Byclair Oneshots

Ice cream

It all started with an ice cream cone.
Mint chocolate chip to be exact.

It had been a fairly hot day in Illinois, so Johnathan had brought Will and El out as a surprise.

Surprises like that had become quite normal lately, especially when it came to El. Will suspected Johnathan was trying to bribe her into viewing him as the superior brother.

So there the two siblings sat, under a shady green umbrella. El was all too focused on devouring her sugary treat before it melted. As for Will, his mind wandered to something else.

Dare I say, someone else.

Three tables down sat a boy he'd never seen before. Understandable, seeing as the Byers had just moved here.

But as minutes passed, Will found himself unable to take his eyes off of him.

Was it his hair? The way it fell just over his sparking blue eyes...
Or maybe it was his noticeably pink lips. Whenever he'd go to lick the ice cream off of them Will felt his heart melt just like the cone in El's hand.

But wait. This gorgeous stranger... was a boy.

Will stopped. He looked down at his feet, his face overly flushed. Why was his heart racing at the sight of another boy? Where were these feelings even coming from?

It's safe to assume that for the remainder of the week before the Byers went to visit their friends in Hawkins, Will spent the majority of it alone trying his best to tackle his feelings.

His thoughts were all tangled and twisted into an impenetrable knot. But he just couldn't forget how he felt seeing that boy.

Eventually the day came, and Will found himself outside of the all too familiar Wheeler household. He knocked on the door and was instantly met by his dear friend Mike. The raven head didn't hesitate to donn a hearty grin and engulf Will in a warm hug.

They'd always been quite close.
And Mike was another boy.

Will waited for that feeling again.
Waited for his heart rate to increase, for his palms to sweat, for his mind to race miles ahead of him... but he didn't feel anything.

Maybe the hug was just too short.

Before long, the rest of the party was gathered in Mike's basement to welcome Will and El.

Of course Will felt happy to see them all. But he couldn't push down the fact that he wasn't as "normal" as everyone else.

Whenever Mike would come close to him he'd feel nervous and uneasy.
How was he to act around him now?

He slowly began to feel quite distanced from his friends, despite the fact that they were all in the same room.

His eyes flickered to Mike again.

This was the only thing he understood about himself right now. It's only rational that he have a crush on Mike, right?

Meanwhile, not far from him, Lucas sat deep in thought. He'd noticed how off Will had become around Mike since he'd gotten here. He noticed how he looked as if to be somewhere else.
He noticed how upset Will was.

He didn't hesitate to get to the bottom of it. He rose from his seat and went straight to Will, who was now leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He didn't even realize Lucas was there until he'd softly called his name.

Startled, Will looked up at his friend and forced a small smile.
"Oh hey, Lucas. What's up?"

"I could ask you the same," he responded, staring intently at the shorter boy. "I don't mean to be nosy or something, but are you okay? You know you can tell me anything, right?"