Will and Max stand in front of the couch, staring back at Will's parents who are watching them expectantly.
"What's up Kiddo?" Hopper asks.
Will glances at Max, then back at Hopper. "I have no idea how to spit this out."
"You can tell us anything, honey," Joyce replies with a warm smile. "We're here for you. Do you need something?"
"No, no, I'm definitely not asking for anything. Except maybe mercy. Like, it would be really great if nobody hit me." He earns a playful shove from his mum and a chuckle from Hopper.
Will glances at Max again and she squeezes his hand
"Best to just tell them, man. Rip off the Band-Aid and let it bleed." She assures
Will takes a deep breath, feeling the weight of his secret pressing down on him.
"It's about... how I'm feeling," he starts, choosing his words carefully. "I think... I think I might be pregnant. No, actually, I am pregnant. I'm pregnant."
Hopper's brow furrows in surprise, while Joyce's eyes widen with understanding.
"But I'm going to give it up for adoption. I already found the perfect people." Will quickly says and Max presents the Penny Saver photos of the Creels. "They say they're going to pay my medical expenses and everything. I promise this will all be resolved in thirty-odd weeks, and we can pretend it never happened." Will assures
"You're pregnant?" Joyce asks.
Will nods, unable to meet her gaze. "I'm so sorry, you guys. If it's any consolation, I have heartburn that's like, radiating down to my kneecaps and I haven't shit since Wednesday Morning!
Joyce interrupts, "I didn't even know you were sexually active! Will cringes upon hearing his most-hated term."
"Who is the kid?" Hopper asks, voice gruff.
"The baby? I don't know anything about it yet. I only know it's got fingernails, allegedly." Will says
Joyce gasps in excitement "Nails? Really?"
"No, I mean the father! Who's the father, Will?' Hopper raises his voice.
Will hesitates.
"Oh. It's, well, it's Mike."
Hopper and Joyce burst into shocked laughter.
"Wheeler? I didn't know he had it in him!" Hopper chuckles
"He just doesn't look, well, virile." Joyce giggles
"I know, right?" Max adds
Hopper's face gets all serious again, it kinda scares Will.
"Okay, this is no laughing matter." He states.
"No, it's not. Mike is virile, by the way. He was very good in...chair." Max deadpans and Will fires a quiet glance at her.
Hopper chooses to ignore the comment instead asking "Did you say you were thinking about adoption?"
Will nods "Yeah, there's this couple who've been trying to have a baby for five years."
"We found them in the PennySaver by the exotic birds section." Max adds
Joyce looks understandably alarmed and Will hastily attempts to make the situation sound more legitimate.
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Anyone Else but You
Fanfiction⭑ When precocious teen Will byers becomes pregnant, he chooses a failed rock star and his wife to adopt his unborn child. Complications occur when Henry(ew), the prospective father, begins viewing Will as more than just the birther of his future chi...
