𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄| Mike Wheeler [COMPLETED UNTIL SEASON FIVE]

Chapter Five: Map of Hawkins

chapter five:
❛ map of hawkins ❜

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Scarlett sat at Will's desk, her fingers absently tracing the edges of a comic book she had brought with her, though her focus was entirely on Will. Mike moved around the room, his gaze darting from one drawing to another, each one a frantic scribble taped to the walls, covering almost every inch of space. Will sat on his bed, looking small and overwhelmed, his face glistening with sweat as he tried to explain what was happening to him.

"It's like... it's like I feel what the shadow monster's feeling," Will said, his voice barely above a whisper. The words sent a shiver down Scarlett's spine, and she instinctively pulled her legs up to her chest, feeling a sudden chill in the air. "See what he's seeing," Will added, his eyes staring blankly ahead, as if he was looking at something far beyond the confines of his room.

Mike paused, his hand brushing over a particularly chaotic drawing that had been pinned to the wall. Scarlett could feel the unease rolling off him in waves. "Like in the Upside Down?" she asked, her voice cutting through the silence before Mike could speak. Will nodded, his expression distant, avoiding eye contact with either of them. Scarlett could see the strain in his face, the way his shoulders were tense as if carrying an invisible weight.

"Some of him is there. But some of him is here too," Will continued, his voice trembling. Scarlett's eyebrows shot up in surprise, a feeling of dread slowly curling in her stomach.

"In this house?" she pressed, trying to understand the full scope of what Will was saying.

Will's lips quivered, and he nodded again. "In this house and... in me." His voice cracked, and Scarlett felt her breath catch. Without thinking, she stood up and crossed the room to sit beside him on the bed, wrapping her arms around him in a gentle hug. Mike hesitated for a moment before sitting on Will's other side, his hand resting awkwardly on Will's shoulder in a silent show of support.

"It's like... it's like he's reaching into Hawkins more and more. And the more he spreads, the more connected to him I feel," Will's voice wavered, tears welling in his eyes. Scarlett's heart ached for him. It was terrifying enough dealing with the horrors of the Upside Down, but now Will was being forced to live it all over again, in the most personal and invasive way possible.

"And the more you see these now-memories," Mike said, trying to piece it together. Will nodded, his hand trembling as he touched the back of his neck, where the presence of the shadow monster seemed to linger.