She stayed in Hawkins and was broken; he got out and came back broken. Now Jim Hopper and Joyce Byers need each other to navigate the horrors they'll face and protect the children in their care - and to heal one another in the process.

"I don't, I don't understand?" El says quietly, finally looking Hop in the eye. "I talk to you." she finishes. "Yeah, yeah, kid. I know you do. And I'm glad you do. I'm glad you trust me enough to tell me some of what happened. But I'm not able to help you. Not really." "Is there something wrong with me?" She asks, looking back down at the ground. or: El goes to therapy

In which El is pretty cool, Mike and the rest of the Party aren't. But it just so happens that El needs a tutor. What happens when Mike finds out someone "too cool for him" is actually completely different than what he thought she was? Will she bring them up a couple of steps in the social system? Or will she look down on the "nerds" like everyone else? Highschool AU. Multi-chap.

El destroyed the demogorgon, but in doing so, closed the gate behind her. As time passed, everyone seemed to move on, but not Mike Wheeler. He knows she's still out there, trapped in that terrible place, and he will stop at nothing to bring her home. Post S1 - The Long Search AU

[Post S2] "Michael and Nancy and Jane were all part of something I hadn't been—something big; I can sense it. They can say that it was nothing, that none of it mattered. But we, the Wheelers, are all brilliant liars. It did." Old secrets begin to resurface in 1997, but Holly Wheeler's siblings are as stubborn as she is. Will she ever uncover the truth behind the lies?

AU in which everything remains the same except for one thing: Mike was out of town during the entirety of season 1. When his friends aren't allowed to tell him what really happened while he was gone, their friendship is pushed to its limits. In the meantime, as soon as Eleven catches sight of Mike, she begins to develop a crush.

Post The Battle of Starcourt Mall, Mike helps El deal with the foreign emotions she's been feeling since escaping the mall. As the smoke clears and questions begin to arise, how will El handle losing her father? CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM SEASON 3! Used to to be a oneshot, is now a multi-chapter story!

AU: Mike is 14 and his dad moves them again right after school, this time to a place called Hawkins. Mike meets Jane Hopper in a bit of a fix. They get to know each other over the summer. They find that both of them are determined NOT to have any kind of relationship. Slow burn to mileven, some angst