PATIENT ZERO «1» Will Byers x Male Reader

🕐Memory🕠

(Y/N) had been staying in the Henderson household for a few weeks and after many visits to Hopper, the adoption center, and lawyer's office, (Y/N) was officially recognized as part of the Henderson Family.

Dustin had a lot of fun with his new brother, having to teach him a lot of things. He had yet to introduce (Y/N) to his 3 closest friends but planned to do so when he went over to Mike's today. Catherine made sure to dress (Y/N) up nicely for his first meeting with the boys, making Dustin groan at how long she was taking. When they were ready, she drove them to Mike's house, Dustin practically jumping out of his seat.

When they got to the Wheeler household, Dustin was the first one out of the car, but waited at the front door for his mom and brother. Catharine held both of her sons' hands after she knocked, waiting for Karen or Ted to open the door. One son was bouncing with joy, while the other nervously bit at his fingertips.

Soon, the door was opened by Mrs. Wheeler, giving the woman a kind smile,

"Hey Catharine," she looked down to see the two boys, but only expected one, "hello Dustin! And who is this little one?"

"This is my other son, (Y/N), we adopted him just recently."

"Oh! Hello (Y/N), nice to meet you! You're going to love the boys!"

The small boy nodded his head. The 3 were led inside, their mom letting go of their hands and walking off to hang out with the other adults. Dustin led his brother to the basement door, swinging it open and running down the stairs - almost tripping. (Y/N) slowly followed him, hearing a chorus of "Dustin!" before he had reached the bottom.

When he reached the bottom of the staircase, 3 new pairs of eyes stared at him,

"Who's that?"

One of them asked, making his brother run next to him,

"This is my new brother, (Y/N)!"

(Y/N) gave a small wave to the group of boys, who immediately circled around him and bombarded him with questions. He didn't catch most of them, all of their voice jumbling together. He figured he would just wait until they were all done, his brother had a different idea, shouting over all of them,

"Guys, chill! One at a time!"

He pointed at one of the boys, who started to introduce himself,

"I'm Michael, but you can call me Mike for short."

"Hi Mike."

(Y/N)'s voice was quiet, almost silent, but he could tell Mike heard him when the boy offered him a kind smile. He looked at the darker skinned kid,

"Lucas."

Lucas smiled at him and extended his hand, (Y/N) looked at it, almost confused. Dustin took his wrist and led his hand to Lucas's; they closed their hands on each other and Dustin slowly moved their arms up and down,

"That's a handshake (Y/N), it's how you greet someone."

"Oh."

The boys looked at Dustin confusingly at his brother's behavior,

"Mom found him in the street, he doesn't remember anything, and I mean anything."

a chorus of 'oooh's were let out between the group,

"So, you're like Wolverine."

The boy who he hadn't learned the name of said, (Y/N) only tilted his head at the statement. Dustin had taught him some things about superhero comics, and the name sounded familiar, but he hadn't been paying attention to his brother's 5-hour rants. The boy clarified for the other, quickly noticing his confusion,

"Wolverine was a test subject at Weapon X, he was brainwashed and reduced to a feral state, which permanently broke his memory."

Although he didn't completely understand what that meant, (Y/N) nodded along, hoping that this boy wouldn't rant to him like his brother did,

"I'm Will."

"Nice to meet you."

Now that everyone was introduced, Dustin pulled them over to a table where a board and game pieces have been spread,

"We're playing D&D, we're too far into this campaign to fit you in, do you mind watching?"

"Oh, come on Mike, can't we just make a couple adjustments?"

"Dustin, we've been playing this for weeks, we can't just add another person, it'll wreck the whole story!"

"But-"

Before the argument could continue further, (Y/N) placed a hand on his brother's shoulder. He looked at Mike,

"Do you have any books?"