Hold On ·Will Byers x Reader·

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WILL POV

I woke up with a pounding in my head. Clouds and lightning filled the scarlet sky. Memories of the events that had just taken place came flooding back. I sighed and stood up, nearly toppling right back over as I did so. My back hurt awfully. I made my way back to Castle Byers and grabbed y/n's walkie-talkie out of their bag. I figured if there was any chance of y/n being alive they'd find a radio and call.

I sighed again as something else caught my eye. It was a picture of me and the guys. We had just won our science fair trophy, and the photographer wanted to get a picture. We all smiled big and held the trophy in front of us.

Happy.

Safe.

Together.

Those were words that described how we once were. But now... now those words were scared, sad, and alone.

I hated every minute of being down here alone, and not there, in the real Hawkins with them. I hated feeling alone and scared. At least before I had y/n with me. The rain came down hard outside of Castle Byers, and with it, my tears. I had only let myself cry that first day, not wanting to revel in my self-pity, but now I let it all out. My clothes were soaked, I hadn't showered in days, I hadn't eaten. I was stranded in an alternate dimension of my hometown. I cried because I knew I couldn't keep it in anymore.

All the fear, and all the sadness.

My life had been turned upside down in a matter if days. I hugged the picture against my chest and cried. I cried with the rain, which seemed to be just as angry as I was, until I fell asleep.

I woke up an hour later with a pain in my stomach signally my hunger. I decided to go to the store. I knew it was risky and dangerous, but I knew I couldn't starve myself to death. I wanted to go with y/n, but that was no longer an option.