forget you || byler

nineteen

"Byers" Mike said shaking will awake.

will had fallen asleep intertwined in mikes arms and Mike hadn't bothered to move him because honestly, he loved it.

he loved how having will so close made his heart rate and his whole body feel warm, like fireworks were going off in his ribcage.

but mainly, he just loved will

"mwhat mikey" will slurred sleepily, rubbing his eyes and sitting up

his whole face went bright red when he realized he was on mikes lap and quickly jumped up

"I- sorry I- um" he stuttered

Mike laughed softly, "it's okay Byers, I like being the big spoon. but I think someone's at the door for you"

will opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it and rushed over to the door.

"oh my god Stan!" will said happily, wrapping a boy with curly blond hair in a tight hug

"merry christmas" Stan said ruffling wills hair.

Mike walked around the corner and Stan froze.

"who's this will?" Stan asked softly

will grinned and took mikes hand, pulling him over to Stan. "this! this is Mike wheeler. Mike this is Stan Uris"

stans face turned into a scowl, "so this is the Mike wheeler I've heard so much about"

Mike felt his heart drop and will must've noticed because he squeezed mikes hand and mouthed to Stan "be nice"

"anyways! will, since mikes here do you still wanna spend christmas with me or is it okay if I spend it with Mike, you know our Mike, he wants to bring me to this-" Stan said ignoring Mike wheeler completely

"yeah! no totally, go have fun with your boyfriend"

"he's not my boyfriend" Stan said hitting wills arm gently

"yet"

Stan rolled his eyes and handed will a wrapped gift. "merry christmas byers , I'll see you tomorrow okay? have a good day kid"

"your gift is upstairs if you want me to grab it-" will said quickly

"no, no it's okay just give it to me tomorrow" Stan waved at Mike, still not seeming very happy that he was there. then he hugged will once more, said goodbye and drove off.

will looked up at Mike shyly, unsure of what to say.

"I have a gift for you," Mike stated abruptly, "let me just get it out of my car"

"I would've gotten you something but i didn't know you were coming, I'm so sorry-"

"it's okay byers" Mike said softly, gazing down at will with an admiring look. he then quickly ran out to his car and grabbed a silver wrapped gift out of it.

Mike pulled will over to the couch, Mike was clearly nervous. he couldn't stop fidgeting.

will placed his hand on top of mikes to hopefully calm his nerves.

will slowly unwrapped the gift and the first thing to fall out was a taped together picture of the party on Halloween.

"is this from castle byers?" will asked in awe, staring at Mike with a newfound admiration

"yeah I- I uh rebuilt it too"

"you're serious" will could feel that he was about to cry. Mike was finally back to how he was before el, before everything went to shit.

"yeah, maybe when you come back we can play d&d in there or something" Mike whispered, anxiety seeping through his voice. fear that will was going to reject him.

"I would love that Mike, thank you."

will unwrapped the rest of his gift slowly, a skirt and croptop fell out onto wills lap.

will felt his jaw drop

"God I'm so sorry, do you hate it?" Mike said in a panicked voice

"no" will said so quietly Mike could barely hear it. "no I love it I just- I'm surprised you got this for me"

Mike bit his lip and shuffled his feet, "I uh- I thought you would look pretty in it"

"pretty?"

"yeah... pretty"

will felt a smile creep across his face and a mirroring one spread across mikes

"thanks mikey"

Mike grinned at will and ruffled his hair, "why don't you try it on for me"

will nodded and ran out of the room

two minutes he reappeared in the entryway to the room  and Mike could feel his heart stop.

will.... will looking stunning

prettier anyone Mike had even seen in his whole life.

"what do you think?" will asked softly

"I- I think..." Mike trailed off, his eyes scanning up and down wills body, stopping on wills lips and finally  meeting wills eyes.

"I think you look beautiful"