was going completely insane..!" El: "Going... insane?" Mike: "Uh... That is... Ohh..." Mike sq…