PATIENT ZERO «1» Will Byers x Male Reader

-The Vanishing - PT. 3-

Joyce Byers and her oldest son searched through the woods, calling out the name of her youngest son. The last 2 days had been awful for the two, they couldn't even fully process that there was a chance that Will could be gone, forever.

Both of them blamed themselves for his disappearance, Joyce for not being the mother that Will deserved and Jonathan for not being there when Will needed him most. The lingering guilt ran through their minds like clockwork.
Although, if they wanted to find Will, then they couldn't focus on those feelings, the best they could do was search. As they hiked through the forest a familiar little hut came into view and Joyce could feel her eyes tear up.

«Memory»

Joyce knocked on the small sign on the top of the hut, "Castle Byers", it read. After a second, she heard her youngest son's voice,

"Password?"

She put her hand on her forehead trying to remember the password while chuckling,

"Um- Rada..Radagast?"

There was a pause before a quiet,

"You may enter."

She smiled and pushed the blanket that covered the entrance and climbed into the small hut. She sat down with her son who was reading a comic. She pulled out three little slips of paper and held them behind her back,

"So, I got off work early today and.."

She pulled out the three movie tickets and showed them to her son,

"Ta-da! Poltergeist."

Will put down the comic and stared in amazement at his mom,

"I thought I wasn't allowed to see it?"

"I changed my mind. As long as you don't have nightmares for a week."

She smirked at Will, and he laughed,

"No, I won't. I don't get scared like that anymore."

"Oh, yeah? Not even of clowns?" Will shook his head, "or my witch?"

She started to rasp her voice and wave her finger, as she heard Will complain she started to tickle him, still using her witch voice. Will laughed and tried to push her hands away,

"Stop. That's so stupid! Mom-"

Joyce stopped and sat back. She held the tickets back up and tapped the third one, making sure it caught Will's attention. She noticed the confused face and started to tease,

"You know, I just thought. Maybe you should invite a... certain someone?"

She watched as the confusion turned to embarrassment and Will started to deny,

"No mom! It's not like that-"

"Uh-huh"