Runaway ~ (Completed) ✅ ~

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(y/n) - your name

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"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down." Nancy quickly says and Robin stops rowing along with her, the brunette turning around to show the compass to everyone as (y/n) held up a lamp. The group clearly sees the compass going crazy, the needle spinning around like nuts.

Guys, what's going on? Come on, talk to me. What's going on?" Dustin says through the walkie-talkie, Robin picking up the spare (y/n) brought with her to answer him.

"Uh, Dustin, your compass has gone from wonky to wonky with a capital 'aah!'" (y/n) giggles at Robin whole sends her a smile, turning to look at Steve when Nancy looked at him and asks what he was doing.

"Why are you taking your clothes off?" (y/n) deadpans and Steve blinks at her, his mind whispering that he was doing this to impress her but he quickly says something else.

"Somebody's gotta go down and check this out-"

"-and you think that would be you, so-called hotshot that fell off his high horse in high school?" Billy mocks, moving to take his clothes off instead. Was he doing this to help Steve? No. The basic male need to show off against his enemy and impress his girlfriend is what fueled this dumb idea. There was no way Harrington was going to show him up in front of his love.

"It's gotta be me, no complaints-"

"-obviously I do. You're just a washed-up deadbeat-"

"-I'm a certified lifeguard for three years-"

"-I'm a certified lifeguard for over a decade, I know how to surf and I teach kids how to swim. You really want to try and think you can do better than me Harrington?" Billy hisses, Steve sneering at him as the boys stand on the boat and square off at each other.

"Hey, I'm not complaining. I do not wanna go down there." Eddie says.

"Same." (y/n) whispers to him and the two nod at each other, watching the boys glare at each other in front of them.

"You two, drop it with the testosterone glare-off. Jeeze." Robin rolls her eyes and Steve and Billy step back to take their shirts off. She notices Nancy looking up at Steve and (y/n) looking up at Billy, the girlfriends looking at their boyfriends with wide eyes. (y/n) blushes seeing Billy in all his shirtless glory, showing off his fit physique and running his fingers through his hair as he winked at her. 

Eddie doesn't notice the girls ogling at the shirtless guys, wrapping a plastic bag around a flashlight each and handing one to Steve and Billy. "Good luck." he tells them both and they nod.

"Come back to me Billy." (y/n) says as she reaches up to hold his cheek and he leans into her touch, kissing her palm before leaning down to hold her chin gently.

"Always." he whispers, pressing his lips against his loves to kiss her gently. Steve quickly looks away with a frown, not hearing Nancy telling him to be safe as Robin looks at him with a sad look seeing her friend look so dejected.

Steve lets out a defeated sigh, diving into the cold dark waters below him. Billy moves back and kisses (y/n)'s forehead, lingering the kiss before leaning back hesitantly and diving into the water after Steve.

"You really love each other..." Eddie whispers to (y/n) and she smiles warmly at his comment, nodding.

The boys in the water swam next to each other in the dark, nodding at each other as they swam down further through the inky darkness. They dove down to the waterbed, seeing rocks around and dead fish. Lots of dead fish. The boys knew this wasn't normal, especially when the meat was cleaned off the bones. Billy turns around and sees a glow of red in front of him, turning Steve around so he could see it too before they swam towards it.