A/N: Because all of my other Stranger Things fanfics are dark, I decided I'd write something nice for a change. I'm lowkey a Will X Mike shipper. In this fanfic, there are no upside-down or powers, and it's in modern-day. The kids are also juniors in this. Now on with the chapter.

It was the post that shook the entirety of Hawkins High School. On the school's gossip blog, Hawkin's Secrets, someone made an anonymous post, saying that they were a closeted student at the school. In a place like New York, this wouldn't be a big deal, but in conservative Hawkins, Indiana, it was.

The post was on Creekwood Secret was all that was on Will's mind. He was also in the closet. When he got home, he wanted to email the person who was just known as 'Blue.' "Don't you agree with me?" Dustin asked, snapping Will out of his thoughts.

"What?" Will asked.

"I told you he wasn't paying attention," Lucas said. "He was off in la-la land, per usual."

"Max and Lucas have gone insane," Dustin exclaimed. "They believe cold pizza is just as good as straight out of the oven pizza. Don't you think that's crazy?"

"Sorry Lucas and Max, I have to agree with Dustin on this one," Will stated. "Nothing will ever beat straight out of the oven pizza."

"You guys clearly don't have any brains," Max said. Will looked around the lunch table. It was hard to believe that before middle school, it was just him, Dustin, and Jane. Once they reached middle school, the trio got into Dungeons and Dragons. Will joined the school's D&D club, where he met and befriended Lucas Sinclair. Lucas brought his friends Mike Wheeler and the arrogant Bruno Pines to the lunch table. Max moved to Hawkins at the beginning of the school year. She was in Dustin's class and they became quick friends. Lucas became immediately smitten by her, and they soon started to flirt with each other not so subtly. They both refused to admit that their into each other, though.

The bell rang, signifying the end of lunch. "Hey, are you guys going to my Halloween party next Friday?" Bruno asked as he put on his bookbag.

"Definitely," Max answered, standing up. "I already have my costume picked out."

"Perfect," Bruno said. "I have a friend who can get us some booze. This party is going to be lit!"

The friends then leave the cafeteria and go to their separate classes.

After school, Will went straight home from school. He entered his trailer and noticed he was home alone. He only had his mom and older brother since his parents divorced when he was twelve. Though his mom and Jonathan tried to hide it, he knew that his dad was always late when it came to paying for child support. He heard the shouting matches his mom had over the phone with him, and he saw the letters from the landlord before his mom did.

Will went to the bedroom he shared with his brother. He grabbed the family laptop and logged on. He went straight to Tumblr to get the email of the kid who made the post. It didn't take long for him to find it. Afterward, he went to Gmail and made a new account. He wanted to keep it anonymous for now.

Once the account was created, he started work on an email to Blue. He decided he would use his D&D character to keep his identity a secret. It was the one he used when he was just playing with Dustin and Jane, which was a rarity nowadays.

Blue,

I saw your post on Hawkin's Secret and decided to reach out. Like you, I'm also in the closet. I'm relieved to know that there is someone else at school who understands my struggle. Hawkins is probably the most conservative town in the state, so I can't talk to people about what I'm dealing with.

When did you know that you were gay? I think I knew the night of my seventh grade Snow Ball dance. I ditched my date within the first ten minutes to eat pizza with my two other friends, while we judged the teacher's awful dance moves. Some of her friends managed to pull me away, and she placed a kiss on me. At that moment I knew that I was definitely gay. I ran back to my friends after the kiss and never spoke to her again. I also realized that I liked Brendon Urie, but not his music.

Please respond when you have a chance. I would like to get to know you.

Crogan(I'm also using a fake name, of course)