Intrépide ~ Will Byers X Reader

Will's POV:

I gasp as I come back into the normal world. My vision and everything feeling very blurry and I can barely tell what is going on. My mom hugs me as I begin to cry, but before I can tell her anything I see Y/N fall to the ground.

"Y/N!" I run over to her holding her head when I see her bleeding. Max and Dustin helping me try and move her. In the distance, I could hear my mom talk to Mike.

"Who is she? Is she okay?"

"Uh, her name is Y/N, it's kind of a long story. Will says that he met her in the lab before?"

"Wait that's the same girl? Oh dear goodness."

"She was with Will the whole time, and supposedly has been to the Upsidedown as well so maybe something else happened before we got out here?"

My mom then walked up behind us. "Will sweetie, she's gonna be okay, alright? We'll bring her home with us so I can tend to her wounds."

"O-okay mom."

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My mom sat me at the kitchen table. She kept asking me to tell her the truth about what happened, but the truth is, I was so scared. I don't even know what happened. I cried trying my best to explain what happened. My mom hugged me while promising to never let anything bad happen to me again.

When I pulled away I heard a gasp come from the couch. Y/N must have woken up! I got up running over to her. I don't know what it is about her, but she just makes me feel safe. Not to mention how she sort of risked her life to try and save me. We barely even know each other and I wanna know why she would do that.

"Y/N!"

"Will? Where am I?" she asked sitting up putting a hand on her head.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're in my house. Be careful you got pretty hurt."

"Who cares about that I'm worried about you!"

"I'm fine."

"Will. I know that's a lie," she told me as my mom walked up to us.

"Well I don't believe we have officially met, I'm Will's mom."

~~~

Y/N's POV:

"Well I don't believe we have officially met, I'm Will's mom."

"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Byers, I-I'm Y/N."

"Oh, just call me Joyce sweetie," she said grabbing my hand. "Will has told me quite a bit about you."

"Mom!"

"All good things, mostly he told me how you were with him when he had his episode, and that you risked your life to try and help him. I can't thank you enough Y/N."

"It's no problem really, Will means a lot to me." Shit did I just say that.

"Is your head okay? It looks like it hurts," she said as she looked at it. "Well good news is it won't need stitches, but I'll get you an icepack."

"Y/N, why'd you do it."

"Do what?"

"You know what... You could have gotten seriously hurt."

"Will I-"

"Y/N."

"I did it because you make me feel safe, I feel like we're connected because of the Upside Down. And I dunno... I care about you."

"Y/N... I-"

"Here is the icepack Y/N! Jonathan said he won't be home for the night, so you could sleep in his room if you want? Or the couch? Or I could set up a sleeping bag in Will's room if you want?"

"Oh I don't know, I don't want to intrude."

"Y/N I know you don't have anywhere else to go, you can sleep in my room!"

"Thank you, Mrs. Byers... Joyce. It means a lot."

~~~

Will was lying in bed staring at the ceiling while I was on the floor doing the same.

"Hey Y/N?" he whispered.

"What's up Will?"

"I uh. I care about you too."

"Oh..." I giggled. "Thanks."

"Goodnight Y/N."

"Goodnight Will."

I rolled to my side with a huge smile on my face.

Does Will Byers have a crush on me?

My smile fell as I thought about it.

He probably just means as friends.

~~~

After I woke up I walked out to the kitchen where I saw Joyce on the phone. When she saw me she hung up and sat down beside me.

"Goodmorning Mrs. Byers."

"Goodmorning Y/N, how'd you sleep?"

"Oh, it was okay, I have a slight headache but I'm fine."

"Speaking of your head, it looks like nothing ever happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"It looks like there was never even a cut on your head? Weird."

"Oh? I don't know, that's weird."

"Are you okay Y/N?"

"Honestly no. Can I talk to you about something?"

"Mom?" Will asked walking into the room.

"Hey! How are you feeling, sleepyhead? Any better?" Will shook his head. "Same as last night? Still weird?"

"Yeah... Morning Y/N." He smiled as Joyce started to take his temperature. "Is it a fever?"

"No. Uh actually, it's cold. Do you feel cold?"

"No. Just a little out of it. Like I haven't really woken up yet," he said as he looked over to me, I smiled warmly, I really wish I could help him. He looked back to his mother knowing what the look on his mother's face meant. "You promised no doctor."

"And I meant it no doctor. You know what? I'm gonna run you a nice bath and it'll warm you up and hopefully get you feeling better. How's that sound?"

Joyce stood up and walked out of the room. Will looked over to me and then away shyly.

"Goodmorning Will."

"Hi Y/N. How are you feeling today?"

"Oh much better thank you! I heard you aren't feeling good though, huh?"

"I just feel weird. Oh right and uh, I put some clothes on my bed for you to put on, well my mom did."

"Thanks, Will."

~~~

I walked into Will's room and put on the clothes, I figured I'll let Will and his mom deal with the bath stuff alone. The clothes were nothing exciting, just mom jeans and a flannel shirt again. I stood in his room looking at everything when I heard him and his mom down the hallway.

"He likes it cold."

He walked into the room with only a towel, I turned away blushing. I also was kind of scared, he looked so different. I knew that this was coming but it still hurts to see.

"I uh, give you some space," I said running out of the room.

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