I just want to say I love this story! Please keep updating!
Also if possible can u put some robin in there somewhere? She is actually amazing, but i get it if u have something else planned for the story
Keep up the good work!

This chapter was amazing. There were so many powerful passages that really hit you hard. I absolutely loved the Mike and El phone calls. They were adorable . The health lesson was smartly written and I appreciate that. El’s innocence and curiosity definitely helped. I loved how she just tells Mike. That was really cute. And the ending. Wow. Those last two words really hit me hard. Her thinking it’s all her fault. Poor bby

This is really great and you do a really good job keeping all of the characters consistent with how they are in the show.

This story is amazing and is so beautifully written! And, it has great grammar, which is always a plus. Can’t wait for the next chapter:)

update soon please! i am absouutly in loove with this story! keep writing cauz ur amazing!

Really you're so talented. I love the way you write in every character. I hope you keep writing and write about more characters and how their relationship is with eleven .

I think this will be my longest review ever:
Bad news first: You left me devastated! Seriously, I dont know what it is exactly, but how you are writing and how you simply understand these precious characters, that fortunately the Duffers created. I think this is it, you understand them and this is so rare out there. I can completely delve into your story, its so much fun. The layout of your story between the flashbacks and the present time is so good bc it clears up so much of the 3-month-gap and even prior (the break between S2 and S3). Ive never been reading a fanfic that captured me like this, I think its bc you can magically see into our loved characters minds so well and the situations you put them into and their developments are so realistic. And also you explain the circumstances and situations so well and in a way that they make absolutely sense (for example: How Hop taught El and the homeschooling thanks to Dr. Owens). Im speechless in terms of your writing talent, its so great!

First a few of my notes while reading ch3:

- "you curse like that" - I love sassy El!

- "I dont want her to get hurt" - Hop and Joyce college-conversation. So sweet, Hops love for El; shes everything to him.

- Mike being immensely patient while tutoring El - aaaaaw my precious boy!

- Kissing during maths - so lovingly sweet; and Dustin "clingiest couple in existence" - so hilarious I cannot…

- Mike cheering her up bc highschool "same level but you have done badass stuff" - Mike I love you so much and I cannot understand how some mouthbreather-people can hate you!

- being alone - nothing new to El: OMG ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!

- write down her bad dreams - perfect - totally Joyce to suggest that.

- delve into Els psyche - excellent job, how do you do this?

- "how to make it feel that he mattered anymore" - NOW YOU HAVE KILLED ME!

- so spot-on: "instead of motivation - worry"

- And that consience circle! So great! You startet with it - ended with it.

You describe everything so deeply emotional that I begin to worry for you. For me as a reader its so hard and moving to delve into Mikes emotional psyche like this, for you as the writer of that beautiful story it must be even worse!

El and Mike are trying so hard to protect each other from worry about each other, that they make it even worse, they just dont get it yet. They have yet to learn to open up to each other, but they are still so very young, it will come with time, I think. And El is a ticking time bomb, too. Theyre both suffering so much, its hurting my heart. In your complete story so far: Thats so Mike and so El, they are so true to character as I imagine them in that situations you created. Youre awesome! Im really looking forward to the first time they see each other again. Im tearing up when I try to imagine how you will write that part. And Im so scared for Mike... I cannot...

How you described "the talk" was so spot-on, I can totally see it happen like this. Im curious about how El will bring up the sexual related stuff to Mike. And youre absolutely right, these are natural things; puberty, sexuality and everything that comes with it and its even worse for El (and Mike, too) bc of the circumstances how she grew up. And shes so lucky to have Joyce. How she finally realised what Hop meant with the "three inches-thing" - so hilarious and so sad at the same time. And also Els reaction when she got her period and that she told Mike about it - its so El. Her innocence is so precious and so beautiful and so loveable and so important and so funny and so sad at the same time, I love her so much. Best fictional character ever! I love, love, love El and Joyce together!

I simply cannot imagine how you will take the arc to the fun stuff in the next chapter, but as much as I love the angst and the dark stuff, it has to be balanced and Im really looking forward to the next chapter (and every chapter to come ;-)

The end with El writing down the words "my fault" - it breaks my heart. I can feel her sorrow through your words - its cruelly awesome. And Mike... His sorrow and worries, OMG!

Im so curious about if and how you maybe will bring Els powers back. Cant wait! And also cant wait for you to show more of her PTSD.

As I have already mentioned, English is not my first language, Im german. Your writing is so high-level, I have to look up words in the most of all fics I ever read. Its so challenging and so much fun and Im learning more new words or synonyms, I cant thank you enough.

I mean, this chapter is hard, really hard, but I love angst and depression and sadness, too. Because its part of life, especially with what theyve been through and that makes your story so realistic. I love this story so much, I cannot describe it in words. I saw that you updated at work and I was so looking forward to read ch3, because I already knew that it would be awesome, too. Because after the first chapter, no - the first passage of the first chapter, I began to completely trust you - with your plan for the story, where it will head and especially with my favourite fictional characters of all time!

Now I have a major mileven-depression and I will allow me to delve into it. Though I cant wait for the next chapter: Please take your time, I completely trust you. I cannot imagine how long it took you to plan this story, its so carefully thought through!

THANK YOU SO MUCH - AGAIN - FOR SHARING THIS PHENOMENAL FIC!

Im sending you so much love! Bye!

This story is absolutely amazing so far. Continually loving the thought you place into our beloved characters. The Mileven content is so sweet, and I’m so in awe of Jonathan and El’s bond! I cannot wait to read more!️

Your writing just gets better and better. I absolutely loved this chapter. The perfect mix of angst and fluff. Not to be dramatic but I would die for a cute little s4 scene like the pbj scene you had here. 10/10 can’t wait for chapter 3

I really enjoy reading ST fan fiction in all it's different varieties, as it's all about sharing your love and passion for these characters and the show and not a competition of writing skills. That said, every so often you realize that you're reading something that's just at another level. There are many other "what happens after season 3" stories, but making the characters real and true to the show as you have done is what gets me excited, I can't wait for more.

Sweet little story, I really like what you did with the characters and adding parts to the canon story.

Incredible! The ants, the sun and the orbit killed me, so emotional writing, I cannot gfdsfgs! Again, your characterization is so spot-on, I am wondering, if you did an internship at the stranger writers room, really you're capturing each and every single character so well, it's amazing. I loved the part between Mike and Max, this was so needed and I can see them develop a relationship like brother and sister maybe, with lots of endearing bantering. Same with El and Jonathan, I loved that part as well. And the part when El explored the new home - it reminded me so much of ST1 El exploring the Wheeler's home when no one was at home. Like in ch 1 all the little hints of Mike and El's history together (promise?) - I loved it. And I absolutely loved that you are integrating Mike and El's Ptsd, as well as Max's. But especially I loved (that sounds cruel) the part when El had like a panic attack and couldn't breathe, I'm really looking forward to how you will furtherly explore that issue. I cannot thank you enough that you are sharing your story and that you are spending your time to create such a happy place for me and probably many others to escape the everyday life, especially with what's going on in the world right now. THANK YOU! KEEP WRITING PLEASE! YOU'RE AWESOME!

Great start! A lot of overlap with the show but the parts you fill in are interesting and well written.

OMG, thank you so much for sharing your story, I desperately hope there will be more chapters, your writing, characterization and deep-thinking are spot on, perfect and amazing. This story is so moving, it had me crying, but also laughing, it's wow! Who of the two Duffer Brothers are you? Honestly, finally such a good story since a long long time! Please keep on writing, your writing skills are awesome! Thank you again! So, now I think I can't get any sleep bc of Mileven depression...

This was SO GOOD! Really sad at parts and cute at other but also really good. I can’t wait to read more