𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟔 || mileven&byler

chapter 1 - hawkins christmas eve

its 2;53 PM in the afternoon, 1986, a year after the byers moved out of hawkins

it was christmas eve, hawkins was decorated with eye catching christmas lights that would pull both the eyes and soul of any outsider and bring the hawkins townspeople into the chrismtas spirit

micheal joseph wheeler was on his way to hoppers cabin, he recalls how the byers said theyd be staying for the holidays and how he couldnt be more excited to meet his close friend william byers for the first time in a whole year

although something was missing, even though everyone was cheering, exchanging gifts or getting into the spirit wheeler still couldnt feel at home

he felt somehow wrong, he couldnt enjoy any of the christmas traditions like he used to do when he was maybe 12 or 13

thats right, the last time he saw eleven was in 246 days , not that it bothered him anyway, he kept walking in the almost 2 feet of snow that covered the hawkins roads, it was hard but hed been doing anything to escape the enormous amounts of studying hed been doing back home for finals.

while lost deep in his thoughts about eleven, will, the finals, the spirts and everything and also looking at the decorations mcvedald put up with the help of mrs byers, he could fell his boots which he borrowed from ted wheeler slip, the boots were very dear to ted although in the conditions of the weather forced him to let mike borrow them, wheeler felt those beloved boots slip on the snowy surface of the road and suddenly the world was spinning, the sky was green for some unknown reason and he felt his head slightly ache as it fell into the snow

wheeler found himself covered in snow and immediately got flashbacks to mkaing snow angels with will, dustin and lucas in 1982 , although his nostalgia was interrupted by the situation he was in, his polo shirt, his leather jacket, his necklace which has been given to him by eleven the past year were all covered in snow, the necklace was very dear to him, it had half of a butterfly on it where the other half was with el, they were matching, he didnt really care if it looked feminine because he wore it with pride as that necklace meant so much more than other peoples opinions on his masculinity

micheal stopped his train of thoughts with the purpose of getting back on track, he didnt want to be late as he didnt know what the byers were planning to do on their visit to hawkins, besides he had almost a block left to go through, or so he thought, he hadnt gone to hoppers cabin in almost a year so the distance hed imagined was long was way shorter than it actually was, in fact he was almost 6 meters away from the path which leads into the forest where the cabins located , he could just stand up if he wanted to and walk straight to the path but his expectations were way lower which is probably what caused him to fall

by that time, it was 3;05 PM, he kept trying to get up but his hand kept falling and slipping on the extremely cold icey surface, meanwhile, a big almost dust colored police car drove in, the wheels were almost 2 meters tall and 3 meters in width , the car immediately pulled mikes sight and distracted him, it reminded him of hoppers police car back in 85 but he thought nothing of it, until he caught a glimpse of a beautiful girl in the back seat, she was eating a snack and her hair was short, almost like elevens, and matched her honey eyes. mike was astounded by her, he was completely distracted from trying to get up from the snow by that point, he was almost shocked, until a second later the car drove away splashing quite a lot of snow into wheelers face.

it was 3;14, he finally got up and continued his way to the cabin, his mind was still lost in thought about the girl in the backseat of that car as he wiped off the snow from his face and jacket, he pulled the zipper up to close the brown leather jacket lightened up by the cold sun, he was extremely cautious from now on with walking in the almost 2 feet deep, poorly shovelled snow in the path to the forest to hoppers cabin, mike recalls the memories he had in hoppers cabin and how dear to him those memories were, he also thinks about the things hed do to go back to that time and how great it was hanging out with everyone

3;24, he finally arrived, he felt as cold as ever as he knocks onto the door, its not like he wanted to get in but the freezing cold wanted him to, his face was as pale as ever with a few red spots on his cheeks and nose, his mullet hair was almost frozen or he guesses freezing and he couldnt wait to go back to the fireplace at the wheelers house