Summer of Love//Reddie/Byler

Chapter 10

Will byers sat on his bed, staring at the ceiling. he knew this was going to be a long summer, he was at a fricking camp for kids who's parents are in jail. His dad had been in prison for all of Will's life but his mother had always been there to support him, now that she was in jail too Will had to go to this stupid camp until he got a placement in a foster home.

He had almost gotten a placement so many times but when it came to the visit, when the foster parents met the kid, he got rejected. lets just say that will didn't seem like the straightest boy and Chicago was full of homophobes.

Will wasn't used to this foster life, the feeling of rejection clawing into his chest late at night, the other kids, what they would say to him. He missed his mother so much, once his brother left for college it was just him and his mom. Will could only get low paying jobs and Joyce was never sober enough to work anything but will still loved her. The countless nights he spent lying in bed wondering when they would get kicked out overwhelmed the nights when he actually slept. His mom got sent away at 3:33 am on a Tuesday morning, he remembered when the knock came on the door, he remembered how he already somehow knew what happened before they told him.

"Hey kid, get your ass up, we're going rock climbing." Said him counseller Mr. Martian harshly

"Oh, ok. sorry Mr. Martian." Replied will jumping up and getting dressed into the camp uniform laying out neatly on the foot of his bed. He pulled the cream shirt over his head and the mint trousers up his waist. He put on his left cream sock with two mint stripes at the top, then his left. he stepped into his right white high topped converse, then the left. He couldn't get dressed any other way, it just bothered him too much. He lept up from his bed and ran out of the cabin door and down to the rock walls.

He had never met his cabin group before, you know having come late to camp and all. He was so nervous to meet them and he just happend to be lost, he looked down at his feet and squeezed his hands into tight fists. Will felt his foot catch on a rock, he started to fall forward, he closed his eyes preparing for the impact. But when he did come in contact with something it was not the ground it was a smiling dark haired boy, with adorable freckles and the cutest smile.

"Are you alright!?" He asked looking down at Will in his arms

"Yeah, thanks." Said Will standing up and starting to blush

"Good, I'm Mike by the way." The black haired boy said standing Will back up. "Mike wheeler."

"Oh, and I'm... completely lost, can you help me?" Will said looking back down at the ground

"Well, hello completely lost, and yes I do think I can help you out." Mike said smiling down at will "Where are you headed?"

"Rock climbing, my group left without me." Said Will looking down again

"Well then, I guess you should just come with me, I'm in your cabin group I think." Said Mike tilting Will's head up with his thumb

"you're in cabin Tooper then?" asked Will loving the brief but gentle touch

"Yep!" Said Mike smiling and taking Will's hand "This way!" he said running toward the west side of camp, Will knew just how red his cheeks were but he didn't care. He could already feel himself falling in love with this boy.