Retrouvailles ·Will Byers x Reader·

Chapter 1

°Y/n's POV°

So here's what's new.

I have been stuck in the Upside Down for a month and a half. No one has come to get me and I haven't heard anything from Will, who knows if he's even still alive. I'm basically a fugitive here and the monsters have been searching for me ever since I basically crushed the face of Hawkins Lab.

I've managed to live off of food from the grocery store and random houses I've been sneaking into. I've developed and learned to control my new powers; along with my telepathy and being able to fly, I can turn invisible. And because of my telepathy, I can now sense when a monster is nearby, just not exactly where they are.

So what am I doing right now? Well, right now I'm sitting on the floor of Castle Byers stuffing my face with *drumroll please* mini chocolate-covered doughnuts. Yeah, I found a whole five bags of these in a house just down the street from my own. And don't judge me, either. I've been through a lot! I deserve to eat my bodyweight in chocolate covered pastries...

I was brought out of my inner monologue by the sound of leaves crunching outside.

"Shit," I whispered to myself.

I grabbed my bag of donuts and sat still in the corner of the fort. I turned invisible and concealed myself from the sight of whatever it was that was out there.

What was out there?

I could sense its mind, but it wasn't one of the monsters. I sat still in the corner and listened for whatever was outside of Castle Byers. After a while, the leaves outside stopped crunching, but I could still feel whatever it was nearby.

I eventually gave up and ran outside of the fort to see what it was, but when I made it out there was nothing there. I thought maybe I'd startled it and looked around to see if it had run off.

"Hello?" I called out.

I walked around Castle Byers and through the woods a bit, peaking behind several trees.

"It couldn't have run off that fast..."

I sighed and went back inside. I sat on the floor, bored out of my mind and thinking of what I could do to cure my boredom. I leaned over the pillow, picking up one of the cassettes I had lying there. I dragged Will's stereo over to me and popped in the all-too-familiar cassette tape.

I went back to the Byers' house and raided Jonathan's room a few weeks ago. He actually had great taste in music! I guessed it must've run in the family.

"Can anybody find me somebody to love?" I sang to myself as the lyrics played.

"Ooh, each morning I get up I die a little. Can barely stand on my feet. Lord, what you're doing to me? But I just can't get no re-" I was cut off briefly by the sound of Will's walkie-talkie turning on.

Although, it wasn't me who turned it on.

I stopped the music, pushing the stereo out of the way as I quickly snatched the walkie-talkie from underneath the pillow and pulled up the antenna. I sat in front of me on the ground and waited for something to happen.

This wasn't odd for me, as it began to happen regularly soon after Will disappeared. The radio would turn on, switch to different channels occasionally, then turn off. Nothing was ever heard, just the sound of the static. I always figured it was just somebody using the same walkie-talkie back home. Probably Mike or Lucas or Dustin. Or maybe even Will.

I sure hoped so.

I missed him... like a lot. Don't get me wrong, I missed everyone else dearly, too- my mom, my dad, Rachel, Jacob, even Troy and his family- but Will and I had bonded so quickly only for him to be ripped away from me.

Sometimes, I think he's still alive. I'd be sitting down in Castle Byers, or sneaking into the store, or simply walking around Hawkins, and he'd pop into my mind. Though it was more so like I could hear him. It was like his voice was in my head talking to me or like I was listening to his thoughts. That gave me hope. And hope was all I needed at this point.

Hope that he was still alive. Hope that he wasn't going to forget about me or abandon me. Hope that he was going to come back for me.

And that all I needed to do was hold on.