Intrépide ~ Will Byers X Reader

Y/N's POV:

Mike and I chased Will out into the garage. Mike pushing forward while I hung back closer to the door.

"Will, come on. You can't leave it's raining. Listen, I said I was sorry, all right?" Mike tried fixing things. "It's a cool campaign. It's really cool. We're just not in the mood right now."

"Yeah, Mike, that's the problem. You guys are never in the mood anymore. You're ruining our party."

"That's not true." Mike tried defending himself and I tried to intervene.

"Isn't it, Mike? Where's Dustin right now?" I asked him he just stared at us blankly.

"See? You don't know and you don't even care. And obviously, he doesn't either, and I don't blame him. You're destroying everything, and for what? So you can swap spit with some stupid girl?"

"El's not stupid. It's not my fault you don't like girls. You have the perfect one right in front of you but all you do is lead her on and pretend like you're better than us!" Mike snapped, Will was visibly hurt and I was too.  I could tell Mike knew he messed up, but this one would take both of us a while to get over.

"Look, I'm not trying to be a jerk. Okay? But we're not kids anymore. I mean, what did you think, really? That we were never gonna get girlfriends? That we were just gonna sit around in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?"

"Yeah. I guess I did. I really did." Will cried before getting on his bike and riding away.

"You fucked up Wheeler." I glared. "Quit being such an asshole and maybe own up to your mistakes for once."

Mike stared back at me in shock before I ran out after Will. I forgot my bike today so I guess I am now going to run to Castle Byers on foot... in the rain.

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I ran towards Castle Byers as fast as my feet could carry me. When I finally made it I saw Will walk out of the fort carrying a baseball bat. I knew he was about to tear it down. I could see torn up pictures of the party lying on the ground, and there were sobs wracking his body.

"WILL!" I yelled as I ran in front of him. "You don't want to do this."

"How do you know Y/N?"

"Because. I know you Will. I know that you built this place with your brother, and sure maybe all of your memories with your friends are here, but so are your brothers. You guys built this together, you stayed out all night in the rain and got so sick. But you did it anyway. You can't just throw it away. Sure he's always busy, like the rest of your friends, but I guarantee that if you invited him out here, he'd come."

He stared at me for a few moments before turning away again. He went and sat down in the Castle.

"You don't know what it's like. When one day your life is one thing, then the next it's completely different, and everyone looks at you like you're a freak. Nothing has been the same, everything is different. I'm losing my only friends."

"I don't know what that's like? Really, Will?" I sighed. "So I wasn't raised in a laboratory, under a ton of scientists being experiemnted on like a labrat? And then when I became "too much" they wiped my memory and sent me away. Then I also didn't have parents who always neglected me and at school, people treated me like I was a freak? I mean, of course, you wouldn't know that the last thing I did before I got trapped in the Upside Down, was you know, how I broke up with my bestest friend because I was even too weird for her too. It's not like I also went to the Upside Down, escaped and was experimented on... AGAIN. Right? Or it's not like I was with you the ENTIRE time you were possessed, so of course I wouldn't know what happened there. It's also not like I witnessed Bob's literal murder. Or like I have literal superpowers right? Because I wouldn't get it would I, Will?"

"Y/N I-"

"Save it, Will." I sighed as I walked in and sat beside him in the fort. "You need to stop pushing me away. I get it. You feel like a freak, and that if anyone gets too close to you they'll see that too. But here's the thing, Will. Mike doesn't see you like that. Lucas doesn't see you like that. Neither does Dustin. I don't see you like that. And you know why? It's because we're all freaks too. And yeah I know, growing up is freaking terrifying, I know. I've spent the last six months in a different place than I grew up, with not a single person I knew before all of this. Not to mention somehow I have superpowers. Things change, but that's just how life is. Friends will stop playing games, but that doesn't make them any less of friends, it just means that some interests have changed. Sometimes, friendships might even grow apart, but you'll still have all the memories to cherish. I know it's scary, but it's not like you can stop it? The more you try to hold on and prevent it... the worse it gets. But no matter what. I'm always going to be there for you."

"You promise?" he started to cry even harder as I wrapped my arms around his waist.

"I promise." I hugged him tighter. This boy is so broken, I would do anything to help him.

Suddenly Will broke out of my embrace and walked out of the fort. In the distance, I could hear Lucas and Mike yelling. I immediately followed Will out and grabbed his hand. His other hand slowly went up to his neck, and all the color fell from his face.

"Will!" Lucas yelled, running towards us.

"Will!" Mike also yelled I could tell that he noticed us holding hands. "What happened? Are you okay?

"Will, what's going on?" I asked.

"He's back." was all that he responded with.

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