18. Favorites (Plus Author's Note)
A/N: Hey guys!
So! Because I've been busy with a show for the past three weeks and I'm flying to Australia tomorrow morning for Spring Break (:D), Part Three of the Connection series is just a little over halfway done. I'm so sorry for the wait, but I should have plenty of time on the plane to finish it, so hopefully it'll be completed by the time I get back! In the meantime, enjoy...whatever this is. You know those get-to-know-you worksheets teachers always hand out on the first day of school? Yeah, I've always wondered how my two favorite people would fill those out...
Name: Mike WheelerDate: 8/29/86Period: 3
Favorite Color: El's chocolate brown hair
Favorite Shape: El's round, soft eyes
Favorite Movie: Star Wars (Although El's prettier than Princess Leia)
Favorite Food: I guess I have to say Eggos, especially since her lips are sweet with syrup after she eats them.
Favorite Sound: El's laugh
Favorite Smell: The woods near El's cabin
Favorite Song: Can't Help Falling in Love With You
Favorite Item of Clothing: My watch, but I like it better when El wears it
Favorite TV Show: Whatever El's into
Favorite Holiday: Christmas. El loves Christmas
Favorite Vacation: Flying down to Colorado to visit my grandparents, because El was thrilled to visit the mountains. And I got to hold her hand the whole plane ride there.
Favorite Childhood Memory: November 7th, 1983, when I first met her
Favorite School Subject: Science, especially when I get to teach it to El
Favorite Character Trait: Kindness. Her unbelievable kindness.
Favorite Person: El (Sorry Dustin, Lucas and Will)
Name: Jane HopperDate: 8/29/86Period: 3
Favorite Color: The blue on Mike's walls
Favorite Shape: Mike's fingers, because they fit perfectly in mine
Favorite Movie: Ghostbusters (Mike still has his Venkman costume)
Favorite Food: Eggos. Especially if Mike makes them
Favorite Sound: Mike's voice after a nightmare
Favorite Smell: Mike's shampoo
Favorite Song: Every Breath You Take
Favorite Item of Clothing: Mike's fuzzy green sweater, the one he accidentally left at my house once
Favorite TV Show: Whatever Mike's into
Favorite Holiday: His birthday
Favorite Vacation: Taking a road trip to Indianapolis, mostly because I got to fall asleep on Mike.
Favorite Childhood Memory: ...
Favorite School Subject: English, because Mike helps me read and write
Favorite Character Trait: His passion. He'll fight for the ones he loves and do anything to keep them safe.
Favorite Person: Michael Wheeler (Of course)
"Okay class, now turn to a partner and share out what you wrote!" Their teacher chirps from the front of the room.
El turns to Mike and their eyes lock instantly, enjoying the way his face turns bright red and glances down at the paper in front of him. She has her own butterflies swirling in her stomach, but now she's curious to see if he did the same thing. "Do you want to read yours first?" she asks quietly, the same blush creeping onto her cheeks. The only time he loses confidence around her is when he's nervous, bouncing his knee up and down and avoiding her gaze, which is exactly what he's doing now. "Well...um...if...if you want to read it...just...here," he stutters through his words, before putting his paper on her desk quickly and shrinking back into his seat like she was about to scold him. She curiously picks it up and her heart flips the second she scans the first line. Grinning, she never takes her eyes away from his paper and silently hands him hers.
Without the other's knowledge, they both kept the papers they had exchanged that day, holding them close to their hearts and it never failed to boost their spirits when life was spiraling downwards.
Needless to say, that also was the same day the Hawkins High AV Room became the designated space where they went to make out.