You're the heart ❤️ Stranger Things

Chapter 4- Will the Wise

Will's POV:

I grab a tissue and clutch it to my nose, crimson red soaking through. I pinch my nose and look down as I wait for the blood to stop.

This doesn't mean-

Well I guess it makes sense. I think it's impossible for me to catch a break. I chuckle a bit to myself, almost like that little anecdote is funny.

This sucks.

I'm not sure if I should tell anyone about this. I don't want to seem like a burden when we have all these other things going on.

More than anything, I don't want to be treated like a baby or like I'm fragile. I've been treated like that for so long and this would only make it worse.

Thirty seconds go by and I'm pretty sure the bleeding has stopped. I throw away the tissue and wash my face a bit with the water from the sink. I just want it all to be over already.

I look in the mirror for a second and just think for a minute. Mistake. I still remember my conversation with Mike in the van. Of course I was too much of a wimp to tell him the truth. What did I expect? At least he's happy.. not to mention the whole moment when El was fighting vecna. I sigh.

Falling in love with someone who will never love you back sucks.

My head is still pounding and I feel dizzy but I know I've been in here long enough to raise questions.

Breathe in. Hold for three seconds. Breathe out.

I turn around and put my hand on the doorknob. I hesitate a bit but turn the knob and push the door open.

I look up and see that Mike is looking at me. I can't tell what he's thinking but it seems serious. He's just sitting by himself, almost like he's lost in thought.

I go to walk towards him but then I hear it.

"WILL THE WISE GET OVER HERE WE NEED YOUR HELP" I freeze and my face turns red a bit. I glance over to Dustin who has his hands cupped over to his mouth and they are ushering me over.

"Will you know more about d&d than any of us.. we were thinking that maybe some of the things about Vecna from d&d line up with 001!! What do you remember about him?"

I'm kind of surprised they thought about me enough to ask or that they think I know the most. The truth is.. I haven't looked at d&d stuff since before we moved to California. Not only that but I gave my books away.

It hurt too much. A sick reminder of all that was gone.

"Well technically Erica has my books now and I haven't really thought about d&d since before we moved..."

I'm speaking so softly I'm not even sure they can hear me. That's not technically true, since I have definitely thought about it. Just not read or played since then...

Dustin widens his eyes a bit. "Oh.. do you remember anything at least? In Eddie's campaign he brought Vecna back but you were always the one who knew more than anyone.. after all.. you are Will the Wise.."

My heart squeezes a bit when he mentions Eddie, the pain from knowing all my friends found another party to join is still fresh.

He smiled at me and put his hand on my shoulder in an encouraging manner. I smiled back at him.

"Well okay.. to start... Vecna was a once-human king and lich from Oerth that ascended to godhood. While he was once considered the most powerful lich to dwell on that world, over the ages he spent in undeath Vecna became maligned across the multiverse, and was considered the scourge of all civilization."