I watched from the balcony as Billy stood in front of El, guarding her from the Mind-Flayer. Its flesh bulged, almost in anger, as he stood up to it. All of our breaths were simultaneously taken away, and the second had stretched into a lifetime.
And then, all of that ended.
The Mind-Flayer stuck one of its flesh claws straight through his chest, Billy roaring with anger and pain. My knees immediately buckled from underneath me; I had dated him when he first arrived in Hawkins. I'd tried my hardest to fit into normal society, that I'd forced myself to date someone I'd never truly be attracted to.
All of the emotions that I have ever felt could never sum up how I felt in that moment. Blood spewed from his chest and his mouth. Gagging, I ran away. I couldn't bear to look at him.
I screamed in the empty corridor where I had fled to, hearing Max's own screams echo down the hall. Robin quickly ran up to me, hugging me in a tight embrace for my own comfort.
Ten minutes later, I had the courage to see Billy. Dead people normally look peaceful, but he looked like something out of a horror movie. I hadn't expected so much blood. More tears fell from my eyes, and landed on his chest. I wished I had the power to heal him with those tears, to bring him back to life.
But it didn't happen.
Max and I sat hugging each other for ages after, rocking ourselves back and forth as we cried. We swapped stories of him, trying to laugh at the memories despite them being horrible when they were formed.
And then, Joyce and Murray came back up from the Russian base. El looked to them in hope, waiting to see Hopper. Joyce's face formed into a look of sadness, and El immediately broke down into tears.
Two deaths from people I loved that night, both of them martyrs.
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Dingus | Robin Buckley x Reader
Fiksi Penggemar"You're such a dingus," Robin's sweet tone tells me. "I'm your dingus," I say smugly, wrapping her in my arms.
