A/N: Hey everyone :)

Just wanted to say that I added some new warnings to the summary for this story if anyone wants to re-read through those warnings lol. This is my second chapter being posted and some fair warnings ahead for the chapter as well as the overall story...El is very naive (as I'm sure you guys will pick up on), I tried to keep her dialogue the way it is in the show (very stilted and robotic almost) but mainly she's kind of clueless and really in love with Mike which makes her blind to a lot of things in this story.

I also just wanted to remind everyone that this story is the movie "Scream" with Stranger Things characters (not that it needed to be said again because it's literally the whole point of the story lol but I just don't want readers coming at me for Mike, Will, or El acting differently then they think they would in the show), Will and Mike are not like themselves in a lot of this story (just as El isn't all the way like herself too), I did try to keep their personalities as much as I could, but Will and Mike are manipulative, shady, psychotic, etc. Just as Billy and Stu are.

Something else too, as I've mentioned in my other stories on Ao3, I cannot write smut to save my life so the somewhat spicy scenes in this chapter are as good as it's going to get in that area lol hopefully it's still good and not all that terrible. Also, I tried my best to get across how El feels for Will versus what Will feels for El in their Pov's, not so much by saying it but an example of this is how El refers to Will as her brother and how Will doesn't refer to El (even in his own mind) as his sister. I love El's and Will's sibling bond in Stranger Things, it's literally one of the best things in the show, but unfortunately that kind of bond isn't in this story lmfao, El does love and see Will as her sibling, the same cannot be said for Will however.

Lastly, Mike calling Will "baby" has been a weakness of mine since first discovering this amazing ship, so of course I had to add it into my own story lol.

Without further ado,

Hope you guys enjoy :)

Chapter Two: Later Night Visitor

Hawkins, Indiana

The Byers-Hopper Home

October 25th, 1988

11:57pm

Homework was terrible. Just terrible. El wondered how it was legal for teachers to assign homework to students when they already go to school for eight hours a day. She groaned loudly with frustration as she turned yet another page of her book. She was lying on her queen-sized bed on her stomach, legs flat against the mattress, reading the book assigned to her by her English teacher.

English was her worse subject, Math being her best, she hated reading and she hated writing so of course it would be that class that is keeping her up on her Sunday night trying to finish homework that should not have been assigned to begin with.

Letting a yawn break free from her mouth, El turned the book to see how much further she had to read, she had about a quarter of the book left to go, which was not a lot but in her mind was a whole Olympic obstacle course.

She needed sleep if she planned to wake up for school the following day, but leaving the book unfinished was not an option, English was her first class of the day, knowing her luck the teacher would hand her a worksheet to fill out about the book first thing in the morning of walking into class. El had to finish the book tonight, she did not want to be caught unaware the next day.

A light knock on her bedroom door made her head snap up from where it was squished into her book, a smile blossomed on her lips. There was only one person who knocked that lightly on her door, everyone else in their family having a heavy hand in their knocking style, especially her dad.

"Come in!" She shouted at the door, it creaked open very slowly, a head popped in from the gap. Will flashed a toothy grin at her, pushing the door all the way open, coming in all the way, and shutting the door behind him. In his hands was her favorite mug, an ugly burnt orange thing that had a pug dog on the front of it with its tongue hanging out, it was a birthday gift two years ago from her dad.

"I brought you some coffee," Will told her, setting her mug down on her nightside, he moved her legs over so he could sit at the head of her bed, "I figured you would need it to finish your book."

"Oh my god Will," El dramatically said, getting up from her laying position she threw her arms around him, hugging him as tight as she could, "Have I ever told you that you are the best brother a girl could ask for?" Pinching his pink cheeks, she giggled to herself, reaching over to her night stand she grabbed her mug of coffee and brought it to her nose to inhale the bitter yet sweet smell of it. She took a tiny sip, a taste test, moaning low when a burst of warmth went down her throat, she sent a huge smile at her brother, the coffee was perfect.

"Yes, you have told me that, multiple times actually," Will said rolling his eyes at her but El could see the smile peeking through his mouth, "To bad I don't have the best sister a boy could ask for, I got saddled with you instead."

"Hey!" She yelled at him, throwing one of her decorative pillows at his head, he caught it between his hands, tucking it behind his head, he leaned back to laugh at her offended face. Soon after she started laughing with him, she knew he was just joking. Will was not her biological brother, rather her stepbrother, and El knew she was lucky beyond anything to have gained him as a brother when his mom Joyce married her dad Hopper three years ago. She hit the sibling jackpot with Will and Jonathan, and she will forever be grateful for that.

"I'm kidding El," Will clarified, settling further back into her pillows, getting comfortable.

"Are you almost done reading your book?" He asked her, picking up her book from the place she abandoned it, flipping through the pages, Will's nose scrunched up, he put the book down, further away from him then it was before he picked it up, like it had somehow personally offended him.

"Yeah, I still have about 7 chapters to go but I am close to the end." She nodded proudly to which Will raised one of his eyebrows at.

"I told you to read this book when you first got it two weeks ago so you wouldn't be in this mess," he reminded her, wiggling his finger at her like a parent disciplining their child, "But did you listen to me, no, El decided she knew best, and now she's awake past midnight on a Sunday, trying to finish a book that should have been finished days ago." Will ended his words with another laugh, teasing her.

"Shut up." She half-heartedly said back, he was right of course but she was not going to tell him that. Will had told her to read the book right when she had got it, knowing her pattern of leaving English homework for the last minute and then complaining about it to anyone who would lend her an ear, but she had not listened to him. El of course regrets that now, she could be sleeping but instead here she is having to listen to her brother rub it in her face that he had told her so, God sometimes he was annoying.

"Why are you even awake?" She questioned him, unlike her Will did not leave his homework assignments for the last minute, he used his "time management skills" to get his assignments done with time to spare.

Glancing over his form, El noted his wet hair and tightly pressed clothing that had water patches here and there in his beige colored shirt, indicating he had taken a shower before coming to her room. Turning her head to look at the clock, it was past Midnight, an odd time to shower even for Will. Looking closer at his face El also noted the redness around his nose, the beginnings of a bruise, Will had not had that this morning when she saw him last.

"And what happened to your nose?"

"I'm awake because when I was sleeping, I had a nightmare, I ended up hitting my nose in my sleep, I couldn't relax again after that so here I am." He uttered out, reaching a hand up to his face to rub at his nose, wincing when he touched a tender area, he was not meeting El's eyes, she knew he hated seeing the sympathy that always overcame her face when he mentioned having another nightmare. She could not help it though, Will was one of the best guys around, he was always trying his best to be the best son, friend, and brother that he could be to the people in his life, he deserved the literal world at his feet. It was not right for him to suffer from nightmares that left him twitching, restless, and with dark circles under his eyes, almost dead to the world.

He did not deserve his past which was the cause of his nightmares in the present.

"Do you want to talk about it?" She offered, grabbing Will's hand with her own, she squeezed it, letting him know she was there for him.

"It's the same old bullshit, Lonnie being a dick and me cowering away from him." He told her pulling his hand out of hers, he shrugged his shoulders like his nightmares were not a big deal. El did not know a lot about Will's and Jonathan's past with their biological father, she only knew the snippets that Jonathan and Mike had told her here and there when she pried, but she did know Lonnie was a verbal and physical abuser to not only Joyce but Will and Jonathan as well, and that was enough information to decide that she hated him, "Plus I had my alarm set anyways to wake up, mom and Hopper are supposed to be leaving for the airport soon."

Just as she opened her mouth to respond a crashing noise came from just outside her window, sounding like glass breaking, she shut her mouth closed, brows scrunched together in confusion, looking to the window but seeing nothing but the night sky outside of it.

"What the hell was that?" Will whispered to her, keeping her eyes on the window she shrugged back to him. They both got off her bed together, keeping close to each other, they tip toed to her window. It was wide open tonight, her curtains pulled back and clipped to the side, it was supposed to rain soon so she had opened it to let the smell of rain filter into her room.

"How many times has my mom told you to shut your window at night El? You don't know what kind of creeps are outside." Will hissed at her but not in anger, more out of worry, it was another thing she would not admit he was right about out loud; Joyce has told her over and over again to shut her window when it got dark outside, but she never listened to her.

At the window, El attempted to lean out of it to see if she could spot what made the noise, but she was sharply pulled back by her arm, "I'll look, you stay behind me." Will told her, tugging her behind him, she rolled her eyes at him but let him let go in front of her.

Will leaned out the window, his head turned down, looking towards the ground underneath the window, off to the right side of him a pair of arms came out of nowhere and wrapped around Will. Both El and her brother let out a girlish high pitch scream, over the sounds of both their screams they were shushed by the intruder who still had his arms around Will.

"Shhh, calm down, calm down. Fuck, it's just me." Mike loudly whispered to them, cutting their screams short, he pushed Will back from the window but grabbed onto his hands to help himself climb through. Mike let go of Will's hands once inside her room only to pull him into a hug, rocking them from side to side.

"You just screamed like a girl." He laughed into Will's hair where he had pressed his face, El could see him inhaling the smell of Will's freshly showered hair.

"You really did Will, I am never letting you live that down." El giggled from behind them.

Will pushed Mike away from him, his face a bright red, "Shut the fuck up, you scared me." Mike laughed again, pushing Will's hands away from trying to break away him, instead tugging on him even more until Will was back in his arms.

"I'm sorry." He muttered a sarcastic apology out, not really sorry at all for almost giving them both a heart attack. El looked at them for a moment, her eyes taking in how close they were, not an inch of space between them. She watched as Will hid his face in Mike's neck and how Mike smiled against him, his eyes lighting up in way she has never seen happen before with anyone else but Will.

Not even with her, his girlfriend.

Sometimes it was hard having a boyfriend who was best friends with her brother. But as hard as it was El did not dare bring it up or complain about it, she knew she could not understand the level of friendship between Mike and Will. They have known each other longer than either of them has known her, longer than what they have known their other friends as well, they have been best friends since kindergarten, their seniors in high school now. The commitment and loyalty they shared to one another was on another level and El does not push to get answers about their closeness in fear of losing her brother and her boyfriend all in one go, because in her heart as much as she knows they love her, she also knows they would choose each other in a second over her, and El never wants that truth to be a reality. Ignorance is bliss is what she thinks the saying is.

So, she ignores the stabs of jealousy she gets as best as she can when she sees one of them being touchy and affectionate with the other (which is often), sometimes even more than either of them were with her, which is normal for a brother, but she thinks is not normal for a boyfriend. She looks the other way when she notices they get caught in each other's orbits, lost in a world of their own that she is not privy to. She does not argue or lose her cool when one or both of them cancel plans with her to hang out with each other. El just goes about her time with them, like now, waiting for Mike to stop hugging Will as if he will never see the other boy again in his life, and notice his girlfriend still standing there waiting for her own greeting.

Mike finally let Will out of his hug, but not before affectionately ruffling his brown hair. Mike made eye contact with El, letting a warm smile come to his lips, he finally came to her and pulled her into a hug as well, one she felt was less warm than the one he just shared with Will. Pushing that thought from her mind, she stood on her tip toes to press several soft kisses to his pink lips, something she could do with Mike that was just hers and not shared with Will. Mike nipped at her lips with his teeth, letting his tongue trace her mouth with tease before pulling back from her.

"What are you doing here?" She breathlessly asked him, she could feel the heat in her cheeks, how embarrassing for her. Mike was an amazing kisser, he always left her feeling lightheaded despite if it was just a light kiss or a full on make out session. They have not went beyond kissing and touching each other above clothing though, El being the one too hesitant to take that next step with him. Mike has already told her he is ready for the next step, he has been ready since their first year of dating each other, now they are going on their 3rd year anniversary.

Not answering her question, Mike's eyes look down at her outfit, which was not exactly conservative, it did not have to be when she was alone in her room or hanging out with her brother, "You sleep in that?"

El looked down at her sleep outfit, it was a simple pair of silk shorts with a silk tank top, nothing overly sexy but the way Mike's eyes darkened with lust, one would think she was wearing the skimpiest outfit imaginable. The only things she thinks are sexy about her sleep outfit were how tiny the shorts were, they sat just below her butt cheeks and the chest part of the tank top that did nothing to hide her nipples, not conservative but not skimpy either. She could not deny that she liked the look in Mike's eyes though, he made her feel wanted and loved when he looked at her like she was a meal he could not wait to feast on.

"Yes, I sleep in this," she gently hit his chest, leaning up again to press another kiss to his lips, "But seriously, what are you doing here? My dad is just down the hallway, you know he is going to be mad if he finds out you are here."

"It's okay, I'm only staying for a second," he put his finger against her mouth, stopping any words she was going to say to him, "Plus I'm not scared of Hopper." He clicked his tongue around a snicker, a habit of Mike's that El found weirdly attractive.

"That is not the point Mike, you cannot be here." El said to him, the giddy feeling of having her boyfriend in her room slowly fading when she pictured her dad catching said boyfriend in her room with her when he has specifically told her he does not want Mike in her room, at all, no exceptions. From the corner of her eye, she spied Will making a side shuffle to her door, likely trying to escape to give them privacy.

"I just really wanted to see you," Mike tells her but she unhappily notes that his eyes are not looking back at her when he says this, his dark eyes are watching Will, a small frown appearing on his forehead as it often does when Will leaves out of the vicinity of Mike's eyes when they are in a room together, she knows the question that is going to leave his mouth next, it is like clockwork, "Where are you going Will?"

Rough knocking on her bedroom door interrupts whatever Will was going to say back, just like with Will's soft knocks that are not shared with anyone else in the family, her dad's rougher knocks are always louder than anyone else in the house, letting the person know exactly who is on the other side of the door.

"Shit!" El shrieks, she cannot afford to get grounded right now, her and Max made plans to go shopping for their Halloween costumes this week for the Halloween party Lucas is throwing. She will never be allowed to go shopping or go to the party if her dad finds Mike in her room.

Pointing to the floor on the side of her bed that is not facing her bedroom door El basically pushes Mike to the floor, "Hide! You have to hide!" She whisper-yells at him, not appreciating the amusement that dances in his eyes.

"El! I heard screams and voices in your room! What are you doing?! Who do have in there?!" Her dad started turning the doorknob to her room, Will glanced behind him to check if Mike was hidden properly, when he could not see any sign of him, he yanked the door open, forcing her dad to step back with wide eyes.

"Sorry Hopper, it's just me," Will announced smiling cheekily, "I know El was staying up late tonight to finish homework, so I brought her some coffee." Her brother gestured to the forgotten mug of coffee still on her nightstand, she hoped it was still warm enough to drink.

"Oh," Hopper cleared his throat, the tips of his ears turning red, this sadly was not the first time that he has tried to catch Mike in her room only to be confronted with Will instead, it was actually quite funny to see her normally cool, calm, and collected dad splutter in his attempt to explain his actions, "I thought I heard – I could have sworn – Never mind it's not important now. Thank you for looking out for El Will, I appreciate it." He placed his hand on Will's shoulder giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Yup," Will nodded, "Is mom done packing?" Joyce and her dad were supposed to leave tonight to catch a flight to Alaska, Joyce needing to go there for two weeks for a business trip, her dad had offered to go with her, suggesting he take his vacation days and leave Steve in charge at the Police Station.

Nothing serious ever happens in Hawkins anyways, the highlight of Steve's two weeks will be getting Mrs. Driscoll's cat out of the tree for what is going to be the millionth time that year.

"Yeah, she is, I'm done packing too," Hopper gruffly told them, clearing his throat a couple of times, "Your mom and me are leaving for our flight in a couple of minutes, so both of you need to say bye to her before we leave."

"Okay." El and Will chirped together, nodding their heads, their eyes not leaving Hopper.

"They don't need to come to me to say bye, I came to them." Joyce said from behind her dad, El had not even seen her, she is so tiny in comparison, her dad towers over poor Joyce. She pushed Hopper aside to tug both Will and El into a protective hug, giving both of them a kiss on their foreheads, "I love you guys so much. Be good, okay, don't drive your brother crazy while we're gone." She pressed more kisses to their foreheads before Hopper pulled her away, giving each of them his own stiff hug and murmurers of love.

Appearing just behind El's doorway was Jonathan, keys hanging loosely in his hand, hair unkept and frizzy, he looked tired to El, like he was not getting any sleep, "Are you guys ready to go?"

"Yeah, yeah we are sweetie." Joyce smiled at Jonathan, who was able to manage a half decent smile back despite it looking painful for him to accomplish. El quirked an eyebrow when Jonathan's eyes looked just beyond her bed, like he knew someone was there who was not supposed to be there, she squirmed uncomfortably in her place. Jonathan was a cool older brother; she does not think he would say something if he did indeed know Mike was hiding on the other side of her bed, but the thought that he could say something still made her nervous.

Chancing a glance back, El wanted to hit Mike, just at the end of her bed was a peek of shoes, black in color, not that visible all in all but still obvious when spotted. No wonder Jonathan knew Mike was there hiding in her room, Mike might as well be announcing it out to everyone. Forcing her eyes away from Mike's shoes El tried her best to appear normal, she was not sure if she was actually accomplishing that, but she took it as a win when no one (Jonathan) said anything.

El was just starting to think they got out of a lecture when her dad placed his hands on his hips, taking his cop stance, sternly looking at both siblings with hard eyes.

"Jonathan is in charge," he said pointing to a nodding Jonathan, starting the lecture that they were not lucky enough to get out of, "I expect both of you to respect him and respect this house well me and your mom are gone, I don't want to come home to find out you've both been behaving like little hooligan's. I've already left Jonathan enough cash for the next couple weeks to get food and whatever else you guys might need. The number for the airports and the hotel we're staying at are on the refrigerator. I want both of you to keep to your schedules, no missing school and no staying out late on a school day. Jonathan has already been told that both of you have permission to go to Lucas's Halloween party, he knows what to look out for when you guys get back so he can report it to us. No drinking. No smoking. No fooling around. No Mike….at all, he is not allowed to stay over while I'm not here," El knew that part was to Will, who was allowed to have Mike stay over in his room for sleepovers unlike El, she fought a blush when Jonathan hid a laugh around a fake cough, "Just because we're gone does not mean you guys can ignore the rules. If there's any problems at all, go to Jonathan or Steve. Joyce, do you have anything to add?" El held back a giggle when Joyce loudly scoffed at her dad.

"Nope, I think you covered it all." She sarcastically says back, "Get some sleep kids, we'll see you guys in two weeks. We love you." Joyce gives them another hug and some more kisses; her dad gives them a look that says he is watching them before both of them leave completely.

"I'll be back in a little bit guys, don't do anything stupid." Jonathan winked at them before following her dad and Joyce.

El, Will, and Mike were quiet in her room, Mike who stayed on the floor, reached his hand up to her bed so he could grab one of El's plush toys before he slithered his way to Will's legs, wrapping one of his hands around one of Will's ankles. The two boys' glance at each other when they hear the front door close and the car outside start up and pull away from the house, Jonathan was taking their parents to the airport in his work van and waiting with them until they boarded their flight, he would not be back for at least an hour.

"Well that was a close call." Mike says from the corner of his mouth, moving around Mr. Fibley in his other hand that is not clutching Will's ankle in a death grip, acting like El's plush squirrel was the one talking to them. She watched Will smile down at Mike, running one of his hands through Mike's jet-black curls, entertaining her boyfriend's poor attempt at humor.

"Get up you idiot." Will yanked at Mike's curls, Mike made a face at Will in return, grabbing the hand in his hair and holding on to it well he got off the floor. Still holding Mr. Fibley in his arms, Mike bounded over to El's bed and stretched his tall lanky form over it, relaxing back into the pillows, acting as if they were not almost grounded for life by her dad had they been caught.

"What are you doing here so late?" Will asked him, he was still by El's bedroom door, leaning against it now, poised and ready to make a quick escape if Mike and her start becoming more physically affectionate with each other in front of him.

"Like I said, I wanted to come see El," Mike explained to her brother, it was an odd but typical thing for El to note that he did not look away from Will despite talking about wanting to see her, she sulked at that, "I was at home watching The Exorcist and it made me think of her." Mike finally took his eyes away from Will and placed them on her.

"It did?" Both her and Will said together, Will with doubt in his tone and El with shocked flattery in hers. It was an unusual thing to say and normally not something to say to a significant other but El was just happy that Mike was thinking about her in his free time.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Will crossed his arms across his chest, frowning over at Mike.

"Yeah, it did," Mike continued on as if her brother did not say anything, his voice lowered, "It got me thinking about us. How three years ago, we started off good, fantastic even, all hot and heavy," El glanced over at Will when Mike said this to her, her brothers scowl deepened on his face, his lip curled in distaste, she only stared at him for a quick second before she re-focused on Mike, "Got me thinking about how things have changed now, how we're not as physical anymore."

El did not know how watching The Exorcist made Mike think about their intimacy with each other, it seemed a strange thought to have well watching a movie about a girl being possessed, but she would not question it or him, she was thrumming with pleasure in her bones to just have him here with her.

"So, you thought you would come here and climb through my window so we can be all "hot and heavy" like before?" El could not believe him, he was ridiculously cute, wanting to be closer to him, wanting to feel his skin against hers, El went to her bed and laid down next to Mike.

"Alright," Will said loudly, shuffling his feet awkwardly, "That's my cue to leave. Mike your ass isn't staying the night so make sure you leave in less than an hour," Will gave Mike a hard stare, letting Mike know he was not joking, "El good night, I'll see you in the morning…Love you." Will gave her a softer look then what he gave Mike, nodding his head to her as he opened her door to walk out.

"Love you too." El told him, she did everything possible to not flinch back when Mike said the words with her to Will, telling her brother he loves him with zero hesitation. It was not the first time nor was it going to be the last time she heard Mike say those words to her brother. It did not bother her that he expressed his love for his best friend, of course Will and Mike loved each other, that was only natural considering they grew up together. What bothered El was that Mike could not say those same words of love to her like he could to Will, despite being together for three years Mike has never (not once) told El he loves her. She has said those three words to him countless of times, but she has never heard them in return, instead she hears "you too" as if that was equal to saying he loves her.

As soon as Will closed her bedroom door, Mike climbed on top of her, straddling her hips, he immediately started attacking her neck with rough kisses, her thoughts on his inability to tell El what she wanted to hear were gone just as fast as they came. She could only focus on Mike, focus on the way he nibbled on her neck, biting and sucking just enough to get a reaction from her but not enough to leave a mark.

El pulled Mike away from her neck, bringing his face to hers, she laid open mouth kisses around his jaw before letting her lips settle on his, a kiss that started out sweet and soft but quickly progressed into rougher territory, their teeth clashed together in a clumsy attempt to get closer. Mike tangled their hands together, bringing them between them as he leaned his body into hers, pressing more of his weight against her.

She tilted her head back, away from Mike's aggressive kissing so she could breathe, she let a moan escape her mouth when one of Mike's hands let go of her own to run down the length of her tank top. His fingers brushed under her shirt, slowly making their way up to her chest, where he slowly ran his fingertips over her nipples in a touch that was far more delicate than his kisses. Bringing his mouth back to hers, El let herself enjoy the next few kisses between them before she pushed Mike off of her, sitting up she took his hand out from under her top, pushing it to his own chest.

Mike stared at her with an unhappy frown pulled across his lips, he groaned loudly but still backed away from her to sit at the edge of her bed, letting her have some space to compose herself.

"Fuck, you drive me crazy El." Mike groaned again, with a sudden movement that made El jump back he hopped up from her bed, he was laughing as he leaned over her, bringing his hand to cup her cheek, he pressed a few gentle kisses to her forehead, "I better go, don't want to disrespect your dad's rules anymore then I already have." He rolled his eyes, mockery dripping from his voice.

"Okay." El muttered back, getting up from her bed she took his hand and led him back to her window that was still open. At the window, Mike wrapped his arms around her waist and placed a kiss to her nose.

"Thank you for coming over." El said, she was sad he was leaving so soon but she was still happy all the same that he came over at all.

"Of course," he answered back to her, playfully tugging on a strand of her hair, "About the "hot and heavy" stuff El, I'm not trying to rush you or push you into doing anything with me when you're not ready to. I was mostly just playing around when I said that stuff." El smiled in assurance back to him when she caught the worried look in his eyes, she had not felt pressured to do anything with Mike, he has never made her feel that way before and she doubted he would ever make her feel that way now or in the future.

Nodding back at her, Mike gave her a final kiss to her lips and made his way out the window.

"Hey Mike," El called to him when he was about to walk away, he turned back to her, "I love you." She told him, fiddling with the draw strings to her shorts, she stared back at him expectantly, hoping this would be the moment that he told her he loved her back.

El felt disappointment and a touch of annoyance when all he did was smile and wave goodbye back to her before disappearing from her sight. She stared out the window for a few more minutes before shutting it closed and letting her curtains down from where she had them tied up, she walked back to her bed scoffing to herself, she picked up her book and threw it on her desk, she was not in the mood to read any more of it tonight.

Will was in his closet getting an outfit ready for school the next day when he heard his window open and close and the sound of shuffling feet. He shook his head to himself before making his way out of his closet, shirt and jeans in hand.

Mike was making himself at home, pulling off his shoes and kicking off his jeans so he could pull the blankets back on Will's bed, laying himself down underneath them, settling back against Will's pillows without a care in the world. Mike didn't say anything as he watched Will fold the shirt and jeans he had got from his closet to place on his desk, he stayed quiet while Will gathered a pair of boxers, a pair of socks, and his shoes to place them next to his outfit.

"Hey." Mike murmured out to the room in a quiet voice that Will just barley heard over the music he had playing softly in the background. Will narrowed his eyes at him, choosing to not say anything back, he got his backpack to pretend to clean it out of the past week's assignments, so he had room for the upcoming week's assignments, an unnecessary thing he faked to occupy himself with considering he had already done that the day before.

He wasn't ready to get into bed with Mike yet, he wanted a little bit more time to relax his thoughts before he lost himself to Mike's influence which is often the case when he's in bed with the other boy. Thinking that he slowly and carefully pulled out each of his schoolbooks and notebooks from his backpack, aimlessly flipping through them to find papers and assignments to throw out that he knew weren't in them. He wasn't purposely ignoring Mike, or at least he wasn't trying to purposely ignore Mike. Will was just wanting a moment more than what he was given to tell himself not to be mad or jealous of the way Mike had kissed and flirted with El in her room less than thirty minutes before.

The thought that he had no right to be angry or jealous was something he was desperately trying to drill into his head. El was Mike's girlfriend, he was supposed to show her affection, he was supposed to give her kisses, he was supposed to flirt with her, with or without Will in the room with them.

Telling himself that still didn't ease the envy pulsing in Will's blood though.

"Are you mad at me?" Mike asked from the bed, he sounded annoyed to Will's ears but also nervous, Will paused his actions of flipping through his World History book for the third time since pulling it out of his backpack.

"You came to see El," Will said back refusing to look at Mike, instead keeping his head down, he gathered his schoolbooks and started putting them back into his backpack, "You watched a movie that reminded you of how horny you guys used to be for each other and you just had to rush over here because you were missing that physical contact with her so much." Will mocked, laughing under his breath when he realized how ridiculous that sounded. Even though he knew Mike straight lied to El's face when he told her that, Mike having spent most the night with him before climbing through El's window, it still didn't stop him from hating having to hear that come out of Mike's mouth to her, it didn't stop his jealously.

"Come on Will," Mike whined from the bed, "You know I didn't mean it baby; it was just something to sweet talk her with, she likes that weird shit." Will glared at him, it wasn't playing fair to call him baby right now, Mike knew that pet name was a soft spot for Will, he knew Will was basically putty in his hands when he said it to him. Plus, he didn't care what El liked hearing or not, he didn't want to be around to hear it himself.

"You still said it." Will grumpily stated and he did, Mike didn't even wait for him to leave El's room, that was the least he could have done, "You still hugged her. You still kissed her. You still did God knows what when I left the room." The more he talked the less angry he sounded, by the end he just sounded hurt which was somehow worse to Will's ears.

"Yeah, because she's my girlfriend Will! It would be kind of suspicious if I didn't look like I wanted to do that kind of stuff with her and just so you know we didn't even do anything after you left the room, I copped a feel at most." Mike threw his hands up into air, waving them above his head with exasperated movements.

"And me?" Will's eyes filled with unwanted tears, he hated arguing with Mike, he hated being as vulnerable as he was with him, he hated that Mike was with El, he hated that he felt like a side piece that was only good enough to be with when the main piece wasn't around, he hated that he let Mike do this to him, most of all he hated that he didn't want to stop sneaking around with Mike, he didn't want to stop being the person that Mike trusted, that he came to, he would do anything Mike asked of him, he always has ever since they were children and he knows he always will and Mike knew this too, "What am I? A whore you fuck on the side because you haven't got El to give it up to you yet." Will spat out, he wanted to continue sounding angry with Mike and though there was a hint of anger in his voice it was overshadowed by pain and sadness.

Will felt like he couldn't even be to upset over the whole situation, like he had no right to feel his emotions, Mike never claimed Will as his boyfriend, only as his, he's never put a label on whatever was between them. He's told Will he loves him more times than Will could count, he's said he's only with El because he needs her in his pocket and to be on her good side, he's said the thing between him and El wouldn't last (although now their relationship was going on three years despite the promise that it was going to last a year at most). He's also told Will he means everything to him, he's said to him that he can't imagine a life without him, and countless other sweet nothings that any person would enjoy hearing from the one they love, but Mike has never referred to Will as his boyfriend. Granted he's never referred to Will as his side piece or whore either, but his insecurities were strong and loud, El has three years of being able to claim Mike as her boyfriend, she has an actual label and security in the title of being Mike's girlfriend, Will doesn't have that, he's scared he'll never have that no matter what promises fell from Mike's lips to him.

"Don't call yourself that." Mike brought his arms back down, pointing at Will he gave him a glare as if Will calling himself a whore was the worst offense he could have done, "You're not some side piece I pull out to play with to my convenience Will, you know that."

Mike got up from his bed, walking to Will he pulled him up from his desk chair, moving a few items on the desk to the side Mike put his hands on his hips, picking him up he settled Will on top of the desk, pushing himself between Will's open legs, his hands stayed pinching Will's hips.\

Will felt nearly every crevice of Mike's body when he was pressed against him like this, the warmth radiating off of Mike felt all too nice. Will pressed his face into Mike's neck, a habit he's had since they were kids, he was inhaling his scent, just under the nostalgic smell of Mike's laundry detergent and his earthy cologne was a sharp scent of iron, an odor Will was fast becoming familiar with.

"You know why I'm with her baby," Mike whispered to him, the fingers on his hips moved to the waist band of his sweats, Mike tucked his fingers underneath, teasing Will's skin with hints of touches, "You know that I don't love her, you know that one day I won't be with her anymore, you know that she will never be able to compete with you. I love you Will; you know you mean everything to me, you're my partner in crime," Mike pushed Will away from his neck, giving him a wink that Will fondly rolled his eyes at, glancing down at his red nose, Mike lightly pressed a kiss to the nip of his nose before he continued, "You're my best friend, you're the best parts of me baby. You're mine." After that speech it was no surprise that Will's full body broke out in a blush, he would never get tired of hearing Mike tell him what he means to him. He would never tire of Mike calling Will his, he thinks he enjoys the possessive way Mike says those words a little more than he should but still a distant part of his brain reminds him that Mike still didn't call Will his boyfriend, he still didn't label what was between them, he pushed that distant thought even further into his mind, concentrating instead on Mike's beautiful, freckled face.

Trying to get rid of the stupid giddy smile on his face, Will tucked his face back into Mike's neck, giving him a few appreciative kisses but not sucking on the smooth skin, he couldn't mark Mike despite wanting to. Will patiently waited for Mike to talk again, he hadn't said he loved him back, which Will knew was a sure-fire way to frustrate Mike. It was only a matter of time before Mike got tired of waiting and demanded Will to tell him he loved him too.

Will moved his kisses from Mike's neck to his sharp jawline, purposely avoiding Mike's lips that were puckered and waiting for Will's own lips, moving his hands between their bodies Will started gently rubbing the bulge in Mike's boxers, just teasing the other boy, not fully griping him the way Will knew Mike wanted him to.

"Say it back." Mike demanded of him just like Will knew he would, he kissed Mike's pink lips, grinning against them, Mike's own hands were now aggressively undoing Will's belt buckle, trying with fast and impatient movements to get Will's jeans down his legs.

When Will still didn't say what he wanted to hear, Mike pinched his hips hard enough to bruise, "Say it back." He growled into Will's ear, tickling his neck with his breath.

"I love you, Mike." Will loved seeing the softness that overcame Mike's eyes when he heard the words he wanted to, it was a look that Will loved knowing was reserved especially for him, it was a look that made Will want to do everything in his power to keep Mike happy and with him.

Glancing over Mike's shoulder to his bed, Will pushed Mike away from him, the bed was far more comfortable looking and inviting then the desk he was on, "Let's get on the bed, this desk is starting to hurt my ass." He complained.

"I'm going to be the one hurting your ass next." Mike wiggled his eyebrows at Will, laughing just a touch to loudly when Will flipped him off, not at all amused by Mike's poor joke.

October 26th, 1988

6:11am

The next morning Will woke up to El banging her fist on his bedroom door, the force of her hits were shaking the entire door, Will huffed with irritation, El had a heavier hand then what she thought she did, she was practically busting down his door with her knocks. It's ironic that she thinks Hopper has the heaviest hand in the house when it comes to knocking, when in reality it's actually her.

Will squinted his eyes at his alarm clock, blurry numbers greeted him, rubbing his eyes he looks again and was relieved to see it was just after six in the morning. He had more than enough time to kick Mike out of his room and get ready for school.

Mike's arm tightened around his waist when El banged on his door again, he hugged Will closer to him, sleepily muttering something under his breath that Will couldn't understand.

"Will! Wake up! It is time to get ready for school!" El called through the closed door, his doorknob was shaking from her trying to open it, thankfully Will remembered to lock it the night before when he had come to his room after leaving El's bedroom, he doesn't think she would appreciate the sight of Will wrapped in her boyfriend's arms this early in the morning (or at all no matter the time for that matter), "Wake up Will!"

"I'm up! I'm up!" He yelled back, "Fucking hell." El finally stopped her attempts at busting down his door policemen style, he could hear her footsteps as she walked away, most likely back to her room to finish getting ready herself.

Will yawned into his hand, it was too early to wake up, too early to function, he really didn't know how El could be so perky every single morning no matter if she got sleep or not. With sluggish movements that still felt like they pulled to much energy from Will he removed Mike's arm from his waist and detangled their legs to sit up at the edge of his bed. Behind him Mike let out a whine in protest, blindly reaching his hand to Will's back, his eyes still closed with sleep.

"Mike." He shook the other boy's shoulder, narrowly avoiding Mike's octopus limbs trying to wrap around him again, Will loved how clingy Mike got when he spent the night with him, but he hated how difficult it was the next morning trying to get Mike to properly wake up.

"Mike, wake up." Will stressed his words, Mike still needed to get home and ready himself for school, he didn't have time to be lazy, "Get up." He flicked Mike's forehead, snickering to himself when Mike's hand came up to smack the same area, eyes tightly closed and scrunched.

He couldn't yell at Mike to wake up like he wanted to, least El hear him, so he settled for flicking Mike's forehead over and over again, being a general pest to the other boy.

"Stop it," Mike groggily objected, struggling to move away from Will's flicking finger, "Baby stop, seriously." Will giggled again but ultimately stopped his motions.

"You have to get up," he quietly said, unable to resist Mike's bedhead Will started to run his fingers through his black curls, "It's already morning and you still need to get home to get ready for school."

"I'll get up right now." He moaned, a deep sound that rumbled his chest, one that Will enjoyed hearing, Mike loved when Will ran his fingers through his hair, he would never admit to it out loud, but his sounds were enough to clue him into what Mike was feeling. Will loved it too, his hands were caught in Mike's hair more often than not.

"I need to shower so you need to leave," Will unfortunately did not have a bathroom in his room, him, El, and Jonathan had to share the hallway one, something that Will sometimes hated, Jonathan had a nasty habit of leaving his dirty clothes and wet towels in there well El left various hair styling products and makeup, he would forgo a shower that morning had Mike not fucked him the night before, but that obviously didn't happen and there was no way he was going to school that morning without a shower, "Hurry up." Will flicked Mike's forehead again.

Getting off the bed he grabbed the two blankets covering Mike and ripped them off of him, leaving Mike a groaning shivering mess, the house was starting to get colder as the weather outside chilled, in a few more weeks Will would need to start sleeping with three or four blankets instead of the two.

"What the fuck Will, do you realize how cold it is?" Mike scowled at him, unsuccessfully trying to reach for the blankets that Will pulled away.

"Sorry," he apologized with a smirk on his face, one Mike grimaced at, "We need to get ready for school and you still have to drive home."

"Shit, you're right." Mike said putting his hands over his eyes harshly rubbing them.

"Of course I'm right, I'm always right." He went over to the window to open it, hoping it would give Mike a heavier hint that it was time for him to go home, Will loved him but he really needed a shower.

"Alight, alright, I'm leaving." Mike grunted, getting off the bed he hurried to dress, slipping on his jeans and shoes with ease, a practiced action that's been repeated many times.

At the window, he paused to give Will a lingering kiss to his forehead, a gentle thing that Will blushed over, "I'll see you at school, I love you."

"Love you to." Will mumbled back, backing away from Mike he gestured to the window with a pointed look that Mike chuckled at before he finally climbed his way out, sneaking his way through Will's yard to get to the next street over where Will knew he left his car for the night.

Not having a sleepy Mike to deal with anymore, Will gathered his bundle of clothing and his towel in his arms to shower.

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