"Hey Dustin..." y/n spoke softly as she tapped her knuckles on his bedroom door
"can I come in?" she asked. She got a muffled hum in response, which she took as a yes. When she entered the room, she saw Dustin laying with his stomach on his bed, arms under his pillow and his head turned towards the wall.
"how you holding up?" she asked as she sat on the edge of his bed and placed a glass of water on the nightstand beside his bed. He turned around and sat up, giving her a clear view of his tired eyes and tear stained cheeks. She wasn't the best at comforting people when they were upset so she just looked down at her hands awkwardly.
"I uh... I brought you a 3 Musketeers" she smiled and held it out towards him. He smiled and accepted the chocolate and then spoke.
"aren't you supposed to be in school?"
"yeh, but mom let me have the day off to look after you" she watched as Dustin just played with the packaging of the chocolate. Out of nowhere, Dustin just leaped forward towards his sister and wrapped his around her. She was stunned at first but then she slowly wrapped her arms around her brother, knowing that he needed it, even though she wasn't a huge fan of physical affection. They stayed like that for a few minutes before static from Dustin's walkie disrupted the comfortable silence in the house.
"Dustin, do you copy?" Lucas' voice spokeRadio frequencies tuned as they all watched El mess around with Mike's walkie. After a minute or two, indistinct whimpering was heard through the walkie
"We keep losing the signal, but you heard it, right?" Mike asked, gesturing towards El and the walkie.
"Yeah, I heard a baby."
"What?"
"Mike, you obviously tapped into a baby monitor. It's probably the Blackburns' next door." Lucas' explanation sounded reasonable but it didn't sound like a baby to y/n
"Uh, did that sound like a baby to you? That was Will!"
"Mike..."
"Lucas, you don't understand. He spoke last night. Words! He was singing that weird song he loves. Even El heard him!"
"Oh, well, if the weirdo heard him, then I guess..."
"Are you sure you're on the right channel?" Dustin asked
"I don't think it's about that. I think, somehow, she's channeling him. Like..."
"like Professor X."
"Yeah."
"Are you actually believing this crap?"
"I don't know, I mean... Do you remember when Will fell off his bike and broke his finger? He sounded a lot like that."
"Did you guys not see what I saw? They pulled Will's body out of the water. He's dead!"
"Well, maybe it's his ghost. Maybe he's haunting us."
"It's not his ghost."
"So how do you know that?"
"I just do!"
"Then what was in that water?"
"I don't know! All I know is Will is alive. Will is alive! He's out there somewhere. All we have to do is find him." The static crackled as El continued to try, but it wasn't doing anything.
"This isn't gonna work. We need to get El to a stronger radio." y/n said
"Mr. Clarke's Heathkit ham shack."
"Yeah."
"The Heathkit's at school. There is no way we're gonna get the weirdo in there without anyone noticing. I mean... look at her."As the boys began to look for clothes for El to wear, y/n helped Mike put makeup on her, to make her look less neglected and more alive. After that, El put on the dress and y/n helped her with the wig. She then walked out of the bathroom with El right behind her
"Wow."
"She looks..."
"Pretty...Good. You look pretty good." Mike stumbled, making y/n laugh. El walked over to a mirror with everyone watching her. She stared at herself for a minute before whispering
"Pretty. Good."

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FanfictionCompleted: Season 1✔️ Currently in the process of writing: Season 2 🖊️ Season 3 🖊️ Season 4 🖊️ As the seasons go on, the chapters will have more depth. Each chapter is one episode. Please enjoy :)