Quick A/N:
They're 21 in 1992 which is the legal drinking age here in the US
3th POV || December 25th, 1992
They were at the Hopper-Byers for Christmas
The pair were sitting on the couch
Will's arm resting on the back around Mike as he talked to Jonathan and Nancy who sat across from them
Mike just watched Will with a soft smile as he drunk his eggnog
Will laughed at something Jonathan said and in all honesty Mike wasn't really listening to them he was busy watching Will and listening to his laugh
Will turned to look at him
"What're you looking at?" Will asked in a soft tone and a smile already on his face
"Nothing.." Mike replied smiling back Will leaned over kissing his cheek making Mike laugh softly and lay his head against Will's shoulder as Will went back to talking
They certainly weren't dressed up for normal people but for them since starting college this was dressed up
Mike wearing a Nirvana shirt (without holes or stains) and some dark jeans (again without holes)
Will was wearing a The Beatles shirt with a dark blue plaid over it and dark jeans with holes in the knees
This was dressed up for them now
"So how's school going for you two?" Nancy asked with a smile
Ever since Mike started college the two got along a lot better
Maybe because they were grown up now
"Fine.. Mike keeps forgetting to do the freaking dishes though."
"I'll do them when we get home.. or in the morning, this eggnog is pretty strong.." Mike said making Will laughed softly kissing his head
"Family picture time!" Joyce yelled out from the kitchen making them laugh as they all got up
Jonathan grabbed his camera off the small coffee table as they all walked in together
They all stood together
Will and Mike were next to each other with Will's arm resting around his shoulders as they both smiled
Nancy and Jonathan stood by them after Jonathan got the camera set up Nancy was holding his hand
El was smiling big as she stood in front of Joyce and Hopper
And the timer ran out taking the picture of them all
Jonathan checked it and smiled
"This turned out great." Jonathan said with a smile handing the camera to Joyce for her to look at it
"You're right, it looks great honey." Joyce said smiling at it
Everyone looked so happy
"Okay, now dinner time."
After a whole bird and two pies were destroyed everyone started to leave
Nancy and Jonathan decided to head out since they had work the next morning
El went to lay down in her old bedroom (the turkey had made her tired)
So now all that remained were Joyce, Hopper, Will and Mike
Although Mike barely counted since he was pretty buzzed which honestly just made him more enthusiastic about random stuff and more entertaining to watch making them all laugh at whatever stupid (and maybe slightly dirty) thing came out of his mouth with no filter
The only ones that didn't really drink were the Byers boys mostly because they knew they would be the drivers for their drunk Wheeler counterparts home afterwards
"I'm so tired.." Mike said laying his head on Will's shoulder but then started laughing
"What's so funny?"
"Just remembering when you called my Dad an asshole.. when I was in the hospital a few years ago.." Mike said laughing Will rolled his eyes Hopper laughed too
"You called Ted an asshole?" Joyce asked Will shrugged
"He is." Will said Joyce shrugged having no argument for it Mike laughed at that too "I didn't know you could even hear me Michael"
"I could.." Mike replied looking around "do you think it would be stupid to-"
"Yes."
"You didn't even let me finish.." Mike said with a pout making Joyce smile softly trying to hold back a laugh
"Because whenever you're drunk you almost kill yourself doing stupid stuff and I have to keep you alive somehow, so I'm just gonna assume it was stupid."
"Whoa, you're so wise.. WILL THE WISE! Now I get it!" Mike said and that made them all laugh
"I should probably get ol' Michael home so he can sleep this off.." Will said getting up and helping Mike up
Joyce hugged them both
"Please be careful, and Merry Christmas boys."
"Merry Christmas Mom.. we'll be fine." Will said
"Merry Christmas Mrs. Byers!" Mike said making her laugh again as they pulled away
Hopper hugged Will who hugged back smiling softly
"Merry Christmas Hop.."
"Merry Christmas buddy." Hopper said as they pulled away from each other "you did get the keys from Wheeler right?"
"Oh yeah, I made him hand them over before his first cup." Will said Hopper chuckled slightly and nodded
Hopper hugged Mike too
Mike happily hugged back
"Merry Christmas Wheeler." he said as they pulled away
"Merry Christmas Jim." Mike replied Will smiled softly
Hopper had grown a soft spot for Mike after awhile of his step son and Wheeler dating especially once he moved to California and the boys came over every night for dinner since they didn't have very much money for groceries yet and especially after he found out Karen and Ted weren't exactly speaking to Mike (Karen called once in awhile but never made an effort) so Joyce and Hopper kinda took over that role for Mike
"Come on Michael."
"Ew, don't call me that, William." Mike said making Will laugh softly putting his hand on Mike's back as they said their goodnights and left
Once they got home Mike pretty much fell into bed falling asleep quickly
Will laughed softly
If you didn't know Mike you would've thought he had five (or more) beers when in all reality he had about two cups of (not strong) spiked eggnog
Will got changed and laid next to him pushing his hair back to kiss his forehead
"Goodnight Mike.."
"Night babe.." Mike muttered Will laughed softly laying back and watching him carefully while he himself fell asleep as well
The fight was over
Even if some of his nightmares still held those evil eyes in the darkness
That darkness couldn't come into reality anymore
They were safe finally and happy
And in the morning Will knew he would be having to get ibuprofen for Mike's hangover and he knew Mike would forget to do the dishes again
He liked knowing what the next day held even if it was just him having to clean a spoon for breakfast because they're out of clean ones (or better yet coming around the corner to see Mike eating cereal like a dog like last time they were having a stand off of who would do dishes next.. Will lost due to having manners)
They were all be okay
They were all happy
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Evil Eyes - Byler
FanfictionTrigger Warnings will all be in the "A/N" part at the beginning of the book! I hope you enjoy this if you choose to read it<3 ~"No, he's a monster Byers, he's a monster." Mike said putting his drink down and folding his arms Max sat next to him "Y...
