Two Hearts (Joyce Byers x Fem Reader)

Drawings

It was the day after that "date" down at the park with Joyce, and you two had been at her house together for the night.

It was in the afternoon when Joyce calls Hopper over to the house.

After she's done with the call, you place a hand on her back before asking, "What's wrong, Joy?".

She turns to you, "I think Will is having an episode again. Come, look." she says.

She takes your hand as she begins to lead you down the hall and to her son's room.

She gently knocks on the door, murmuring, "Will? Will, is it okay if we come in, sweetheart?".

"S-Sure, mom." replies Will's shaky voice.

Joyce pushes the door open before taking you inside.

She guides you to Will's side so that you both can look over his shoulder.

He's sitting at his desk, head placed on it's surface.

She whispers to you, "He's getting frustrated. He can't find out how to describe what he keeps seeing. I think that monster is making him see things. Hopper might be able to help, so, I called him over.".

You nod, "Okay, I get it. That definitely sounds like another one of those episodes.".

Will raises his head to meet your gaze.

There are bags beneath his eyes and he looks tired.

"T-The Mind Flayer... It keeps showing me a maze. A maze of tunnels. But I can't describe it. I know where every single one leads but I don't know where it is. Do you know what I mean?".

You reply, "It's like knowing a word is on the tip of your tongue but not being able to speak it, huh?".

He nods, "Just like that.".

Just then, you hear a knock at the door.

Joyce jolts up, "That must be Hop. Is it okay if I get it?".

You nod, "Of course. Go ahead, Joy.".

As she leaves the room, Will looks up at you, "Joy, huh? Not Ms.Byers anymore?".

He has a knowing look in his eyes as you try not to get flustered trying to come up with a new explanation.

"Uhm... Your mom and I are just... really good friends! Ever since we saved you Ms.Byers and I have developed... feel-friendship for one another! Y-You know?" you answer quickly.

He scoffs, smiling, "Right...".

You shake your head, "What are you implying? It's true!".

Just as he's about to reply, Hopper walks into the room alongside Joyce.

You find yourself slightly jealous upon seeing Joyce's attention so focused on the police chief.

Her sleeve is brushing his uniform and you find your mind wishing you could just pin her up against the wall and pleasure her until midnight.

You shake your head clear of the dirty thoughts as Joyce comes over to Will, crouching down beside him as Hopper stands by her.

Her eyes dart to one of Will's drawings on the wall before she says, "Honey... what if you didn't have to talk about what you saw? How about you just draw it?".

He nods, "I-I'd like that.".

She reaches into one of his desk drawers to pull out a stack of paper and a box of crayons before setting them down in front of him.

He grabs one purple crayon, and a blue crayon before beginning to rapidly scribble them on the first sheet of paper.

As the minutes fly by, so do the papers he colours.

Each one is similar to the last.

You, Joyce and Hopper take one of the large piles into the living room to spread them out.

"Now, just what is he seeing?" murmurs your girlfriend, crouching down beside the papers, looking to each one.

Hopper throws his hands up, "Joyce, I really think these are just children's scribbles. No depth to 'em. Just a nightmare.".

She shakes her head, "No, Hopper. My boy, he-he draws things so well. Better than even I could do. He doesn't do scribbles. This means something.".

"What? What does it mean, Joyce?!" asks Hopper, beginning to get frustrated with her.

"I-I don't know! It's something that we can't decode yet, I guess!" she replies.

You take a defensive stance beside her, sitting down beside her and placing a hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

She stops, taking two pieces of paper and sliding them together.

"Wait... Y/N... Hop... Look. These two match up... these aren't random! I-I-It's a puzzle!" she exclaims.

Hopper crawls over to Joyce to see the two papers.

They indeed look to be connected.

Upon that discovery, the three of your begin to put the strange puzzle together with masses of tape.

And after nearly an hour, Will stops drawing and you all find matches for each paper.

Once you do, you look around.

"What does this mean?" asks Hopper.

"I don't know but... I think I might know someone that does." she replies before rushing to her telephone on the wall.

She calls a man named Bob Newby over to her house, and not too much later, he arrives at her front door.

She lets him inside and he begins his work, looking around at the drawings all over the walls, wandering through her house.

You, Joyce and Hopper follow him for a while until he finally stops and says, "This... this is a map of Hawkins!".

Joyce looks at him, "What do you mean?".

"These... These are tunnels beneath somewhere in Hawkins. I would know, I'm a geek for that kinda stuff." he replies.

"Where? Where is it?" she asks.

He shakes his head, "I'm not too sure. Can I get some paper and a pencil? I gotta map this out.".

She nods, rushing off to grab what he requested.

As she does, Hopper follows her.

You grab your jacket before heading out to your car in her front yard.

You get in.

Bob said about tunnels underneath Hawkins.

And you know just what that means.

There was a case of rotting produce everywhere.

And you suspected there must be some underground virus affecting all of the plants, so, you decide to get on the case as soon as possible.

You begin to head down to the pumpkin patch alone.

You know Joyce will be mad you didn't bring her, but it's too dangerous.

You love her too much.