Keep Breathing

10 - Comatose

{*in sing-song voice* I dOn'T kNoW aNYtHInG AbOuT meDicAl tHINgS 😁}

{Hawkins, Indiana. Hospital}

Third Person POV:

Dr. Mills watched with confusion as Mike closed his eyes. He turned to the heart monitor, watching as the heart rate slows back down to normal, before slowing down just slightly more.

He stayed there for around four hours, waiting for the boy to wake up. When he didn't, Dr, Mills squinted in confusion.

He frowned, and got out his Stethoscope. He felt around on Mike's chest for a moment before sighing.

The heart monitor was working, so that means he didn't need to use the stethoscope. Dr. Mills sighed. He took out a clipboard, turning away to write down some notes. A few minutes went by, the only sounds were the scribbling of Dr. Mills pen, the ticking of the clock, and the slow steady beep of the heart monitor.

He turned back to Mike and frowned when he noticed the boy's left eye was twitching. So were his two fingers on his right arm, the pointer and the middle fingers.

Dr. Mills frowned even more when the twitching became faster, more rapid. But then it just stopped. 

He swiveled in his chair and placed his clipboard and pen down. Dr. Mills turns back to Mike, and sighs, thinking about what was most likely happening.

Dr. Mills left the room, and Karen immediately came up to him, with Will.

"Before you or I say anything, I want you to know that this is temporary." Dr. Mills says. There was a pause. "I believe Mr. Wheeler might be in a coma."

This caused everyone to start exclaiming and shouting things.

"Please, please." Dr. Mills said calmly. "Thankfully, it is giving signs that it will not last forever. I believe he will wake up soon, but he still might be asleep for a long time, so I understand if you want a room in the hospital for someone to wait?"

Karen and Will exchanged glances, while Lucas glanced back at Max and Dustin. Nancy and El had left the hospital together, but they had yet to come back.

"Can I stay?" Will says. "If it's not too much trouble.."

Karen sighs. "That's a good idea." She agrees. "I need to take care of Holly, and Nancy and Ted have things to do during the day."

Dr. Mills nods. "Mr. Byers seems to be a favorite of my patient, as he keeps asking for you whenever he's in trouble." He notes, raising an eyebrow at Will. The brunette barely contains a blush from creeping on his cheeks. "It would make sense, you would be able to placate him when he wakes up."

When he wakes up. 

Will nodded. "Can I go into the room?" He asks. Dr. Mills nods, and Will clicks the door open and then shuts it behind him.

Mike finally looked peaceful. His fever was almost gone, only at 99.9 degrees now. Will sat down next to him on the chair, taking Mike's hand and rubbing his thumb on the back of it.

His best friend doesn't react. Of course he doesn't react.

He had hoped Mike would react.

...

Will was still staring at Mike's sleeping face, a few days later. He had come and gone from the room, only leaving to go to the restroom and to sometimes eat. He usually just slept in the chair. 

Then the door opened, revealing Dustin.

"Dude, something bad happened." He says. Will frowns.

Dustin continues to explain, them finding out about Max being targeted by Vecna, Nancy and Robin going off to do something, a second murder happened. 

"That thing Mike was yelling," Dustin says. "About the four deaths. Two of these deaths, caused by Vecna, have happened. What if Mike somehow is connected with Vecna just like you? Something might happen when the fourth person dies.. When Max dies."

Will sighed, rubbing the bridge of his nose with both of his hands. 

"What are Nancy and.. who?" Will asked.

"Robin." Dustin says.

"Robin." Will said. "What are they doing?"

Dustin shrugged. "They're trying to find out something about how to stop Vecna." He says. "And they need to soon." A shout of Dustin's name calls his attention. "I have to go, see you soon."

Will nodded as Dustin ran out. He turned back to Mike and sighed. 

He began rubbing the back of the boy's hand again. Mike's pale complexion was beautiful to Will, mesmerizing him. He shook his hand, shaking away those thoughts. He couldn't. Mike wasn't gay. 

But Will could only hope. 

Will sighed, resting his chin on the bed rail. He twirled his fingers around Mike's hand, feeling the cool skin against his.

"Mike.." Will whispered. "What's going on in your head?"

The sleeping boy stays still. Will continued to twirl his fingers around Mike's hand, looking down at the intertwined hands.

Will stared at Mike's face, again mesmerized by his best friend's beauty. A lock of his hair was tucked under the blanket by his shoulders, and Will watched as the fan above them made the piece of hair vibrate slightly.

A cold feeling washes over Will, making him shiver. He resists the urge to touch his neck. 

Vecna was near, somewhere close.

Will watched Mike and then the heart monitor as the machine began to speed up. Will frowned. Then the lights began to flicker, and so did the machine's screen. 

On the other side of town, Eddie was desperately trying to paddle away from two high school seniors.

Will gripped Mike's hand as the ravenette inhaled sharply.

"Mike?" Will says, standing up and clutching Mike's shoulder with one hand and hand in the other. "Mike are you okay?"

Mike's face, which had been peaceful, was now scrunched up in pain. 

His heart monitor was beeping even faster now, and Will was freaking the fuck out.

After a second, it went back to normal in a second. The lights stopped flickering.

"Mike? Mike!" Will says. He shakes Mike's shoulder. His monitor was still beeping. "Oh my god, Mike!"

The ravenette's eyes opened ever so slightly. "...Will?" He whispers.

Will tears up and lets out a pained but relieved laugh. "Oh Mike, I'm so glad you're awake." He says.

The half asleep boy blinks in slow motion. "What.." He says. "Where am.. I..?" Will could tell he was fighting off the drugs that were still in his system. "Will..?"

"E- everything is okay now." Will says.

Mike blinked. And then blinked again. And then one more time. Then several more times faster to get rid of the sleepiness. He grunted as he sat up, ignoring Will's light fussing.

Staring at Will in complete seriousness, Mike frowns. "We have to stop Vecna." 

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(1k words)

Well, that's it for this story. 

This was completely and utterly only for me to vent about my shit using a different character. 

So thanks for reading this triggering story! 😁