WINTER - FIVE MONTHS
The track team jogs in formation, leaving footsteps in the snow. Those bastards never stop running.
Mikes running alone on the track. His exhales icy puffs in the air. Lucas jogs up alongside him.
He's a boyish, skinny boy, but much more muscular guy than Mike. They've been friends since before Mike can remember.
"Hey man." Lucas says, slowing his run to jog with Mike.
"Oh, hey Lucas." They lap the track together in silence for a moment. Mike's mind wanders as he watches his breath cloud in the air.
Suddenly, Lucas breaks the silence. "Did you hear Will's pregnant?"
Mike coughs slightly
"Yup."
"Just like our moms and teachers!" Lucas exclaims
"Yup."
Lucas seems hesitant for a moment "Did you hear it's yours?"
Of Course he had, how could he not? It's all he could think about and all everyone was talking about; He was lucky the rumor hadn't reached home yet.
"Yup."
Lucas shakes his head "What a trip, man."
"I don't really know anything about it." Mike explains, he hadn't talked to Will all that much, there was a rift starting between them again.
"You should grow a mustache. You're a real man now." Lucas jokes, playfully shoving Mike's shoulder.
Mike chuckles "I can't grow a mustache. It never comes in evenly."
Lucas lets out a gut laugh "Me neither. Alright see ya." The boy jogs off and Mikes stops to wipe away his sweat.
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Will smiles at the school administrator filling out a slip. He takes the slip, turns around and smiles all the way out. As he exits the office into the hallway, he bumps into none other than Mike Wheeler himself.
"Oh, hey Will." Mike says, staring at the brunette like a deer in headlights. He scratches the back of his neck as he decides his next words "A couple of us are going to the movies after school to donut that movie with the guy with eighteen kids."
Will sighs "Sorry, Mike... I'm uh, Going for my ultrasound. Gotta note and everything." Will smiles sheepishly and holds up the slip as proof.
Mike shrugs "Okay, cool."
"I'll try to drop by later." Will offers before walking away down the hall.
"Right, well... see you" Mike says, his voice trailing off as he watches Will disappear into the crowd. He shrugs and continues on his way, still lost in thought.
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Anyone Else but You
Hayran Kurgu⭑ 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...
