< Dustin x Reader >

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Me, Dustin, Mike and Lucas stand around the table while strategizing a plan. El lay on the couch messing around with the supercomm. "We'll just tell our parents we have AV club after school. That'll give us at least a few hours for Operation Mirkwood." Mike explains. I sigh as Lucas speaks up. "You seriously think that the weirdo knows where Will is?" He asks. "Just trust me on this." Mike speaks up. "Okay." Lucas sighs. "Did you get the supplies?" I ask Lucas. "Yeah." He says, reaching for his bag. "Binoculars.... From 'Nam. Army knife.... Also from 'Nam. Hammer, camouflage bandana and...." He says adding emphasisto the next sentence. "The wrist rocket." He booms which earns a stare from both me and Dustin. "Your gonna take out the demogorgon with a slingshot?" Dustin asks. "First of all, it's a wrist rocket." Lucas starts. "It's a wrist rocket." I quietly mock as he glares at me. "....Second of all, the demogorgon's not real. It's made up." He finishes. "Lucas, we have to be ready for the worst." I groan. "You really think a D&D fairytale monster is gonna charge at us? Are you crazy? All I know is that if there is anything out there i'm gonna hit it in the eye...." He then takes the back of it pretending to launch it. "And i'm gonna blind it." He states. Mike sighs and speaks up. "Dustin what did you get?" We all watch as Dustin emptys his bag revealing a whole bunch of snacks. "Well, alrighty. We've got... Nutty Bars, Bazooka, Pez, Smarties, Pringles, Nilla Wafers, apple, banana and trail mix." He smiles with his goofy grin. Mike and Lucas share the same look as I keep my attention focused on what he brought. "Seriously?" Lucas asks. "I think it's a good idea. I mean we don't know how long we'll be out there and we certainly don't wanna starve." I explain. "Yeah, we need energy for stamina. Also, why do we need weapons? We have her!" He exclaims. "She shut oe door!" Lucas booms. "Shut twice and locked..." I mumble. "With her mind!" Dustin shouts. "Okay guys shut up. We don't know her limits. It's good to bring weapons if we need to back her up, and it's good to bring snacks for energy." I yell which just makes the boys stare at me. "Guys, time for school" Karen yells from up stairs. We quickly grab our bags and leave.

Before I knew it, it was recess. I felt lucky, because before I moved 6 years ago the middle school there didn't have recess. The 4 of us were at the back of the school behind the fenced in baseball feild, looking for rocks to use with the 'wrist rocket'. "How about this one?" Mike asked, walking up to Dustin. "Too big." He responded. I was bending down, searching the ground. "Do you guys think Eleven was born with her powers, like the X-men, or do you think she acquired them like.... Like Green Lantern?" Dustin asks. "She's not a superhero, she's a weirdo." Lucas sighs. "So? The X-men are weirdos." Mike speaks up. "If you love her so much, why don't you marry her?" Lucas giggles. I chuckle at this, still bent down. "What are you talking about?" "Mike seriously?" "What?" "You look at her all the time, like.... Hi El. El! El! El! El! I love you so much! Would you marry me?" Lucas exclaims as he got on one knee. "Lucas, shut up." Mike scoffs. "Yeah, shut up Lucas." I know that voice from anywhere. I quickly stand up from my crouching postition. "What are you losers doing back here?" I glare at Troy who smirks back at me. "Probably looking for their missing friend." James scowls. "That's not funny." I deadpan. I'm done with their shit. "It's serious. He's in danger." Dustin adds which gets a reply from Troy. "I hate to break it to you Toothless, but he's not in danger. He's dead. That's what my dad says. He said he was probably killed by some other queer." Troy smirks, leaving him and James to laugh. "Shutup, Troy. Stop being such a dick." I speak up, ending in him staring me down. "What did you say, Fairy?" He asks. "I said stop being a dick and leave us alone. Come on, ignore them. Let's go." I redirect my eyes to look at the 3 boys. We start walking away when Troy trips Mike ending in his chin hitting a sharp rock. "Mike!" I yell. "Watch where you're going, Frogface." James laughs. Me, Lucas and Dustin run towards him. We pick him up off the ground. "You alright?" Dustin asks. "Yeah." Mike huffs out. "Are you sure you might need a first aids kit. It looks kinda bad." I say, inspecting his chin. "No, I'm alright Y/n." He protests. Dustin turns his attention to the rock that busted Mike's chin. "Hey, how about this one?" Dustin asks, giving it to Mike. Mike smiles and looks down at the rock. "Yeah." Mike smiles. "Yeah?" Dustin replies. "Yeah, this is it." Mike smiles even brighter. "Oh, yeah. Yeah, this is the monster killer." Lucas adds, as we all laugh it off.

We rode our bikes to the destination Mike had explained to El. "El!" Mike yelled out as we pushed out bikes up a small hill. She was looking out beyond the fence. "You okay?" He asked her. She did look a little bit nervous, or maybe overwhelmed. She smiled softly as she nodded her head. "Hop on. We only have a few hours." Mike explains as he pats the seat on his bike. She slowly walks down the hill and hops on Mikes's bike. We all take off riding along a green grassy clearing.

I was walking my bike in between Dustin and Lucas, behind Mike and El. "Why did they hurt you?" She asked, pointing to his chin. I could still slightly hear them infont of us. I have been known to have keen hearing. "Oh that, uh... I fell at recess." He lied, badly. "Mike..." She started. "Yeah?" He asked her. "Friends tell the truth." She sternly said. "I was tripped by this mouth breather, Troy, okay?" He murmors. "Mouth breather?" She tilted her head. "Yeah, you know...." He paused. "Like, a dumb person who can be really rude or mean. A knucklehead." I chimed in, having them both look back at me. "Knucklehead." She repeated. "I don't know why I didn't tell you before, everyone at school knows. I just didn't want you to think I was such a wastoid, you know?" He explained. "Mike." She started. "Yeah...?" He asked, once again. "I understand." SHe nodded. "Oh. Okay, cool." He cheekly said. I rolled my eyes. "Cool." SHe smiled back at him. It was obvious he liked her.

We had walked for a long time, it was dark out. We reached Will's house. "Here." She said, blankly. Me, Dustin and Lucas all glanced at eachother with the same look. "Yeah... This is where Will lives." Mike says. "Hiding..." She responds. Mike shakes his head. "No, no. This is where he lives. He's missing from here. Understand?" He sternly asks. "What are we doing here?" Lucas booms. "She said he's hiding here." Mike says. "Um, no!" Lucas shouts. "I swear if we walked all the way out here for nothing," Dustin yells. "That's exactly what we did! I told you she didn't know what the hell she was talking about!" Lucas yells at her. "Hey! Be nice." I lowly scold him. "Why? Why shiuld I be?!" He booms at me, making me look down at the ground. "Why did you bring us here?" Mike asks her, lowly. She just stammers for a moment. "Mike, don't waste your time with her." Lucas says. "What do you want to do then?" Mike booms, whipping his head around to look at us 3. "Call the cops like we should have done yesterday." Lucas answers him. "We are not calling the cops!" Mike yells. "Hey guys?" Dustin interrupts. "What other choice do we have?!" Lucas continues. "Guys! Shut your mouths. Look over there." I boom, pointing to where Dustin is looking. Everyone goes silent and looks over. We then see ambulances zoom down the street. We all look at eachother then get on our bikes as fast as possible.

We reach a lake where dozens of ambulances and police cars are piled up. We hide behind a fire truck, making sure no one sees us. We closley watch as we see a boy's body get put onto a small canoe. My mouth drops open and a tear streams down my face. "It's not Will.... It can't be." Mike stammers. The body gets pulled up to the shore as watch intently. "It's Will. It's really him." Lucas whispers. I just stand there, frozen. Will couldn't be dead! We had so much hope... Mike turns around and slowly walks towards his bike. Dustin turns around, but doesn't walk over to them. "Mike..." El stammers. He slaps her hand away and whips his head around, looking at her. "What? 'Mike' what?! You where supposed to help us find him alive! You said he was alive! Why did you lie to us?! Why?!" He booms. "Mike!" I shout at him, still slightly crying. I'm unsure as to why El lied to us and I understand why Mike is so angry. I am too, but I still can't believe it. Will can't be dead. Mike completley ignores me. "What's wrong with you?! What is wrong with you?!" He shouts at her, once again, making her cry. "Mike.." She whispers. "What?!" He now screams. He then stomps over to his bike and gets ready to leave. "Mike, come on don't do this man." Lucas says. "Mike." I add. "Mike where are you going? Mike!" Dustin yells out for him but he already is riding away.

{A/N}

Hey! Sorry if this one is a little shorter, I'll try to make them a little longer later. I promise I will have Y/n and Dustin interact but I have to get to specific scenes first. We'll have to see later. Bye!

Sorry for any spelling mistakes.

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