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“so the teams are hopper ,joyce , max murray, jane and kail that goes to the lab in the upside down and me , will, lucas, mike, nancy, jonathan, robin goes to the abyss and defeat vecna and save the children“ dustin states clearly as the group surrounds him giving him a agreement of nods to finally end this nightmare
“i can use the hivemind to its advantage to weaken vecna like last time i could break his leg right?” will looks at mike for assurence he nods in response and will smiles at mike
“ well maybe this time i can use more of good and happy memories to combat his words and el can use this oppotunity to strike and kill him” will says standing with dustin
“but vecna can retreat to the physical world” el responds
“thats the tricky part i have to go up alone against vecna”
“no will im not letting you do that” mike says before joyce could say something
“what?” will turns to mike
“i said im not letting you go up against him alone im fighting with you we fight as a team remember?”
“no- no mike im not putting you in danger or anyone i have to do this alone and-“
“you dont have to-“
“do you even know what vecna is capable of mike? he could kill you!” will argues
“well maybe he could but im not letting you put yourself in danger! or sacrificing yourself-“
“im not sacrificing myself mike!”
“bullshi-“
“hey! right right we get it enough you two” steve interrupts
“well anyone else got a better idea? we all know that guns and fire do nothing to him i need to use my powers to end this we all know that!” will asks the group and everyone stay silent “i promise ill sever the connection myself before we kill vecna”
“and how are you supposed to do that?” mike argues
“i have to face my fears my biggest secrets thats how i did it at the mac-z well not entirely- i took control of the demogorgons by using happy memories so maybe if i face my fears itll be strong enough to sever the connection or weaken it before we close the upside down” will explains
“how are you so sure itll work?” jonathan says concerned
“i dont but its worth a try” will states
a silence falls among the group as hopper speaks up
“right so i advise everyone to prepare and say anything that needs to be said just in case we dont.. make it back..” he says in a gruff voice tiredly exhaling
as the group vocally agrees they split up inside the radio station the groups being nancy ,jane, murray, jonathan and kail , on making sure the truck is in good condition steve , dustin and lucas supplying the group with weapony mike and vickie making the bomb to explode the upside down with , robin and will making sure that the radios and equipment are working on the correct channel
with robin and will in the basement they both worked in silence and it seemed like the air was full of insufferable silence
“hey you doing okay?” robin asks breaking the silence looking at will
“what? yeah yeah im fine its just-“ will says exhaleing a breath
“alot? yeah i get it.” robin finishes his sentence and smiling
“are you and vickie alright? you two seem distant since you got back from the hospital with max” will points out changing the subject
“oh- uh i dont know..” robin says her voice getting quieter
“you know.. you could always just kiss her again..” will chuckles and smiles
“byers whats with you and getting kissed during a arguement huh?” robin says lifting one of her eyebrows in curiosity
“oh uhm..” will turns a shade of pink and in response robin snorts and grins
“i wonder who you want to be kissed by!” robin teases with a grin as will looks down and blinks rapidly as he turns pink “say micheal wheeler? you two justtt had a arguement” says a grinning robin while teasing him
“sh-shut up! hes not like me and we both know that robin hes my tammy just like you said. i accepted that “ will states a hint of dissapointment in his voice
“oh- oh will.. will i was wrong he is definitely your vickie! its pretty obvious! that arguement just proved it he cares so much about your safety he was willing to fight with you and did you see lucas and dustin do that?” robin states matter of factly
“i guess not b-but what about the signals you said to look out for a bump of the elbow?” will shots back looking more hopeful
“look.. me and vickie are not the prime example of looking out for if someone wants to date you need to look for your own signals! do you have any examples of any?” robin asks and smiles
“well he uses a softer tone with anyone else hes more protective and hes more touchy with me more than anyone else and he usually sticks next to me in group settings and- oh..” will rambles than realises as he looks over to mike and vickie as he tears his gaze away his mouth gapes open as he blinos looking shocked he never thought that mike.. mike would ever reciprocate on how he felt
robin looks at him “figured it out?” smirking
“yeah..”
“so what are you waiting for? confess to him.. not to like you know ruin the moment or rush you to but.. we kinda are going into a very dangerous situation where youre most at risk than besides el and kail if you are going through with facing vecna alone. which i dont promote!” robin explains “and wouldnt it be nice to have a boyfriend to look out for you during all this?” robin smiles softly
“yeah it would its just- how do i even tell him? ive been in love with him for the past 10 years of my life yearned for him loved him.. hid my feelings and before i even knew what the word ‘love’ was” will sighs deeply
“i know its scary but trust me.. its so relieving to you know.. finally tell him..” robin expresses offering him comfort
“i know.. ill do it soon”
“good!” robin says smiling
mike looks over to robin and will why was will hanging out with robin so much? does he like her? he is far to young to he dating robin
“hey!” vickie says intrupting mike and he snaps back to reality and turns to vickie
“what about this record?” vickie asks holding the record called ‘heroes’ by david bowie “because like when you defeat vecna or whatever his name is and you save the children everyone is technically a hero!”
“do you think robin and will are dating?” blurts out mike
“w-what- uhm no i dont think so..” vickie eyes widening and stumbles her words caught of guard of the sudden change of the subject eyes widening
“do you know robin?” mike asks
“y-yeah were best friends.. friends yeah friends” vickie stutters out
“okay..”
“y- yeah we both met at the volunteering centre at hawkings high when the earthquake well not earthquake since i know now. well and my boyfriend just left me so yeah thats how me and robin met and we have been close ever since” vickie rambles
“oh im sorry to hear that your boyfriend left you..” mike frowns
“oh! dont be he was sorta a dougebag to me.. and im happier than ever now” vickie smiles
“you are? i mean since me and el broke up things have been… strange between me and will” mike confesses “like sometimes my heart races real fast and- maybe its just excitement or- or something.. but these feelings recently have been stronger and i have never felt this way about lucas or dustin! hell even el..” mike rambles but he doesnt know why hes saying this to robins friend but something tells him he can trust her
vickie gives him a knowing smile “you ever thought of you know.. thinking you two can be more than friends”
“like best friends? we already are?”
“no- no not best friends more than that”
“boyfriends?” mike stutters put turning s shade of pink
“yeah”
“ but isnt that wrong? two boys loving eachother a way a man and woman should..”
“no.. its not look you know robin well i know will and her are not dating.. because me and her are.” vickie confessed
“wait- what? you are?”
“yeah and i was once in your shoes wheeler before i met robin.. i forced myself to like just boys because i thought- i thought that was what was expected of me and i thought i could finally be normal.. but all along i was miserable stuck in a relationship i didnt want to be in because of what society expected of me but.. when robin came out to me i felt like it was okay to be myself and this part of me was allowed to exist and i was no longer repressing such a important part of me” vickie explains while smiling slightly “as soon as i accepted that part of me thats when me and robin got together really and i felt freerer than ever before”
“huh.. but will isnt- he hasnt.. we havent talked about this stuff” mike explains
“give him time he will come to you when he is ready to” vickie says softly
“thank you vickie” mike says smiling
“no problem” vickie replys
they continued to build the bomb and talk quietly so that neither of will or robin hears
later on outside of the radio station the truck now open as the group loads supplies such as weapony and shelids made out of bin lids
“mom?” will pops up behind joyce who is observing everyone putting supplies in the truck
“yes sweetie?” joyce asks as she turns around to face will
“earlier when you asked what happened in vecnas mind i didnt tell you everything , i wasnt being honest theres something i need to tell you , jonathan and the party..” will says avoiding eye contact shaking slightly
“alright , you know you can tell us anything will right?” joyce says comforting him by squeezing his hand will nods without saying a word on the edge of tears but he just blinks them away
“jonathan!” joyce says to jonathan who is talking to nancy and mike
jonathan turns “yes mom?” he comes over to will and joyce
“can you get mike dustin and lucas and el?” joyce says smiling sweetly at jonathan
“sure” jonathan says before turning to get the others
will sits shaking his leg bouncing as his family surrounds him in the radio station
“i- i havent told you any of this.. because im- im scared that you all will see me differently or- or you will push me away because of it.. but- but the truth is i am different..i am -“ will starts off stuttering his words as he looked up to see solemn faces
“but i am the same person you know.. for example we like playing D&D and we like biking to melvads for milkshakes and- getting lost in the woods and going to family video and argueing what to rent for the millionth time and settling on holy grail and- lucky charms and steve martin and- all of the same things!” will chuckled slightly as he looked at lucas, max ,dustin and mike as they nods in agreement tears brimming up in their eyes
“and we like music, and we love spending time just giggleing about anything brizzare! and creating art projects that we show no one and just do it out of pure boredom and fun! and having movie nights in california and exploring that place together as we get to be us with no powers involved and have this strange sibling dynamic as found family” will looks at el and a tear escapes his eyes and el has a symmetical one rolling down her face smiling slightly
“but.. the truth is.. i- i dont like girls..im gay and i had a crush on a guy.. well i still do but hes- he isnt like me and im trying to get over him but then i realised hes just my tammy” will says stuttering undermining his own feelings he doesnt want anyone to ask him about this crush
“it took me so long to accept that about myself and today- vecna showed me if- if i did this that i would push you all away and i would feel more and more and more alone .. and it makes me feel that something is wrong with me and- and i know that he cant see in the future but it felt so real it felt so real” will lets out a choked sob
“will.. will listen to me you will never lose me i promise i love you for exactly who you are whether you like girls or not.” joyce says holding wills hand in a comforting manner as she smiles as she comforts will as he lets out a sob
“youre my brother will and there is nothing that will change that in this world” jonathan says before walking to will and embracing him tightly as joyce joins them “my babies” she murmurs as they break the hug
“will you know im also different i still see you as a brother always and forever” el says smiling before hugging will before breaking apart
“youre still our friend no matter what will.. our friendship survived the supernatural i think it can survive this and besides we are all weirdos” dustin says chuckleing as lucas and max agrees
max speaks up “this sucks but your gonna have to hug me”
as will goes up to max as he embraces her tightly as they let go and will faces mike
mike who has been uncharistically silent all this time finally speaks up “yeah im sorry if you felt like you couldnt tell me- us at all” he offers a small smile of which will returns and will never felt so loved and so supportive by his family as they left to continue to prepare for battle
“hey mike..?” will says softly
mike turns towards willl “yeah?” mike questions
“could we talk?” will asks
“yeah- yeah we can” mike says smiling softly
they head to a spare bedroom in the radio shack as will closes the door for privacy as they both sat on the edge of a bed in a spare emergency room
“i just want to say im sorry for argueing with you earlier and- i know you care about me” will starts
“of course- im also sorry for saying all that shit back in 85’ i was such a jerk to you and you never deserved any of it and i was ao confused with my feelings and- i hurt you and i hurt el and in california i was such a jerk to you and i shouldnt have just ignored you and i- i do i care for you so much and your my best friend and i couldnt let you do this all alone i want to fight with you i want to do this and end this with you remember crazy together?”
“yeah crazy together” will murmurs as he cracks a smile he recounts the day they sat down on mikes couch and a silent promise between the two of them “ and youre not a jerk your not i was also to blame i shouldnt have.. you know pushed you to be with el when it just wasnt working for either of you im sorry for that” will replys
“im sorry for being so distant lately when you probably needed me the most ” mike responds a sad smile
“im sorry for pushing you away” will responds as a tear escapes his eyes
“im sorry for everything ive done wrong” mike says chuckling sadly
“me to” will responds
“so one more question” mike turns to look at will making eye contact
“yeah?” will responds
“why did you lie about the painting that el commissioned it she didnt even know what d&d is will you couldve just told me that it came from you” mike says while smiling softly
will heart stops “well i- i uh i didnt lie about the words the speech i gave you it wasnt from el-“
“it was from you..” mike says softly as he gets closer to will
“yeah.. yeah it was from me and i meant every word you do inspire me and you do give me the courage to fight on and- youre the reason i do every single day as things get harder and harder with the upside down and vecna you were always there for me when lucas or dustin couldnt and those 18 months were we lived together were the best time in my life” will starts
“ yeah me to i liked that alot just hanging out everday and trading comics and watching movies until late at night living with you were the best time of my life and i mean it it was will” mike smiles
“mike- i uhm” will hesitates
mike looks at will
“yeah?”
“i love you mike you were the guy that i was on about and i have loved you even before i knew what the word even was and i know youre not like me and i feel horrible-“ will rambles out hefore he could stop himself
“will-“
“and i sorta get the feeling you may feel the same because me and robin have been talking about signals if someone wants to date and i- i got some signals from you but im more confused as ever-“
“will-“
“but i love you mike i have since we were kids and we met on the swings i love you so much it hurts an-“
mike cuts him off by pressing his lips against and then suddendly pulling back
“shit- im so sorry i-“ mikes eyes widens as a flush of pink spread accross his cheeks
will then pulls mike in as mike lets out a squeak of surprise as their lips collided roughly as wills hands go to mikes cheeks as he pulls him closer to him as they pull away
“what-“ mike begans as he looks out of breath and pants looking dazed
“ well i guess your just super oblivious then” will chuckles
“yeah yeah idiot” mike rolls his eyes affectionately as he pulls will closer to him
then mike closes the distance again pressing his lips against wills as wills hands goes to mikes curls pulling him closer as mike tilts his head to deepen the kiss as will moves to staddle mike as they break apart as mikes hands goes to wills thighs
“will-“ mike lets out a shuddering breath clearly getting turned on by this
“mike..” will says breathlessly
then mike pulls will close as he trails kisses down wills neck and jaw his pants tightening
“mike..” will shudders as they both fall backwards on the bed giggleing as they continued to make out
“can i..?” will tugs at mikes jumper
“oh uhh-“
“wait- shit sorry do you want to?” will asks making eye contact
“yeah.. yeah i do fuck will ive wanted you for so long.. you have no idea”
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wills hands are now firmly pressing against mikes chest as his collar bones are covered in hickeys and love bites both out of breath as mike cuddles will
“uumm soo.. should we go save the world now or??” mike chuckles
“yeah we should” will replys before kissing mikes lips again “i can now officially call you my boyfriend now?”
“yeah- but will can we keep this invetween us for now its just that im- im scared of”
will cuts him off “hey hey its okay i get it”rubbing his cheek with a soft smile as he kisses mike as he gets up “as much as i would like to be here and cuddle we got a planet to get” will says as he pulls his top on as mike follows suit as they exit the room looking presentable as they go outside and they see jonathan hugging el and joyce “be careful okay?” they hear him say
“where were you two doing? we gotta go!”
lucas shouts to them noticing them
“ we were just talking!” mike responds as lucas raises a eyebrow before dropping it going over to max and hugging her tightly saying “be safe okay?” before him and joyce helps max into the car
they then see dustin and el hug almost affectionately as they look at eachother smiling
“i kinda ship them” will whispers to mike
“you know what? me to..” mike chuckles slightly
then will goes over to joyce and hugs her tightly before getting into the truck with mike who is sitting next to robin he sats down as the truck started to move as the truck was filled with silence
mike then subtly grazes his pinky against wills as almost a way of reassureing them both as they smiled at one another ready to face vecna and end this once and for all.
meanwhile robin squints her eyes between the two realising and then smiling to herself as they rode towards the mac-z