(Age 15)

"Mike!" El called from the basement as she wrapped a blanket around herself.

Mike immediately stopped what he was doing and ran into the basement, "El, whats wrong? Is everything okay? What do I have to kill?"

El giggled and opened her arms towards him, "Nothing is wrong, Mike. I want cuddles." She pouted slightly and tilted her head, making his heart melt. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

"The party is going to come over soon," Mike said against her ear softly, "Is that okay?"

"Mhm... Its okay."El replied and she nuzzled her face into his neck and closed her eyes.

"Are you sure?" Mike asked, "I can tell them not to come if you want. I can-"

"Mike, its okay. They can come over," El looked up at him and smiled, "Promise."

He nodded and kissed her forehead, as the doorbell rang, "I'll get it..." El mumbled, pulling away from his grasp.

"No! I'll get it," Mike insisted, pulling away from El, "I'll be right back." He pulled the blanket around her shoulders and quickly ran upstairs and opened the door.

"Hey Mike, where's your future wife?" Dustin asked as he and the party walked inside.

"She's downs- I mean, El's downstairs." Mike said quickly as he turned away to hide the blush on his cheeks.

Dustin snickered as he and the party went downstairs and into the basement, "Hey Mrs Wheeler." He said to El.

Her cheeks went red as she walked over to Mike and wrapped her arms around him and hid her face in his shoulder making Dustin laugh.

"Can we play a game, please?" Lucas asked, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Yeah I'm bored," Max sighed, "Lets set up the game, Stalker."

"You've been here for 2 minutes," Mike rolled his eyes, "How are you already bored?"

"I get bored very easily, its one of my unique abilities," Max replied, with a smirk on her face as she finished setting up Monopoly with Lucas's help, "Lets play."

The party gathered around the table and began playing the game. El, who was still new to the game slightly struggled to play.

"El, roll the dice," Will said and set the dice in front of her.

She nodded and placed the dice in her hand, "I'm gonna go get some water," Mike said, standing up, "El, do you want anything?"

"No thank you," El kissed his cheek and smiled as she met his eyes.

"Are you sure?" He asked, earning a surprised look from the rest of the party, "I mean, I can get you eggos or water or anything you want."

"It's okay Mike," She replied gently, "Maybe later."

Mike hesitated but nodded and went upstairs and returned a minute later with a bottle of water in hand.

"Thanks for asking us, Mike!" Dustin said sarcastically, earning no response from Mike as he was more focused on El.

As he sat down, her wrapped an arm around El's waist and helped her through the game, even though El was already starting to understand the concept. Lucas elbowed Dustin and gestured to Mike and El, finally taking notice in how Mike was acting.

On El's next turn, she rolled the dice with her powers, making the numbers land on a perfect twelve, "That's not fair!" Lucas complained.

"She used her powers!" Dustin whined, "She cheated!"

"Guys, calm down," Mike said defensively, " She hasn't played before and she didn't know that was cheating," El blinked innocently and she had a slight frown on her face, surprised by everyone's reaction, "Just let it pass this time."

"But last time we played, Lucas dropped the dice a special way to get twelve and you made him re-roll," Max rolled her eyes, "So why are the rules different this time?"

Mike glared at them slightly, "Just let El keep the roll," He looked at Lucas and Dustin, "This is not nonnegotiable." He looked around at the party quickly before taking El's hand gently and immediately smiling at her, his mood instantly changing.

"What's up with him?" Max whispered as Mike took his turn.

"I don't know," Lucas admitted, "He's usually never like this."

"I think he's whipped," Dustin replied, "Look at him, he literally does everything for El. He barely lets her lift a finger."

"Wow, so Mike is actually whipped for El?" Will whispered, quite surprised, "I knew he loved her a lot, but still..."

"I guess so." Dustin said, a mischievous look gleamed in his eyes, "Watch this." He turned to Mike, "Hey Mike?" He continued to talk to El, completely ignoring Dustin. "Mike, MIKE!"

"Uh yeah?" Mike replied, shaken out out of his moment of looking at El's beauty.

"Do you have any chips or pudding?" He asked Mike.

"Check upstairs..." Mike said, his eyes were on El again as he brushed one of her curls behind her ear again, making her smile.

Dustin raised an eyebrow at him, surprised by his response. Usually Mike was willing to get things for the party, but this time, all he could focus on was El.

"Mike?" El asked as Dustin rolled the dice.

"Yes El?" Mike responded immediately, "Do you want anything?"

El nodded, "Can you make me some eggos?" She asked sweetly, "only if you don't mind."

"Of course i dont mind, Ill be right back." Mike sprinted up the stairs and began making eggos for El.

"Damn, he is whipped," Max mumbled as El played with the dice, not listening to the conversation.

"Yep, this is perfect," Lucas said, "We can tease Mike to death now."

Mike walked downstairs with a plate of eggos nicely spread out on a plate, "Here, princess." He presented the eggos to her with a smirk, making El giggle.

"Thanks, Mikey." El smirked at the nickname as she stood up and began walking upstairs.

"El, where are you going?" Mike asked her.

She turned over her shoulder, "Im just getting a glass of water..."

"No, no," Mike took her hand and brought her back down the stairs, "You stay here, and I'll get the water, okay?"

"Mike its okay, i can get it." El protested.

"Sweetheart, I'll get it for you," He brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear, "Just sit down, please?"

El hesitated but nodded and sat down on the couch with her eggos as Mike went upstairs. The party had confirmed their theory: Mike Wheeler was whipped for El Hopper.

He returned a minute later and handed his girlfriend the water. He wrapped an arm around her shoulders as she rested her head on his shoulder.

The party looked at eachother knowingly, trying to decide who would start teasing Mike. El stood up and went upstairs to use the bathroom and Max stated, "Mike, you're whipped."

"What?" Mike turned his head to Max, a confused look on her face.

"She's right, Mike," Lucas spoke up, "You are 110% whipped for El."

"I'm not whipped," Mike argued, "Sure I love her a lot and I always want to make sure she's okay-"

"And you do everything for her." Will grinned.

"And you get her anything she wants, even if she wants to do it herself." Dustin said.

"You treat her like she's royalty." Lucas said.

"And you changed the rules of that board game for her." Max finished.

Mike's cheeks went red, "T-That doesn't mean I'm whipped." He looked down at his feet, "I love El to death but... But I'm not whipped."

"You hestitated!" Will laughed, "Mike is whipped, Mikey is whipped!"

"Dude, just marry her already," Lucas grinned, "You've probably already planned your wedding."

" 'Sweetheart, dont lift a finger," Max said, imitating Mike, " I'll do everything and anything for you because I am so whipped for you that I'm gonna marry you the day we turn 18.' "

" 'Princess, I am willing to do anything for you, and only you. I don't care if anyone else asks for anything, you're my number one priority and i will literally be your slave to keep you happy.' " Dustin said as he got on his knees infront of Mike, also imitating Mike, " 'Marry me or i will die. PLEASE I'M DESPERATE!' "

The party burst out laughing as Mike burried his face in his hands, "I-I am not whipped."

The laughter died down as El walked back downstairs and tilted her head slightly, "Whats so funny?"

Later that night...

El had gone home that night and was at Hopper's house, leaving Mike alone. He layed on his bed and thought about what had happened earlier.

'Whipped? Oh please!' Mike thought as he stared at the ceiling, 'I love her a lot... And I like doing things for El...'

'And i love making her feel like a princess...'

'And I love it when she's happy and can relax and do nothing...'

'El just messed up in the game, thats why i made an exception. Thats all'

'And i always want to make sure she's okay, so i always ask her...'

'And I do everything she asks me to do so she feels like a princess and i offered to get her things because I'm so in love with her that I'm-'

Mike sat up, his eyes wide, "Shit... I am whipped for El. They were right, god damnit!"

Mike is whipped for El. No joke. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.