Lucas biked the whole way to Mike's house ready to avenge Max. He wanted nothing more than for this nightmare to end. He jumped off his bike and banged onto Mike's door. Mike ran over to the door and opened it.
"What the hell.." Lucas mumbled as Mike closed the door. Nancy was wrapping bandages around Steve's wound.
"The Demogorgons got him pretty good but we can't let that stop us right now, come with me." Mike said walking down the hall.
"Aw, real nice, Mike! I mean you take care of these kids and you'd think they'd be at least a bit concerned." Steve sighed.
"I care." Dustin said sitting right next to him. Steve smiled.
"Thanks, buddy." Steve patted him on the shoulder.
"DUSTIN HURRY UP!" Mike yelled from his room.
"You should go." Steve said.
"You're going to be okay, right?" He asked worried.
"He'll be fine, Dustin. Now end this with El and them, please." Nancy seemed desperate for an end in the near future. Dustin looked only at Steve.
"Go, you can do this. I mean I have no clue what you guys are going to do but.. ow.... Don't die the one time I'm not there, okay?" Steve said.
"I won't! And Nancy, you and Jonathan need to keep those motherfuckers at bay while we do this!" Dustin yelled as he ran upstairs.
"Language!" Nancy yelled. Nancy then turned to Steve.
"You need to apply pressure on your wound, okay? Me and Jonathan are going to be on the look out for any Demogorgons." Nancy said getting up.
"Nancy, wait.." Steve held onto her arm. She turned back to him.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Please, don't die." He mumbled. She smiled.
"I won't." She then got up and gestured for Jonathan to follow her. The two went outside on the porch. Joyce and Hopper were already guarding the back of the house making sure nothing would get in.
Upstairs the kids were getting ready to do whatever El needed them to. "So, what exactly are we going to be doing?" Lucas asked.
"Just trust me." She said. She walked to the bathroom and turned on the shower head.
"Are you just looking for him? Then why do we need to be in the house?" Mike asked. El turned to the boys swiftly and spoke with irritation imbedded in her voice.
"Eight months ago we killed Vecna but he didn't completely die. The last part of him is inside of Will." El pointed to Will. Mike's eyes widened.
"Hey, what? What do you mean by that?!" Mike got anxious.
"We're going to go into his head and kill Vecna for good." El explained.
"Wouldn't that hurt Will?" Lucas asked trying to make sense of it all.
"Yeah, we can't put him at risk!" Mike said not understanding why they were going through with this. El didn't know what to say. She didn't want to do this either but they had to.
"I'll be fine, guys." Will spoke up. It went quiet.
"Well, that works!" Dustin said giving a thumbs up. Mike's eyes were glued to Will. He was afraid. He didn't want to lose him but he trusted Will. He trusted his words. Will noticed his gaze and forced a smile.
"Okay, everyone form a circle and then hold each other's hands, including mine. Will, you need to be closest to me." El said.
"Okay, let's do this!" Dustin yelled with determination.
"Yeah, I can't wait for this to finally be over." Lucas exclaimed.
"It'll be over before we know it!" Mike tried to calm everyone but in reality it was for himself. Will sat next to El and then everyone sat down.
"Everyone close your eyes." El ordered.
Before Mike closed his eyes he whispered into Will's ear. "After this is over we can finally be the way we always wanted to be." Mike wore a soft smile, the genuine smile Will adored so very much. Will couldn't help but smile as well, he nodded even foolishly believing it for a second.
Will and Mike were the last to close their eyes and once they did El focused on one thing and one thing only. Vecna.
She tried to keep the fact that Will wouldn't make it out of this alive as far from her thoughts as possible but it was there somewhere nonetheless. Will, her non blood related brother. One of the only people she had in California. The boy she saved all those years ago. She was just going to lose him just like that? That's what it seemed like.
To Will he was never meant to make it. It started with him and now it would end with him.
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This Is Christmas
Fanfiction[This story takes place 8 months after season 4] Mike has always been in denial about his feelings towards Will. He had pushed him away multiple times because of this denial but now Will and his family is back in Hawkins. Will has been a wreck this...
