ego // oneshots

snow ball → byler

hey im adding byler to this book bc im soft for my fav boyfriends currently

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the annual snow ball. a day that's either highly anticipated or highly dreaded, depending on who you asked. if you were to ask will byers, it was a major source of his latest anxious outbursts.

the year is 1984. and as time after time booms through the crowded, hot gym, will is standing next to a table talking to mike when he hears a far too familiar nickname,

"hey, zombie boy!"

will turns around and is greeted by a girl with sleek brown hair and warm eyes. she's smiling.

"wanna dance?" she asks

will turns and looks at mike, his face full of dread. mike just nods and tels will to go on, so he does.

after three songs the pace of the dancing had not picked up, and out of the corner of his eye, will saw eleven walk through the wooden double doors that lead into the gym. mikes face was complete awe, as he walked over to her. he was smiling. she was smiling. they danced. and as another song played the space between their bodies closed.

they kissed.

will looked down, and then back up at the girl he was dancing with. he removed his hands from her waist as he began to feel sick.

"i have to use the bathroom" he said and ran out of the same doors that el came through. mike watched him run.

will stood in the handicap stall of the boys bathroom with his hands planted on either side of the sink. this position felt almost too familiar to him. and while mike never stopped thinking about how will didnt come back through those double doors, will never stopped thinking about him either.