You & Me 4 || Will Byers x Fem Reader

The Nina Project - [PT1]

Hawkins, Indiana - Wheeler's Basement
third person pov

Y/n woke up in Mike's basement. Nancy was hovered over Dustin and yelled at him, "Where is she?"

"She's right there—" He cut himself off. "A second ago. I swear, I just dozed off for.. an hour.." He checked his watch.

Dustin and Nancy ran upstairs while Lucas, Robin, and Steve were still asleep. Y/n stayed laying there staring up at the ceiling. She missed Will.

The girl stood up and walked over to the phone. She dialed the Byers' and let it ring.

Not even a ring passed and then she heard, "Hey, it's Joyce. I can't pick up right now but leave a message at the beep!" Joyce's voice ran through Y/n's ear. She sighed and put the phone back onto the receiver.

Y/n walked up the stairs. Dustin was putting pancakes on his plate. Holly, Nancy, and Max were sat at the dinner table.

Max and Nancy had a ton of drawings scattered in front of them.

"Good morning," Y/n told Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler.

"Morning." Ted mumbled, reading the newspaper.

"Good morning!" Karen cheerfully exclaimed in a good mood. "There's pancakes and bacon. Help yourself."

"Thank you, but i'm not really hungry." Y/n smiled. How could anyone eat at a time like this? The amount of anxiety she had in her made her want to vomit when she thought of eating.

She walked over to the table and sat on a chair next to Max. Nancy brought a drawing closer to her.

"It was like they were on display," Max explained the drawing. It was like Vecna's first two victims were drug in a red tree bark. "And then there was this red fog everywhere. A nightmare."

"Do you think Vecna's just trying to scare you?" Nancy asked.

"With Billy? Yeah. But when I made it here.. I don't know, something was different. He seemed surprised, almost. Like he didn't want me there."

"Maybe you infiltrated his mind," Dustin said.

"But that sounds like something only Eleven could do," Y/n shook her head.

"But he invaded Max's. Is it that big of a leap to suggest you somehow wound up in his? Like Freddie Krueger's boiler room."

"Freddie Krueger?" Holly grimaced in her seat while looking at Dustin.

"He's a super burned-up dude with razors for fingers. And he kills you in your dreams."

"Dustin, seriously?" Nancy looked at him.

He looked at her and she looked at Holly, who looked traumatized. Dustin looked at the little girl, "Sorry. It's a movie. It's not real."

He then went back to explaining, "Just think about it. What if you somehow unlocked a back door to Vecna's world? Like maybe the answer we're looking for is somewhere in this incredibly vague drawing." Dustin picked up one of Max's drawings. "God, we need Will."

"Trust me, I know. I tried calling before I came up but it went straight to voicemail," Y/n sighed.

Nancy picked up a drawing, "Is this a window?"

"Yeah."

"Stained glass with roses."

"Yeah. See? I'm not so terrible after all," Max looked at Dustin.

"Yeah, well it helps that I've seen it before," Nancy began to fold all the papers and put it together like a puzzle piece. She then grabbed a sharpie and drew on it.