Love, Will | Byler

Prologue

It 's May 16, 1986.

It's been a month since Will's death. Since Vecna finally took his life away.

Mike has barely left his house since then. He did nothing but going to school.

But now he had to go to the cemetery.

Oh, it had been just a month, but it felt like centuries without Will.

And probably everyone felt the same. His friends, his family. But Mike.. Mike just felt that life was no longer life.

Standing in front of Will's grave, Mike couldn't help letting some tears fall from his eyes.

How many tears could his little body produce in just one month?

Everything was silent. It was just him at the cemetery. He wanted to go there before anyone else, so they wouldn't see him there in that mood.

But then, he heard Jonathan's voice behind him.

- Hi, Mike. - He grinned

- Hi... - Mike said, surprised, still crying a bit.
Karen told me you were supposed to be here. I was looking for you. - Jonathan said.

- Looking for me? - Mike said, confused.

- Yeah, uh... You know. We were just.. getting some memories from Will's room and reordering it. Then we found all of his D&D stuff and thought you would like to have them. - Jonathan said, with some sadness on his face.

Mike's eyes widened.

- For me? - He said, his tears stopped.

- Yeah. Will would've liked you to have them. - Jonathan said, smiling. - But now I'll take you to school, okay? - He added.

Mike gave a little smile in response and followed Jonathan.

Some hours later, after school, Mike got back home with a big box full of Will's D&D stuff.

He went straight to his room and opened it.

His eyes were enlightened, but, at the same time, almost tearing.

Some toys, an old D&D game edition and.. what was that?

Oh, that purple cleric outfit.

"Will the wise"

It always looked so cute on Will.

When Mike tried to deploy the clothes, he felt something inside of them.

It was like.. some piece of paper.