Taking On Hawkins (ST cast x Reader)(Dustin x Reader)

Chapter 4: I Guess You Should Know

Y/n's POV

My cheeks grew a bit warm, my stomach was turning in knots and I noticed I began to fidget as I subconsciously played with my fingers. I didn't like people finding out about my scoliosis, at least not this way. I imagined that I would tell only my closest friends and on my own time for that matter. I can't believe it, but I'm just gonna tell him.

"You don't have to avoid looking at my brace-"

"Oh I didn't mean- er well I-"

"I guess you were going to find out about it anyways. That is if you were to be my friend. Er well I guess... if you still want to be my friend-?"

Oh boy, why am I so nervous?

He grinned and it wasn't the fact that he had no teeth in the front of his mouth that caught my attention. It was the fact that I could see his cheeks turn a rosy pink shade.

I was relieved to hear him say, "Of course I'll be your friend! Unless you're secretly a mouth breather..."

I laughed at his last comment and we began to shake on it but I stopped.

"W-what's wrong y/n?"

"Oh I just realized if I shake your hand you're gonna get pencil lead all over you" I giggled as I looked down at my hand which was turning black from me blending my sketch.

"Ohh-"

He began to pull his hand away but I guess a sudden boost of confidence came over me as I yelled "Too late!", grabbed his hand and smeared the lead from my hands all over his.

He sat with a shocked expression for a moment before it quickly turned into a smug smirk. Then the next thing I knew, he had grabbed my wrist before I could squirm away and smeared it across my entire arm.

"Oh it's war now!"

Dustin's POV

I set aside all my questions about y/n's brace as she smeared the pencil lead from sketching all over my hand. Without a second thought I grabbed her wrist as carefully as I could, but also a quickly as I could, and smeared it back onto her arm.

Y/n screamed, "Oh it's war now!" and we continued smearing it on each other.

I'm not sure where the confidence came from but I decided to smear what was left on my hands across her cheeks under her mesmerizing y/e/c eyes. I guess I took her by surprise as she stopped squirming and stared at me with a goofy grin. Next thing I know, I feel her soft, yet black hands, glide across my entire face. We burst out laughing looking at each other's work and we decided we should go clean up.

We walked into the hallway towards the bathroom right as her sister Belle walked out of her room. Belle looked at us with one eyebrow raised and muttered something along the lines of, "Oh boy, these two are gonna be a lot to handle" to which me and y/n looked at each other and broke out laughing. I saw Belle walk backwards back into her room with her hand against her forehead. I bet she'd like Nancy.

We arrived at the bathroom and looked in the mirror at our mess.

"I think it's definitely a look." y/n said giggling.

"Pftt, it's past a look, this is the latest fashion!"

We helped each other clean the smudges off of our faces and went back to her room. As we walked in I jumped to lay across her bed and she sat at the window.

I hesitantly asked her, "Why do you have to wear a brace? I mean, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to."

"No, it's fine. I guess you should know."

Y/n's POV

"I have to wear it because I have scoliosis-"

"What's that?"

"Well, it basically is a fancy term for saying my spine is curved. It's actually the reason why my family moved here."

"Why's that? Hawkins doesn't seem like it's the type of place to go for help." Dustin questioned and it sounded like he said, "If anything it brings trouble." under his breath but I didn't look any further into it.

I shifted my eyes to the floor and whispered, "I'm getting back surgery tomorrow..."

I heard Dustin almost choke as his breath hitched in his throat.

"Woah, I was NOT expecting that."

"Me neither." I sighed and looked out the window. I kept chanting please don't cry in my head as I could feel the heat of tears begin to burn in my eyes. Then I felt a hand pull me up from where I was sitting and wrapped me in a warm embrace. That was when I lost all control of my emotions, I was scared. I felt too delicate. But most of all, I felt safe standing there with Dustin.

A/N: I really liked this chapter, I hope you do too :) Not sure when I'll be able to update next. I hope someone will actually read this story and enjoy it.