Ladies and Gentlemen, The Living Dead's

by Zombiesface

Summary:

Will Byers desperately needed to get over his crush on Mike Wheeler, While doing so he gained some new friends and joined a band!?

Notes:

THIS AU IS BASED BEFORE S4 AND AFTER S3

 

if u have any suggestions or criticism we would love to hear it <33

Chapter 1: Dream of the Californication

Summary:

Will byers joins a art club

Notes:

Chapter Name/Song Name;

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Please note!! in this au:

THIS AU IS BASED BEFORE S4 AND AFTER S3

The byers moved out in october 1985

the actions in s4 have not started yet

Au includes my own OCS

Criticism is always appreciated <333

Narrator POV

 

 Friday November 15th, 1985

 

It had been a little over a month since Will Byers had left from Hawkins to California, 35 days if you want to get technical but for will it felt like years, with only a few calls from his best friend (and crush) but multiple from the rest of the party, Will Byers started to become very sad. His non existant social life with " best friend " was making him upset, he was mad. Extremely mad he just wanted to be a person, a person who didn’t fall in love with their sister's boyfriend, but to be fair he did fall in love before they were together.

 

He just wanted to have fun, he just wanted to become a normal teenage boy, could he ever become normal knowing he was gay?. He thought about the possibility of mike being gay, a 99.9999 possibility that he was straight, and a 00.0001 percent of him being gay. He had to get over his sad silly little crush on mike for his sisters sake.

 

it wasn’t easy, getting over your best friend/crush of 5 years but he'll try his hardest, so far its been going good except he can't get over their last embrace, a simple hug a last goodbye.

 

Third person POV

 

Will Byers was doodling in his 8th period class, Math class. He didn’t hate math class Infact he sorta liked it, But it was a friday, the bell was just about to ring, and will just wanted to go home and relax for the weekend

 

 

*RING RING RING*

 

 

The last bell rung. As will started packing up to leave he heard someone call his name, “will if you can just stay back for a minute” his teacher, Mr. Smith asked
“Uhh sure” will replied. He walked nervously, he approached the desk “was this about my grades? i know im not the best student but im trying” he asked anxiously.

 

“No this isn’t about your grades don’t worry they’re great actually.” Mr smith said reassuringly, (he was always one of will’s favorite teachers) “I just wanted to talk about the drawings on your assignments”, The teacher started now Will was confused, “what about them?” will asked confused as ever

 

“Well there is an art club after school in room 303, they needed more students and looking at your drawings, i think you’ll be the perfect member ” Mr. Smith said excitedly, “I owe the teacher there a favor anyways, it starts at right after school, I think you will like it a lot.” the teacher paused, “i’ll think about it” Will said, he sat up and started leaving.

 

Will mr smith spoke “yes Mr smith?” will said as he looked back holding the door knob just to see his favorite Teacher smiling at him “Your an amazing artist, if you do decide to go, i know you will love it” Mr smith said kindly. Will gave a sweet smile, thanked him, and walked out of the class.

 

After alerting El to tell their mom that he’ll be at art club, Will was met with multiple people pushing and shoving trying to get to the doors, Will tried his best to move, luckily he had found himself in the empty bathrooms of lenora breathing unsteady, he placed down his bag on the floor.

 

he looked at himself in the mirror for a while, He had gotten taller. He took a deep breath in and a deep breath out, being in crowded places were almost too much for him. He splashed water on his face and looked up at the mirror 

 

“Art club…” he whispered, he ran his hand through his hair for a second, his heart was racing “It can’t be that bad right?” he said grabbing his bag and opening the door, The halls were almost empty, except for the kids walking to room to room, “Well here goes nothing” will muttered under his breath as he approached the door.

 

As he walked into the class, trying to be as invisible as he could be knowing people were giving him small glances.  He sat in one of the empty desk, he watched the class slowly fill in.

 

“not a lot of people here” Will thought as he looked around the class however after a minute someone came and sat right next to will. Staring at the person next to him, Will had recognized them, the girl in his history class with the punk style

 

“Hey aren’t you in my history?”

 

will had spoken out loud. instant embarrassment hit him like a train

 

“hm?” the punk said as they looked over to will, who looked up at will, then down, then up, Will got nervous.

 

 

“Sure my hair was longer it was extremely shaggy, but that didn’t mean it was bad, it was just not that good either, neither was my extremely bland outfit” Will thought cautious of his appearance suddenly

 

 

“Oh yeah i remember you!” the punk spoke, the voice immediately snapping will out of his head. 

 

…

 

their voice was deeper then Will had expected.

 

the girl next to him, wasn’t a girl as all, his face was so feminine.

 

but at the same time, masculine? it honestly didn’t make sense to will

 

Will’s face got redder by the second. confused and a little dazed

 

“Your the boy who always turn his tests in first” the punk said, Will got  more flustered from that comment

 

“I’m not a teachers pet or anything, it’s just that the answers are very easy!” will said while still very flustered

 

“Yeah whatever you say man” The boy giggled. Wills face started to feel warm, His laugh, echoed in his mind.

 

“What’s your name?“ The boy said gazing into wills eyes “oh, my names Will” pausing with the sudden eye contact.

 

nice to meet you, willll”  the boy said in a sing song tone while holding out a hand for will to take.

 

“My names David but my friends call me davis or davie” David said with a slight giggle when will took his hand

 

a small spark, the tiniest spark, zapped their fingers slightly.

 

“Nice to meet you to, … davie” will said with a slight pause before saying his name.

 

 

“Your hands are kinda sweaty” Davie said still holding his hands

 

“sorry..” Will said with a nervous chuckle separating his hand and wiping it on his shirt.

 

“Why do your friends call you davie?”

 

“it’s a inside joke, actually more like a really embarrassing nickname / joke they made for me” david muttered

 

“its a nice nickname” will said with a smile

 

David hoped that nobody could hear how loud his heartbeat was.

 

Narrator POV (a Davie storytime)

 

Now you may be asking yourself “Why is Davie in Art club? he sucks at drawing” Well to answer that question you would have to meet Davie's best friends, Mika, Sam, and Vicky. 

 

Mika, the obnoxious outgoing Type who has a talent for loud music and poetry, and Sam, The quiet grumpy guy who never has enough sleep but makes people laugh. and Vicky, rich girl charismatic gorgeous mean but nice , she can be serious at any time but you can come to her for anything

 

Mika and sam met in kindergarten (remind you of someone?) and they’ve been best friends since then. Davie met Vicky in 2nd grade and the group seemed to find each other at 5th. Ever since then, they've been inseparable. Davie played bass almost all of his life, he was amazing at it, but he wasn't good at anything art related, He’s more into music.

 

However mika and Sam did not care, they wanted Davie in their art club, “We miss you dude”, “It’s lonely without you”, “i’ll give you 20 bucks PLEASE” Davie (obviously) caved in to their begs, I mean he didn’t want to lose the only friends he had right?.

 

One thing about the group was that they all seemed to be only attracted to the same gender, they became closer with that fact, sure they were outcast of the school but they were outcasts together, and that meant everything to davie.

 

Anyways back to will and davie, They got into a conversation about the cure and well davie seemed very mesmerized by will, Davie would just stare at Will as he would rant about Boys Don’t Cry and The Cure’s new album “The Head on the Door”, Will was also obsessed with the way davies eyes would change

 

but not a noticeable change like how you never notice the earth is rotating, they slowly change from a light green to a darker green and shine when he talks about anything he loves, Will thinks it’s the most magical thing in the world.

 

Third person POV

 

the classroom door opens suddenly which pulls davie out of his rant about how unfair society is.

 

3 Punk kids walked into class “Sorry were late Mrs. Smith, A teacher had asked for our help” Vicky said with a charmful smile while sam made his way to sit infront of davie.

 

“That’s okay guys, just don’t be late next time” Mrs. Smith said with a sweet smile. Mika walked over to david looking confused.

 

“Hey, umm who’s that” Vicky said looking at will in confusion, “Vicky this is will, Will this is Vicky” Davie said with a shine in his eyes.

 

“Oh hey,” Vicky said with a hand reaching out " my names actually Victoria but I go by vicky all the time" she said giggling a little, After shaking her hand, Will got introduced to the rest of the group, Mika and Sam

 

Everyone got into conversation without Will pretty quickly, allowing Will to sink into his mind for a while.

 

He wasn't upset that they forgot about hm in their conversation, I mean he just met them anyway he was focused about something else. Will really liked how davies eyes shine every time they asked about his Instruments and Music.

 

Davie was very beautiful in Wills eyes, “His hair was so long, The light hit every angle of it perfectly. His smile was captivating, And his eyes…His eyes were so so so beautiful” will thought smiling

 

every thing that David talked about were immediately noted in wills mind, he wanted to know everything about him. 

 

“What about you will?” Mika asked, everyone’s eyes immediately turned on him, “uh, what?” Will asked confused he hadn’t really been paying much attention to the conversation.

 

“Bands, What are you into?” Sam said looking at will, “Oh! well i really like the cure and the smiths” Will said enthusiastically, he loved talking about music and art. “Have you heard of KISS?” Mika and Sam asked with wide eyes as davie and vicky playfully rolled their eyes.

 

”What’s KISS?” will asked confused, “ wait doesn’t Jonathan has a album called kiss?” will thought remembering back to inside of jonathans room.

 

“You don’t know what KISS is??” Mika asking jaw dropped while staring in shock, “Uhh no not really?” Will muttered

 

“Dude you have to listen to them they’re amazing” Sam said excitedly. Vicky and mika nodded their head in agreement.

 

”okay umm, what genre song is it? classical, pop, country?” Will was met with silence....so he kept talking, "it sounds like a love song” Will said confused,  he had no idea what “KISS” was.

 

“KISS isn’t a song dude” Sam said smiling, “It’s a band” Davie said giggling finishing sam’s sentence.   

 

Will couldn’t help but stare at davie “your laugh is so pretty…” Will said quietly, The room got silent.

 

did I just say that out loud,  "oh err I mean um," will was at a lost for words "Tell me more about kiss” his voice cracking as he tried to change the subject.

 

Vicky bursted out a giggle and nudged Mika as if she was saying "he's one of us.” Mika reply’s with a side eye and a wink.

 

“Answer the question Davie” Sam said teasingly, Davie’s face was pink in the cheeks.

 

“umm so umm actually i think Mika should do it” Davie said avoiding eye contact and with nervous laughter

 

Mika chuckles a little before going on a whole rant about music and bands like Sisters of Mercy and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

 

Will caught Davie’s glance before breaking it with a smile.

 

Will made a mental note to ask jonathan about all the music when he got home.

 

“Okay everyone talking time is over, time for today’s lesson; Shading!” Mrs Smith said shushing the class and writing on the chalk board.

 

Everybody got quiet pretty quickly and payed attention, well everybody except david and will who were still sneaking glances on each other for a while

                                                                                                                                          _______________________

 

“Okay guys, that wraps up todays class, Hope to see all these new faces next week, Have a great weekend everyone!” Mrs Smith said happily as she ended the lesson.

 

The class seemed to end really quickly, while packing up will thought about how he related to his new found friendgroup in many ways, all 4 of them liked some form or art and they seemed to like some same genres of music

 

He was really excited for Monday when he gets to talk to davie and the group again

 

“ if i told them all the things that happened to me, would they even believe me?, would they believe anything i told them?”  will thought with a sad expression on his face.

 

“Hey don’t be sad, i’ll drive you home, where do you live?” Mika said with a pitying look on his face “w-what?” Will said looking at the group, He must have gotten lost in thought because he had no idea what anyone was talking about, “Yeah you looked so sad when we all said that i was gonna drive them home don’t worry man you can come with” Mika said while finishing packing up.

 

”Y-you have a car?” Will asked amazed, “Of course I do dude,” Mika said flaunting the keys around “It's pretty nice as well” Davie said smiling at will, “Are y’all coming or are y’all just going to make googoo eyes at each other all day?” Vicky asked, she was at the door with mika and sam they were staring at will and davie “We weren’t making goo-goo eyes Vicky!!” David practically yelled while walking over to playfully punch her on the arm. 

 

Walking out of the building talking about the lesson, they finally reach the car

 

“Will you get shotgun” mika said while walking to the car “Dude! I always get shotgun??” sam said looking mika with a pained and surprised face, “Dude” Mika said to sam with a pleading expression, “Dude” sam said with a sort of “Really??” expression added

 

Will wasn’t sure what was happening, Vicky and Davie looked at each other and then giggled

 

“It’s okay i’ll sit in the back with davie and vicky, i don’t mind” will said “Yay” Sam put his arms up in a happy tone and Mika giggled.

 

“oh ok….cool” davie said sort of happy, “Yay” Sam put his arms up in a happy tone and Mika giggled.

 

will’s cheeks went a pale pink as he climbed into the backseat, brushing his pinkie over davies

 

davie went in first, then will in the middle, then vickie at the end

 

“Wait i think i have some KISS cassettes here,” Mika ruffled with the stack of tapes in the armrest before pulling out a tape labeled. “I was made for loving you?” will asked confused. “Yeah dude! ugh you will love it” Mika said excitedly as sam was nodding while pulling out more KISS related tapes.

 

Vicky laughed "dont sing so loud this time guys” she put her hand on her forehead in a dramatic pose “my eardrums almost burst last time"

 

"whomp whomp" mika said while starting up the car and put the cassette in and sam  practicing his air guitar.

 

Narrator POV

 

The ride to his house was pretty nice in Wills eyes. He listened to almost every single song and artist they had. “im definitely going to remember asking Jonathan now.” Will thought as he hummed along to the beat of the song

 

”We found you hiding, We found you lying” davie quietly sang while looking out the window, you could barely hear him from the loud sam and mika are singing (yelling), but he was and will heard it.

 

“You have a nice singing voice davie” will said quietly, Mika and Sam still yelling the lyrics. “Hm?” davie met wills hazel eyes with is green eyes, that will seemed to never be able to look away from.

 

”oh i said you have a nice singing voice” will said starting at davie, he could feel his cheeks burn hot,  just the heat  will thought.

 

“Oh, thanks” Davie said while his cheeks also seemed to turn a pale pink.

 

Will thought of what colors he could use to paint Davie, for his eyes it would obviously be, sage and basil definitely a light blue hint as well, what would that blue be Maya Blue? no that’s not it…Sapphire? no…maybe a Tea- 

 

“WILL”

 

Will snapped back to reality, “yeah!” he said as confused as ever.

 

“This is your neighborhood right?” Mika asked looking at him through the Top car mirror

 

“umm” Will looked outside the window, Vicky moved her head a little so he could see . “Yeah this is it, my house is that one”

 

“woah you live like really close to David, he’s like a block or two down” Sam said while looking at the streets.

“wha-“ David made a little sound while peering through the front view window, “YOU DO! I CAN SEE MY HOUSE” david said basically shouting while he pointed his finger to a blurry house, “ITS A BLOCK DOWN” he said still shouting in excitement and shock.

“dude that’s so cool, you guys can have like sleepovers all the time” Vickie chimes in 

Wills heart races at the thought, he glances at david who’s already staring at him in happiness, “Yeah we totally should” he muttered still keeping his gaze on david’s eyes, switching to one eye at a time.

“that’s really lucky” sam says, mika agreeing. 

 

Mika parked onto the side of his house, Vicky got out of the car for will, Held the door and bowed as will got out, “Thanks “ will said chuckling.

 

“Bye will” david said, You would have never seen Davie giving him a smile with a twinkle in his eyes and his face still a pale pink, but Will noticed.

 

“thanks dropping me off guys i’ll see y’all on monday” Will said while grabbing his bags and getting out of the car

 

“Wait will!” vicky said while grabbing a marker from her bag.

 

“yeah?” vicky gently grabbed his arm and wrote down a number, then paused, then wrote down 3 more numbers on his arm.

 

“CALL US!!” vickie yelled climbing back into the car "OKAY!!" will yelled back looking at his arm then looking back.

 

his arm was corved with number to phones and theirs names next to it "ME 000-000" Sam "000-000" “mika 000-000"davie ♡ 000-000" will started at davies number for a second, “a heart” he mumbled

 

“YOU SHOULD TOTALLY COME OVER SOMETIME DUDE!” sam shouted out the window as they drove away will walked over to his front door, pulling the keys out of his pocket. he gave a quick thumbs up as he saw them leave and stop at david’s house.

 

Will byers POV

 

I walked into the house seeing Mom in the kitchen cooking and El and Jonathan Dancing and singing to Madonna ,

 

I set my bag down on the seat next to my door and shouted “IM HOME GUYS” 

 

“Hey honey! how was art club?” mom asked 

 

“It was fine, I made some new friends” I replied as I walked to the fridge grabbing a water bottle, El and jonathan turned down the music to quickly say hi.

 

“Really? who are they” El jonathan and joyce asked basically in sync.

 

”Their names are Mika, Sam, Davie, and Vicky” I said giggling and opening  up a water bottle

 

”who dropped you off?” Mom said while glazing some food

 

”oh Mika! isn’t his car nice?” i said excitedly, “it’s a station wagon” beaming while saying that.

 

”My car is better” Jonathan said yelling into the living room, Rolling my eyes as I walked into the kitchen next to mom

 

“Really? wow wish I had one” Mom said while stirring something 

 

“Are you making meatloaf?” looking over to see what she was making.

 

”yes i am, El honey, can you help set up the table please.” mom shouted into the living 

 

“Ok! coming right now” el shouted as she walked into the kitchen, She had gotten so much taller over the years and her hair had grown a lot. 

 

“It’s nice that you're making friends, you know yesterday me and argyle we -“ Jonathan started going on a long tangent about something with argyle while el and will set the table.

 

”When can i meet your friends?” El asked with a excited look on her face, placing plates on the table.

 

”On monday, we can eat with them at lunch” I said placing down cups.

 

“I’m excited to see them and become friends with them!” El said while placing forks and spoons 

 

“i’m sure you will love them” I said laughing as I placed the side dishes down

 

“their so cool honestly and david plays bass” I say again eager to talk about my new group of friends

 

“who’s david?” el asks as she sat down

 

“oh my friend, he’s also in the group” i say a little embarrassed

 

”He has like really long hair and he plays the bass, isn’t that so cool?, he also lives like super close to” I say excited to talk about his new friend

 

“woah, that’s actually really lucky ” jonathan says as he walks into the kitchen and sits down

 

“I know right!” I say with a little laugh while sitting down 

 

“yeah it is, but be careful who you hang around, will” Mom says as she brings the food into the kitchen

 

“here let me help mom” I say as I get up and try to help.

 

“thank you hunny but did you wash your hands?” Mom asked with a grin

 

“…I’ll go do that” I say going to the sink

 

El sets down the food as i walk back to the table, also sitting down.

 

“You know i was just talking to Mrs. Martin and she said that-“ Mom starts talking about her day as we all eat.

 

Third person POV

 

As the family were dining at the table, Will had asked jonathan about KISS.

 

”KISS? oh yeah i know them, why?” Jonathan asked whiling eating.

 

”I wanted to ask if i could borrow some tapes, i won’t lose them i promise” Will asked basically begging at that point.

 

”Sure, i have other songs like that to if you want, I hardly listen to them anymore so it’s fine you can borrow them” Jonathan said while finishing his plate

 

”YES!! thank you jonathan!!” Will shouted and apologized as Joyce had told him to use his inside voice.

 

-

 

After dinner was over, Will had washed the dishes fast, took the tapes, and started getting ready for bed as the new  music was playing.

 

“I can’t believe im excited for the weekends to be over” Will muttered as he laided down on the bed.

 

All will could think about was his new friends, Mika, Sam, Davie, and Vicky He was very excited about davie.

excited at just the thought of hanging out with him more, bonding over simple things

Davie reminded him of a couple of things, How long hair looked really good on men, How beautiful green eyes looked with golden blonde hair, And how his eyes and smile would twinkle and shine sometimes when he was excited, how his dusty freckles fit perfectly around his nose, and how embarrassing it was that he spent so much times admiring him 

 

Wait

 

oh

oh

 

”uh oh” will muttered as he realized that he was experiencing a feeling that was almost too familiar to him.

 

Maybe he was thinking to much or maybe he wasn’t realizing something but he was 99.999% sure he had a crush on David and only 00.001 percent sure that he didn’t. 

 

“Maybe it’ll go away, I can’t like a boy now, how do I even know he’s gay??” will thought, he was on the verge of tears, he had a crush on a straight guy before that didn’t go well.

 

Tears were falling and will was getting tired, he wanted to escape it all, he rolled over, tears streaming down sideways “Yeah it’ll go away, i’m sure of it” will thought before he fell asleep.

 

Narrator POV 

It won’t.

 

Notes:

Hello…sorry for being gone for 6 months… i’m very sorry guys school and writers block just like JUMPED ME

anyways this is a revamp of chapter 1!!! i hope you guys like it :3 - Zombie
(2/25/24)

Chapter 2: The Sleepover Of Will Byers

Summary:

“ Will started to doze off, he felt so safe around everyone, he felt nothing could go wrong in his little sleepover with his new found friends.”

Will byers goes through the emotions of snowballs and quick avalanches

“Will!” I screamed into the black void but nothing spoke back. “Where am i?” i asked myself, looking around there was nothing for hours black and empty. With a shaking voice i screamed again. “ WILL WHERE ARE YOU” i paused. then i ran. screaming for him over and over “WILL??” my voice got repeatedly more higher until i stopped. 

”Mike?” Will. that was will but not? i searched around for the higher then i remember voice until i saw him. Will. my body perched over his, i was so hesitant to touch him my hands are smaller then i remember. until i heard him sing.

“should i stay..or should i go now?” he was young and shaking, cradling himself in a ball while singing “if i stay there will be trouble”. I finally spoke. “WILL!, will are you okay are you hurt what-“ I turnt him over. he’s not singing anymore. He’s not shaking. he’s cold to the touch. He’s dead. Will Byers is dead and i couldn’t save him. the room fills with water and the alarms of fire trucks fill my ear as the water comes rushing closer filling my lungs and then-

 

BEEP BEEP Mike opened his eyes abruptly, breathing heavy and groaning when the loud piercing sound of his alarm clock ran through his ears.

 

Pacing himself for the day rubbing his eyes intensely, subconsciously disregarding his dream and trying to calm down his beating heart.

 

he looked up and saw the time on his clock “9:07 am” mike sighed and looked over at his desk to find a letter from el he hadn’t read yet, turning on his desk lamp he grabbed the letter.

 

"Only one letter..." Mike thought with a slight frown on his face while looking back at his desk

 

He hadn't talked to Will in over weeks, I mean neither had Will reached out to him either, why was this his fault?

 

disregarding his thoughts, he opened up the letter and started reading

 

 

 

 

                  December 2nd, 1985

                         Monday 

 

 

Dear mike,

 

today is day 47,

 

it has been a little more then a month since i have left california feels more like 10 years! joyce says time is funny like that. emotions can make it speed up or slow down.

 

We are all time travelers if you think about it.

 

For example, this month is going very fast but slow to since school started . Will and I have new friends. Mika and Sam and Davie and Vicky! Will meet them in his art club last month

 

Vicky and will are the bestest of friends, they’re always hanging out with eachother, They’re like attached at the hip!. they have a nice style as well they wear dark clothes like leather pants band shirts and their hair is so wild! it’s long and shaggy and i think Will likes that styles to causes he’s starting to grow out his hair 

 

Wills been painting a lot! but he wont show me what he's working on though maybe it is for a girl I think there is someone he likes, because he has been acting weird.

 

Jonathan's been acting weird to but I think it is because he is nervous about college I don't know how he can get to college though because his car is still broken down, but his smelly friend argyle drves him places

 

he used to drive us to school but me and wills friend mika drives us now. Mika has a awesome car, its a staion wagn wagon he calls it his "baby", but I think its just a car. Mika is teaching will how to drive and he's getting good their also teaching him how to play instruments, I think its bitchin he was bad at first but he's getting better. 

 

how is everything over there? i really miss you guys, i hope we can visit soon!

 

adapting here is very difficult though i have met a girl in my class named angela! i hope we can be friends soon in the future

 

though everything is really different, it is more dryer here then back in hawkins it doesn’t rain as often and it’s hot some days even though its December

 

 

 

 

 

i hope my spelling was better.

 

miss you

Love, El

 

December 14th 1986

 

 

mike had found himself rereading the letter from el, over and over and over again.

 

specifically the third paragraph, did will move on? from us, from

me! though it seems like they both moved on

 

of course he’s going to get new friends it’s will byers we’re talking about.

 

mike laidback on the bed his eyes staring at the celling expecting something to happen, but he knew nothing magical was going to appear.

 

“i should get breakfast” mike thought while the smell of his mothers cooking reached his room

 

he got up and grabbed some pj pants and headed to the bathroom to get ready for the day

 

Third person POV

 

December 14th, 1986

 

Will Byers is getting ready for a sleepover.

 

He grabbed a Metallica shirt he borrowed (stole) from davie, put on his black jeans he thought were “rockstar potential” and ran to check out his hair in the bathroom.

 

His hair had gotten longer, but he really needs a haircut.

 

“Soooooo you’re going to David’s house again?” Jonathan appeared in the doorway (a hobby of his at this point)

 

“JONATHAN! oh my god hi, you scared me…” will screamed out

 

“and NO i’m not going to david’s again, sam invited me and everyone else for a hang out thing”

 

“oh like a sleepover?”

 

“NO!? uhh” will paused “yeah maybe…”

 

jonathan chuckled “a sleepover!!?”

 

“Does mom know?” Jonathan asked

 

“yeah, mika will drop me back home don’t worry.” will said while swatting at jonathan to get out and locked the door

 

“where is will going?” el asked

 

“sleepover” replied jonathan “i think he’ll be back on uhh..”

 

“TOMORROW!!” will yelled through the door, hearing the conversation.

 

“Tomorrow” jonathan said to El

 

“Alright, TELL VICKIE I SAID HI WILL!!”

 

“ALRIGHT!”

 

-

 

**HONK HONK**

 

Mika was honking like crazy. Will ran out the door quickly saying goodbye to his family, and hopping inside mika’s car

 

”Sorry, jonathan and e-Jane were interrogating me”, Will said sorta out of breath.

 

“It’s okay man, Hey is that my shirt?” Davie said looking at his shirt confused and Pinkish. 

 

“Oh this??” Will said looking down at the shirt

 

“Yeah i borrowed it from last time i went over, it’s kinda tight but i don’t know i like it, i’ll give it back soon”, Davie looked will up and down and up and down again.

 

“Nah it’s okay you can keep it, it looks good on you” He gave will a sweet smile with that same twinkle in his eyes that will always notices .

 

”Oh okay” Will felt his face getting hot, he looked away quickly. this feels familiar.

 

“i got new records guys, PICK A SONG ANY SONG” mika said while holding out cds in a magician way,

 

“uhhh this one” will picked out the one in the middle, a purple and green Misfits album

 

“good choice byers” mika said while he turned back to the front and slide the CD in the car

 

“god i love the misfits” david muttered

 

“SO MAKE THIS DEMON OFFERINNGGGGG!!!” vickie started singing super loud but no one seemed to mind.

 

will byers is really excited for the sleepover at sam’s house.

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When they arrived and walked into the house will was confused, "where are your parents?" will asked confused as vicky popped up from will and davies side agreeing with will,

 

"They're out for the weekend so we have the whole house for ourselves, isn't that fun?"

sam said as they guided everyone to his room up the stairs.

 

“where’s your sister??” david asked

 

“she’s at a sleepover, so don’t worry no distractions”

 

“distractions?? no ur sisters cool dude she braids her hair the best” mika said

 

“she’s like 8 dude of course she’s gonna braid your hair” vicky said

 

“here is my room!”

 

Sam’s room was something out of a movie, Comic books scattered on shelves and desks with decorative band posters that he hadn’t even heard off and banners covering his room. His bed with an dark blue blanket and dark oak bedpost was a nice touch to the lighting of the room.

 

“alright guys…what do y’all wanna do first?”

 

“let’s play monopoly!!” vickie shouted while grabbing the board game of sam’s shelf

 

“i’m gonna win” mika said sitting down on the floor

 

“are we betting money?” david replied cheekily as he sat down

 

“i hope not, i only have 3 bucks on me guys” will replied sitting in the middle of vickie and david

 

“let’s just play…” sam said giggling while completing the little circle.

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Lenora, California

7:13pm, Sam’s House

 

6 hours in and the sleepover is getting a little boring

 

“Okay guys, what are we gonna do now?” Sam asked laying on his stomach reading a comic.

 

"Dont ask me" Vicky said flipping through a magazine

 

“mmmm…maybe we can play another game?” david mutted from under a comic

 

“maybe..”

 

“hey, your hair has gotten so long byers, you plan to cut it soon?” Mika said still staring at Will,

 

“Maybe” will said staring at the wall

 

“And when did u get so strong byers” Mika said staring at will again

 

“what?”

 

“you’ve gotten like..stronger??”

 

“no i haven’t?!?”

 

“oh my god you have” vickie said adding her 2 cents into this convo

 

“Really!? i mean i’ve been taking another gym class but i didn’t think i would get strong so fast“ will said surprised ,

 

"your so buff though" David said staring at will.

 

wills brain stuttered for a second as he processed what was going on.

 

" OH! new nickname for will I'm so smart" Vicky said closing the magazine and sitting down.

 

" what is it?" sam asked peaking through Mikas comic "

 

“Buff Byers.." Vicky said staring at will,

 

" NO." will said basically shouting,

 

" Nope its decided that's ur new nickname now" Mika said giggling,

 

"Buff byers rolls of the tongue better" Sam said as he put the comic down and taunted will.

 

“I-WAIT WHAT IS HAPPENING” Will said still trying to process everything

 

"Catch me buff byers!!" Vicky said as she jumped into wills arm, carrying her bridal style

 

everyone in the room was surprised about how will carried Vicky like she weighed nothing, until he fell.

 

“HAHAHH!!!” mika busted out laughing and david and sam giggled along

 

“see..told you i wasn’t strong”

 

““i’m definitely going to jump into your arms more often until you can fully do it”

 

“can’t wait…” will said as he sat up from the floor

 

"moving on, Sam…do you still have the face paint i let you borrow…"

 

“Yeah..." silence filled the room

 

" wait.." mika said staring at will,

 

" what?' will asked confused.

 

”We have to give you a makeover Will” Mika said staring at will so intensely will could have sworn that he was trying to explode his head

 

“YOU READ MY MIND!!” vickie shouted as sam gave her the face paint

 

“What? umm” Will said actually considering it,

 

“i mean i do need a haircut, i’ve always liked having a hair style like yours david, but a whole makeover??” will said a little worried,

 

“I think it would look nice to be honest” davie said staring at will with a sincere smile,

 

will immediately agreed to the makeover.

 

“david you cut his hair, your like a wizard when it comes to hair”

 

“i know right” david flicked his silky hair back (how in the hell did he get it like that.)

 

“yeah don’t worry will david cut our hair and it’ll look great” Sam said in a reassuring tone

 

“i hope so! or else i’m going to be relatively upset” will was in awe, their haircuts fit them so perfectly, he always assumed they were just born with perfect hair

 

“dont worry, i gotchu” david said as they walked to the bathroom

 

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”Okay listen, we’re gonna give you a shaggy fully mullet style like mines and sam’s okay” davie said while he looked will in the mirror

 

 “okay!!” his voices cracked a little while saying okay,

 

“COUGH..mm i mean okay..” will said in a deeper voice to distract from the voice crack

 

David chuckled, “alright well im gonna play some music hold on let me just..

 

“SAM CAN I USE YOUR BOOMBOX??” david shouted out the door

 

“yeah here” sam gave david his boom box and gave him some cds

 

“thanks!” david got the boom box and sat it down on the counter

 

“i think you’ll like this one…” david put in a cd of people hanging upside down on a park thingy

 

“what is it?”

 

“suicidal tendencies, their more punk but i like them”

 

“i think ill like them too then”

 

while the music was playing and david was getting focused on the haircut, will started to zone out

 

he couldn’t stop thinking of the “buff byers” thing, sure he has applied to gym for the extra curricular and has gotten a little more muscle during the months he was in california, and he did take up boxing but it was only for self defense and he was kind of not that good

 

and sure his hair had gotten incredibly long and sorta messy, he was grateful his new friends wanted to cut his hair…oh my god his friends were CUTTING HIS HAIR!!!!

 

after zoning out for what seemed like forever, he snapped back to reality.

 

“Oh my god.” will stared at himself in the mirror, his hair was done and it looked great, it was shaggy but not too shaggy and long but not too long, it was perfect. He was obsessed.

 

Will hugged davie, and pulled away, “Thank you so much davie i’m so happy” will said so quickly he barely had anytime to process what he just said. his face went insanely red,

 

“dont get excited yet we still have to do your makeup” Davie said staring at will his cheeks were glowing a pale pink rose but he was smiling. 

 

  "you look amazing" Davie said as will was admiring his work

 

"really?" will asked turning around to look at davies eyes.

 

"of course, I did a really good job" davie giggling,

 

suddenly, seemingly at once the room got silent neither of them knowing what to say, they couldn’t keep their eyes off each other it was nice but slowly became a little nerve racking

 

Will broke the tension “So uh thanks for the haircut, i like it so much, like a lot” said, their scarlet cheeks glowing

 

David stares and then comes back “your welcome will, now let’s go put on your makeup” David gently holds wills hand guides him out the bathroom and to sam’s room

 

“i could win a bear in a fight” mika says casually

 

“no way” sam replies in disbelief

 

“yeah i mean what about a black bear” vicky adds

 

“oh could 100% wi- oh hey gu-WOAH” mika says

 

Will and david walk fully into the room

 

“YOUR HAIR LOOKS AMAZING LIKE WOW.” vicky shouts in surprise

 

“holy shit balls.” sam in awe mutters

 

“dude..you look SO COOL??”

 

thanks guys, i uhh am really happy with it”

 

“it’s like it transformed you into a rockstar…woah” sam said

 

“dude. let’s get some face paint on you.” mika said as he looked will in the eyes and grabbed his shoulder

 

“do i have to sit down again? my butt still hurts from the fall”

 

“butt? why don’t you just say ass” sam questioned

 

“habit i guess”

 

“i’m not sure if we can do it laying down but we can try” david says as he grabbed supplies from sam’s box of makeup

 

will sat on the bed, taking in the moment, how is he going to come back to his mom looking like an entirely different person?

 

he shook away the thought, future him can worry about that later, he just wanted to be in the present

 

he watched as david sat next to him and looked through the box and as vickie and  mika were getting ready to play uno, he saw sam looking through his cd & vhs music collection

 

sam pulled out a “black flag” cd and put it in his stereo

 

“alright i got what we need, ready?” david said holding brush’s

 

“as i’ll ever be”

 

“YOU CANT JUST DO 5 +4’S IN A ROW YOU CHEATERS THE GAME JUST STARTED!?” vickie shouted to sam and mika, her face was in shock

 

“your just bad at the game” mika said handing her 20 cards

 

“you guys are CHEATERS!!! STOP CONSPIRING AGAINST ME”

 

“loser” david said under his breath

 

will laid down as david started applying primer before adding white face paint

 

wills heart was beating, he didn’t know how to describe this but knew that every time he and david locked eyes, his heart skipped a beat

 

the odd thing was he could swear david’s eyes changed colors, ever so slightly he saw a deep green turn lighter within every second

 

he wasn’t disturbed with his eyes, he found them ever so beautiful he wanted to look into them forever, he couldn’t help it.

 

“woah” will whispered accidentally while staring into david’s eyes

 

“does it feel odd? it’s probably cause i haven’t powered it yet don’t worry ill fix it”

 

“uhh umm” will has forgotten that he was getting a makeover and now that he thinks about it, it does feel weird

 

god knows how much time passed until will heard sam shout

 

“UNO!”

 

“you guys are fucking cheaters, i’m not play this game with yall anymore” vickie said as she threw the cards on the fooor and went to pick out another game

 

“sore loser” mika said grabbing the cards and putting them back in the box

 

“aaalllmost done….” he heard david say, his eyes shifting back there view onto the green eyed boy

 

“done! here” david said before showing up a mirror to will

 

“holy shit balls.

 

“i-i don’t know what to say..”

 

“oh wow”

 

“you look like a completely different person, like completely”

 

“in a good or bad way?”

 

“GOOD!”

 

“i did such a good job” david said in a joking matter

 

“david you should do mine next” mika said

 

“are you gonna pay me?”

 

“what. WILL DIDNT EVEN PAY?” Mika said in disbelief at his friends utter betrayal

 

“that’s different” david smiled

 

“how” vickie asked giggling at the argument

 

“i have 3 cents and a piece of gum on me”

 

“good enough, come here” david as will got up from the bed and onto to the floor

 

mika sat on the bed and gave the gum to david

 

“I should put a huge penis on your face right now..” david giggled while priming his face

 

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David had somehow managed to put everybody in White & black face paint and still didn’t run out, though he did owe sam a shit ton of money.

 

“we look so bitchin…” sam said analyzing his face in his mirror with a alarming amount of superhero stickers.

 

“dude what time is it??” Sam asked

 

“idk but i’m STRAVING. can we order pizza?” Mika groaned holding her stomach in a dramatic pose

 

“Yeah i’ll buy it don’t worry” Vickie chimes in, excited to spoiler her friends

 

“i love you so much vics thank you” Mika said with nothing but love and gratitude in his voice “Yeah yeah…whatever” vickie said back

 

Will looked to sam’s closet while analyzing his room, he noticed a slight sliver and squinted. “Is that a guitar?” will asked sam without looking at him.

 

“You mean my sweet thing?”

 

“Your sweet thing?” will furrowed his brows and giggled a little, the names his friends used were so stupid.

 

“It’s my sweet thing!” sam got up and opened the closet to display a collection of amps wires and guitars

 

“woah…”

 

“did you buy a new guitar? david chimed in observing with will.

 

“yeah..cost me 120 dude…”

 

“okay richie rich” mika giggled

 

“shut the hell up you know i saved to hell and back.” “anyways yeah i started playing when i was really young my dad actually taught me, it was love at first tune.”sam said with a longing face, the whole group was always so dramatic and expressive in their movements

 

“that’s so cool can i try it?” will spoke while sitting up right

 

“oh yeah! you play?” sam replied picking up his guitar and giving it to will

 

“oh umm sometimes  johnathan taught me when i was little and i practice every now and then” will said while strumming on the guitar, trying to remember that one part from that one song he heard.

 

“okay i got the pizzas , the dude was an ass but i ordered 2 pepperonis and uhh..”

 

“Oh hey vicky!

 

“new guitar?” vicky questioned while putting her card back

 

“he spent 120 on it…” mika said behind a magazine

 

“what the FUCK sam..” vickie shouted in shock

 

“chill! i had to do like 100 chores to make it up please guys drop dead!” sam said defensively

 

“guys i’m bored now! when’s the pizza gonna get here?”

 

“m’don’t know…will your kinda good at that”

 

“yeah? i’m just trying to play misfits”

 

“it sounds good, keep it up…i may need you for something” mika said adding himself to the conversation

 

“for what?” will asked in utter confusion and nervousness as mika approached him

 

“don’t worry about it…shhhh..” mika said while sliding a finger down wills lip.

 

the door bell ringed suddenly, shifting the atmosphere.

 

“that was quick…” will giggled

 

“30 minutes or less!” david replied, rushing out the room for his dinner.

 

 “I can’t wait to see that dudes face when he sees our makeup, he’s so gonna piss his khakis!”. Sam giggled while going downstairs to the door

                           - 

 

half empty pizza boxes and just as empty cans of soda scattered over sam’s floor. the sleepover was getting a little boring, all the party games they planned were almost finished and the snacks were getting low, “Let’s do something else, i’m bored” Mika said dragging out the letters in bored, “Yeah um let’s do something else” Sam said staring at the wall. it was silent but a fun silent,  then silence shifted.

 

Suddenly will felt small, like he was in a show but could do nothing but look, he noticed mika make a signal towards sam, which in return was turned to david , then vickie who stood upright with paranoid eyes, the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.

 

”Will can u get us some snacks from the kitchen?” Vickie robotically muttered, like she was rehearsing a script while staring at Will with urgency in her eyes, Will was nervous, his heart was beating fast.

 

“Uhh yeah of course, what did you guys want?”

 

“ANYTHING” they said in sync almost like they all shared one mind.

 

“okay…”

 

“on the walk to the kitchen will couldn’t help but think “They must have known, oh god they hate me.” will thought with flashes of his mistakes wondering why the sudden shift They hate me. I’ll have to go back to eating lunch alone in the hallways, oh god. will couldn’t help but think the negative

 

-

 

“Okay i got us M&Ms, chips, and more soda is that okay?” will said while walking into the room noticing that sam mika and david were talking eachother, then they just started staring at wills in a alarming way.

 

”Um…is everything okay?” Will said in a nervous tone, Do they know?. “We have to umm tell you something will.” Sam said in a serious tone, “Okay…” will set the stuff he was carrying on the desk near the door and sat down infront of everyone. “We umm well we wanted to say that, we’re gay. umm.” sam stuttered out, fear flashing with face.

 

Will could have swore that his heart stopped for a second, “oh.”will muttered, he of course would never mind the fact that they were gay, he of all people understand how nerve wracking it is. He wanted to say more , to shout out that he’s never been more happy to find people who understand him

 

But all he could make out was a simple “What?”

 

suddenly tears were forming in Vicky’s eyes, they glossed over the lights. “We completely understand if you never wanna be around us again”

 

“what? no! no no that’s not it at all! i’m, i’m just”

 

“Overwhelmed?” david chimed in, an upset look in his face

said "well we're all gay here but the only difference is I'm the only one who likes girls" vickie said laughing getting up and hugging will, he jumped at vickys touch but somewhat embraced it. "yeah um we all like the same gender"  Mika said whispering as he also joined in on their hug, he was almost on the brink of tears as well, everyone was. "I um I'm gay to" will said while finally breaking the river of tears,

 

They all cried and hugged eachother, will knew how it felt to outcasted, to feel like a mistjake. Will always felt like he was going to be alone in this feeling forever but he wasn’t alone, Davie Mika and Sam all knew what it felt like aswell, what it felt like to be hated for something he couldn’t change. 

 

Their warm embrace lasted a while before they parted and spoke words instead of sobbing all over their shirts, “ Okay let’s

stop crying, my shirt is soaked.” Mika said through his sniffs and laughter and tears. “Can we watch a movie now? i need something to calm me down” vicky said through tears aswell.

 

”Yeah let’s watch The Dark Crystal” Davie said through tears as well, “I’ve never seen it” will said ALSO through tears. “Really?? man, we gotta watch it now” Mika said running to his TV, popping a cassette tape in and running back to his spot.

 

Will loved how close his friends were know that they have gotten so personal, Would they understand if I told them everything? will thought as he sat next to Davie touching knees (again), “Woah puppets…” Will said, the TV was getting his eyes a little bit of a strain. 

 

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30 minutes into the movie and, 7 hours into the sleepover, everyone was sleeping, Sam and vicky were lying on each side of mikas shoulders as he sadly had to sleep straight up but Will was wide awake sitting next to vicky.

 

davie had decided that Will's shoulder was the perfect place to take a nap on, wills heart skipped a beat . David and will seem to be attached at the hip, they have had so many heart to hearts that vicky (their biggest cheerleader) was starting to lose track, vicky and will seemed to click so much together, they were a power duo but if you asked vicky she would say she liked jane better then she liked will.  Everyone clicked so well with each other, will is forever grateful to his favorite teacher.

 

Will started to doze off, he felt so safe around everyone, he felt nothing could go wrong in his little sleepover with his new found friends. 

Notes:

sorry i was gone for 3 years my house flooded and i moved like twice and i got a boyfriend

season 5 was also really bad highkey

thank you all for the love more to come soon