#jonathon byers angst

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TIME AFTER TIME

steve harrington x reader, better than the movies au, fake dating, enemies to lovers, rivals to lovers, slight jonathon x reader, no upside down, fluff to angst to fluff, happy ending, canon-divergent characters, slow updates

♥︎

Steve Harrington is practically the bane of your existence. He’s god awful and he knows it. But when your childhood crush comes to town, he’s the only one who can help you win him over.

But soon enough the lines between hate and love become blurred, and suddenly you find yourself falling for someone you never thought possible.

♥︎

🝮

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞

Chapter one ❣︎ uh oh, i’m fallin’ in love

Chapter two ❣︎ i’ve got a blank space, baby (and i’ll write your name)

Chapter three ❣︎ that boy is mine

[chaosgremlinmunson]

When Jonathan is just four years old he and his mother rush to the hospital, he's scared and worried for his mother who's been clutching her stomach screaming in pain and Johnny is too little to help. He wants his dad to be here, dad's are supposed to be here. 

A few hours later Jonathan is sitting with a nice lady at the hospital, he thinks she's maybe a nurse, she has him at her station with some paper and crayons so he can draw and has said something about a new little brother or sister being here soon, he draws and draws many little pictures, each for his mom and whoever his new sibling is going to be. He daydreams that maybe he'll get a brother, someone he can run and play with, and talk in bed with when they should be sleeping.

Sometimes late that night the nice lady brings him to the room to see his mom and she's holding a tiny thing in her hands, as he creeps closer she tells him to say Hi to William Jonathan Byers, his new baby brother.

Dad still hasn't shown, and mom is angry, but she is trying to hide it, they have someone else to care for so she calls Aunt Linda who drives up from Hawkins to pick them up, they make it to her house, the spare room already set up with a bassinet and baby supplies as Aunt Linda goes to the kitchen and makes them all dinner. Mom and the baby both lie down to sleep for a while, and later Aunt Linda sends Jon out to the clubhouse with his cousins. He's playing when he hears a scream, his little body jolting as he runs to see if mommy is okay, but they tell him he's too young and they'll talk to him about it later.

Jonathan is twelve years old when he comes home with a split lip and black eye, some kids had been teasing him about not having a dad, and he hates the town they live in. He tells his mom he'd rather disappear than live here for another day, so Joyce packs them up and moves them to Hawkins closer to Aunt Linda, a fresh start is needed. 

When they settle in that night Joyce makes them some Hot Cocoa and sits at the table with Jonathan, she tells him about what happened that night when Will had been born and how she'd found out Lonnie, their father, had been killed in a deal gone wrong. She explains that she doesn't want to tell him everything about who his dad had been yet, he's still a little too young, but that even though his dad made bad decisions he still loved them, and he does have a dad, his dad is just in heaven. Jonathan thinks that if his dad died in ways his mom won't talk about and can imply that he wasn't necessarily a good person that maybe heaven isn't where he really is after all.

Jonathan still isn't popular, but he doesn't care, no one here knows his family or can say much beyond that he doesn't have a dad at home, and really, he decides, it's better if he doesn't if what Mom says makes any difference.

He decides one weekend after cutting grass in the neighborhood to go to a yard sale nearby and sees a pop up book for ten cents in a bin, he picks it up and decides to take it home without really looking at it, planning to gift it to his brother whose birthday is in only a few days.

Will's birthday comes and goes, and Jonathan gives him his gift later that night so they can sit up and read it together, but things start to go strangely.

He notices a shadow lingering in corners of the house, doors opening and closing, and then one night he comes home from taking Will for a walk to catch fireflies and finds his mom face down in the kitchen, there's a pool of crimson around her head like a halo, and he pushes Will back out the door, grabbing the phone and calling the police. They wait on the porch for them to arrive, and both boys are scooped up and taken from their homes. 

Jonathan finally learns at 17 what happened that night, the book reappeared on his nightstand in the house they'd moved him to. He'd been adopted along with his brother by a very nice lady, Mrs. Henderson and was terrified it might happen again. 

This time he looks at the book by himself and sees the most beautiful shadowed man he'd ever seen smiling from the last page, and all it says was he was coming to get him soon, sleep well my beloved.

No one sees Jonathan anymore, but when someone comes across the book they learn that the babadook has a mate, his face a pale white contrasting with the shadowing being beside him, both of their faces split in an eerie grin.

[remussl0vers]

requesting guide

updated: 17.06.23

please make sure to read this before requesting anything — i'm hoping that you'll respect my boundaries on what am i comfortable with and with not writing.

MASTERLIST

I tend to curse often in my fics, and are usually comfortable with covering more serious topics, so make sure to check the content warning before hand. I always write warnings when I believe they're needed, but do let me know if you think something should be added!

also senders may request as many as they want <3

FORMS OF WRITING :

oneshot

imagine

headcanon

series

alphabet

I tend to write oneshots over 1000 words, so if you want feel free to specify if you want a long or short story.

CONTENT I WRITE :

fluff

angst

sensitive / triggering topics

gore

smut / spice

most tropes ( best at friends to lovers )

I'm pretty comfortable with writing sensitive topics as well as angst ( anyone who's read my works before will know that they're the things I write best ) however, if I'm not comfortable with the topic as a whole I will DM you, or possibly put it off for a while.

*If you have a writing prompt from somewhere as well, feel free to send it through !!

CHARACTERS :

male reader / ftm

gender neutral

genderfluid

original character

I do not write female readers / characters anymore. If there aren't specified pronouns then I will write it as a male character.

There are also some characters I only feel comfortable writing for with a male reader/character and vice versa, which I'll note who.

PAIRINGS :

love interests

platonic

family

polyamorous ships ; depends on the character

WHAT I WILL NOT WRITE :

support of homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia, racism, sexism, pedophilia, incest ; if they're mentioned in a request in terms of the character being bullied / abused ( in the past ) then i may write it but NOT explicitly, only a mention

a pairing against a character's canon sexuality

rape

pregnancy

female reader

anime

WHO I WRITE FOR :

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES :

charles rowland

edwin payne

monty

niko sasaki ( not romantic )

crystal palace ( not romantic )

DESCENDANTS :

ben beast

harry hook

carlos de vil

jay

mal bertha

evie grimhilde

LOCKWOOD & CO :

anthony lockwood

lucy carlyle

george karim

quill kipps ( friends / family only )

MARAUDERS :

remus lupin

sirius black

regulus black

james potter

lily evans ( not romantic )

evan rosier

barty crouch jr

marlene mckinnon ( not romantic )

dorcas meadows ( not romantic )

pandora lovegood ( not romantic )

mary mcdonald ( not romantic )

MARVEL :

peter parker / spiderman ( tom and andrew )

loki laufeyson

kate bishop

yelena belova ( not romantic )

steve rogers

bucky barnes

pietro maximoff

wanda maximoff

valkyrie ( not romantic )

natasha romanoff

tony stark ( not romantic )

gwen stacy ( emma stone )

gwen stacy ( atsv )

*marvel and particularly the mcu is a fandom i'm more comfortable with than most, so if there is a character not listed, then i may or may not write for them

NARNIA :

prince caspian

peter pevensie

edmund pevensie ( only during dawn treader )

SHADOW AND BONE / SIX OF CROWS :

kaz brekker

inej ghafa

jesper fahey

wylan van eck

nina zenik

alina starkov

nikolai lantsov

genya safin ( not romantic )

matthias helvar

STRANGER THINGS :

steve harrington

jonathon byers

max mayfield

robin buckley ( not romantic )

TEEN WOLF :

stiles stilinski ( *i will take most/all dylan obrien characters )

isaac lahey

scott mccall

liam dunbar ( not romantic )

allison argent

malia tate

lydia martin ( not romantic )

kira yukimura

derek hale

THE HUNGER GAMES :

finnick odair

peeta mellark

katniss everdeen

THE MAZE RUNNER :

newt

thomas

minho

X-MEN :

logan howlett

charles xavier ( james mcavoy )

jean grey

mystique

rogue

erik lehnsherr ( not romantic )

wade wilson / deadpool

kitty pryde

bobby drake

*FANDOMS COMING SOON : PJO, DISNEY

[lorax-devito]

Michael wheeler loves Will Byers

I feel like if Mike doesn’t know he loves Will by now and he finds out on his own (not in an argument with Will or anyone else around etc) it’s either gonna be super goofy or really heartfelt and sad

if it’s goofy it would probably go smth like this:

Mikes just chilling in his house and there's nothing in his head just vibes until *que vine thud* “shit I love him"*bikes to Wills house in the pouring rain*”yo bestie umm Ik the worlds about to end and stuff but those gay thoughts are overpowering yk”

will:”Tf Mike your gf in the other room”

Mike:’oh no I have a gf and I’m meant to be straighter than piece of uncooked pasta’ “umm El pookie,you wanna be my bff instead”

El,max already sitting in her lap:Sure babes just don’t mess this up with my brother

*que heartfelt love confession and romantic kiss*

everyone in wills living room except hopper and jonathon:*claps* hopper:why him,why wheeler

jonathon:*death stares*

Basically I want either brain rot fluff or angst with a very happy ending 😭

also thanks if you read this far 😭

[doomed-by-the-narrativ3]

💜Request Info! 💜

Stranger Things:

Eddie Munson

Steve Harrington

Nancy Wheeler

Robin Buckley

Jonathon Byers

Argyle

Chrissy Cunningham

Jim Hopper

Joyce Byers

(I won’t do Billy, I’m sorry I just won’t)

Aphmau (Diaries and Mystreet)

Garroth Ro’Meave

Laurance Zvahl

Dante

Zane Ro’Meave

Aaron Lycan

Travis

Gene

Aphmau

Katelyn

Lucinda

(Likely to add more as I rewatch both series, currently on season 1 of Diaries)

We’re gonna start with that ladies, gentlemen and non-binary friends! Depending on how busy I am or if my interest shifts I may add other fandoms (such as The Arcana, Marvel, or some video games)

I will do smut, fluff, angst- all of it! I will not do incest ships, heavily fetishized gay ships (for example if you’re a cisgender woman requesting a fuck ton of garrance smut, that shit is just not gonna fly here I’m not gonna feed your fetish), or any smut with underage characters!

I’m not that into shipping or fan fiction about ships but depending on the request I will be willing to fulfill it, it just may come slower compared to x readers. For example Steddie and Garrance specifically make me pretty uncomfortable but if you’re respectful about it and aren’t fetishizing male relationships I will be willing to fulfill a request for you. That said Male!Reader and GN!Reader are encouraged! I would love to give you guys content! (Since you’re definitely not cis women just wanting to get off to men fucking each other)

Please respect my boundaries whether they are stated here or I respond to a request setting one!

***If you are requesting smut please use an 18+ warning, MDNI, etc at the start of your ask!! I can't put read more bar in before the ask so this is the alternative. I won't do the request/will ask you to resubmit with this before I write for you!!***

💜Have a Lovely Day💜

[writingramblesandrandomness]

Can’t Lose You Too

This was a random little idea I had. It takes place at the end of Season 4. The Reader and Will are basically siblings, the best of friends. The Reader got Vecna’d, but not hurt, just saw visions. Vecna went for Max, but had the reader under as a backup; if that makes sense. It’s just a bit of angst and then some fluff.

Oh, and Byler is somewhat mentioned.

Enjoy <3

When the Byers, plus Mike and Argyle, finally make it back to Hawkins; Will searches for his best friend, the one person who always knew how to help.

Dustin informs him that you’re in the hospital with Max.

Will turns to Jonathon, but he’s already taking the keys from Argyle. They pile into the van once again and head to the hospital. Will can’t focus, he can’t lose you. He’s already losing Mike, he can’t lose you too. Dustin explains about Vecna on the way there, but Will can barely hear him as the hospital comes into view.

He jumped out of the car as it slowed down to park. Mike yells at him to be careful, but Will ignores him as he rushes to the front desk. He breathlessly tells the receptionist your name before hurrying to find your room.

When he finally reaches it, he pauses, hand frozen above the knob; before opening the door. You’re sitting up in bed, staring out the window. Drawings were scattered all around the room. Will saw what must have been things from the Upside Down, horrific drawings that he didn’t know you could produce. You turned at the sound of his footsteps.

Will expected a hug, or a smile, but that’s not how it went. You flinched back, eyes widening. The closer Will got, the farther you shrunk back.

“Y/n, it’s me, Will.” Will heard the door open behind him, but he ignored it.

“No, no, no, this isn’t real. You’re in California, not Hawkins.” You were whimpering. “I don’t want to die.” The last part came out as a whisper. “I know I did, but I don’t want to die, not anymore. I don’t want to die. I want to live, please, please let me live.”

Will’s heart broke at your words. He wished he had known how much you had been hurting.  “Y/n/n, I’m right here. I’m real and I’m not going anywhere.” Will held out his arms for a hug. Stopping a few feet away from you, he tried not to cry at the state you were in.

You stopped and looked at Will in front of you. Vecna wouldn’t have been this nice or stayed away when he saw how scared you were. Taking a chance, you launched yourself into Will’s arms, the tears flowing freely as you clung to him as though he was a lifeboat keeping you afloat. Your face was buried in the crook of his neck as you cried. He was real, it wasn’t Vecna. It was Will.

You felt tears on your shoulder as Will hugged you closer as well, his face buried in your shoulder. The two of you sunk to the ground, never once letting go.

When the two of you finally pulled away, you saw El at the doorway and she rushed to give you a hug as soon as Will’s arms had let you go. She also cried into your shoulder, making you start crying again.

“I’m sorry, I’m so so sorry.” El kept whispering in your ear as she cried. You pulled back enough to see her teary face through your own tears.

“No, stop. There wasn’t anything you could do.”

“But Max-”

“Knew the risks.” The mention of your friend started up the waterworks again. “We both did.” Will’s eyes shot back to you at your last phrase.

“Y/n!” Will dove in for another hug, pulling you and El into a group hug. “You are such an idiot. You both are.” His voice was shaky with emotion as he kissed both of your heads. He pulled back enough to look at you and El with tears in his eyes. “We do this together, ok?”

You nodded, not trusting your voice and El followed suit. You went in for another group hug with your found family, glad to finally be with them again.

[theburnoutgiftedkid]

Hey y’all, I decided on a whim that I’m gonna start writing again (my old account and all my work got deleted 🥲) so I’ll just introduce myself

My name is Kia (she/her/maybe they idk I’m in the middle of a crisis) I’m 18, Queer (also a crisis idk what I am just not totally straight) and yeah I kinda forgot how to do this but here are my rules:

Stranger Things

Steve Harrington

Eddie Munson

Jonathon Byers

Robin Buckley

Dustin Henderson (Platonic Only)

Max Mayfield (Platonic Only)

Perhaps Chrissy Cunningham

Marvel

Peter Parker (Tom Holland)

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield)

Loki Laufeyson (I do not think I spelled that correctly pls let me know lol thanks)

Bucky Barnes

Tony Stark (Platonic Only)

Clint Barton (Platonic Only)

Harry Potter

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Harry Potter

Draco Malfoy

Misc.

Literally just ask for someone and I can see how well I can do it

My Rules

What I will write:

Fluff

Angst

Smut

Fem or GN reader

Basically any kind of trope just run it by me

Platonic, just friends, siblings, father/mother x child Reader

Almost any AU, again just run it by me

I can try to write character x character but I don’t think I’m very good at it sorry lol

There’s probably more but I can’t remember off the top of my head

What I won’t write:

Male Reader - I don’t feel confident enough to write for male readers, I’m working on it so maybe in the future, but for now I’m sorry

CNC or Non-Con

DDLG - I just don’t feel like I understand it enough to properly and respectfully include it

Autistic Reader - again, same reasoning as ddlg

Incest

Okay yeah that’s it, feel free to send in requests if you so please

[male-yn-simping]

Fandoms+characters I'll write for:

-stranger things

-Steve Harrington

-Eddie Munson

-Jonathon Byers

-Billy Hargrove

-Nancy Wheeler

-Robin Buckley (platonic of family)

-any of the kids (platonic of family)

-Wednesday

-Ajax Petropolus

-Xavier Thorpe

-Tyler Galpin

-Enid Sinclair

-Wednesday addams (platonic or family)

- Once Upon A Time

-Killian Jones/Hook

-Peter Pan

-Felix

-Devin

-Henry (platonic or family)

-Scream

-Billy Loomis

-Stu Macher

-Ethan Landry

-Chad Meeks-Martin

-Tara Carpenter

-Randy Meeks

-Umbrella Academy

-Five

-Klaus

-Diego

-Marvel

-Peter Parker (Andrew or Tom)

-Miles Morales

-Loki

-Pietro

-Musicals

-Michael Mell (BMC)

-Jeremy Heere (BMC)

-Jake Dillinger (BMC)

-Rich Goranski (BMC)

-Jared Klienman (DEH)

-Connor Murphy (DEH)

-JD (heathers)

-Miscellaneous

-Felix Weston (Love, Victor)

-Stanley Barber (I am not okay with this)

-Spencer Reid (Criminal Minds)

-Reggie Peters (Julie and the Phantoms)

-Vigilante/Adrian Chase (Peacemaker)

-Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a wimpy kid)

-Jack Frost (rise of the guardians)

-Kurt Kunkle (Spree)

Making requests:

I'm open to requests, but if I'm not comfortable and don't want to write something, I won't.

I will write for male and gender neutral readers.

I will write smut, fluff and angst, but mostly fluff.

All I ask is that you don't be weird or creepy and you respect that I might not want to do a request.

[ao3feed-byler2]

I know the end

by xrainestormx

First post so sorry if this is shot but I really want to try (Inspired don't remember og sorry)

Will is bitten by a zombie during an outbreak however he is able to control himself and his thirst for blood

(Bylers real guys idc)

Words: 533, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death

Categories: M/M

Characters: Mike Wheeler, Eleven | Jane Hopper, Will Byers, Joyce Byers, Jonathon, The Party (Stranger Things)

Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Joyce Byers & Will Byers, Jonathan Byers & Will Byers, Will Byers & Eleven | Jane & Dustin Henderson & Maxine Mayfield & Lucas Sinclair & Mike Wheeler

Additional Tags: Tags Are Hard, Zombie Apocalypse, Angst, Inspired by a Phoebe Bridgers Song

from AO3 works tagged 'Will Byers/Mike Wheeler' https://ift.tt/Fm8oXq5

[joeslover]

✦ THE WAY YOU SAID “I LOVE YOU” — JONATHON BYERS X READER

warnings: angst !!!! lots and lots!!!!

a/n: not proof read :)

You looked at Johnathon, the guy you hadn’t seen in quite a while ever since you two broke up. He smiled at you softly, bringing you into a small side hug before letting you go. “How’ve you been?” He mumbled to you as you shrug, “I don’t know— decent, i guess.” You respond.

You didn’t know, actually. You really didn’t. It hasn’t been that long since you two broke up and he’s acting like nothing really happened— yeah, you don’t know what he’s going through deep down— but it still hurt to see him like this. You sigh and open up your bag, handing him his stuff back that you had borrowed from him.

He also gave you his stuff back, “Well, that’s about it, right? Have you got anything else?” He asked you as you shook your head. “No, i don’t.”

He nodded and gave you a small side hug once again, “Well, i’ve got to get going now.” He says to you before walking away. You caught up with him, “I’ve got to go this way anyway, sooo, do you not mind me walking with you?”

“No, i don’t at all.” He smiled to you as he looked down (or up if you’re taller). You noticed and looked over at him before he looked away. You asked him what his plans were for the day and he said that he was hanging with nancy and they’re going to be watching a show. You felt your heart drop a little but you didn’t let it bother you.

“I’m going this way now so, have fun with what you’re doing.” Johnathon says to you before walking away, not giving you a second glance. You stood to the side a bit and sunk down the wall, thinking about what he just said to you. Him and Nancy? I thought he wouldn’t wanna be with her but.. all of a sudden, he wants to hang and watch a movie?

You felt tears brimming your eyes, you didn’t want to cry in public so you did your best to hold it in. You remember the first time he said “I love you”. You guys were sat in an area of the town where no one really went, you were on his lap and he was chuckling over what you were talking about.

You were saying something then the words accidentally popped out of your mouth. “I love you more then that.” Your voice soft, immediately apologising afterward for blurting it out. Johnathon blushed and shook his head, “It’s fine it’s fine, I love you too.”

Then after that, every single time he said I love you, you felt your heart growing warm inside. When you went to go watch a movie with him in the cinema, hanging out under a tree on a hot day, cuddling in bed, before sleeping, while having intimate moments, after making you cry accidentally, when you were having a meal together and you payed.

You brought your knees to your chest and placed your head onto the top of them. Fuck.

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𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒

𝟎𝟎𝟏: “tell me how we made it this far.”

reminder: this fic will be written like the book!

example:

m.list next chapter ➪

Steve: i think we all knew when y/n l/n stepped through that door, that she was going to change things. and not in a good way.

Eddie: she was… different. we all know that if it hadn’t been for her, we would have never reached the level of fame that we had. steve’s the only one who hasn’t accepted it.

Robin: she was vibrant. she was new. she was exactly what the band needed.

Jonathan: do i think if she hadn’t of joined the band we would still be touring? absolutely. am i glad she joined? everyday.

Dustin: when she walked in the studio like she owned the place, i just remember thinking, “this is it. she’s our ticket to fame.” and i hadn’t even heard her voice yet!

Y/N: i did what i did best.

i fucking ruined them.

Interviewer: so let’s start at the beginning-

Eddie Munson (lead guitarist of, “silver springs”): the beginning beginning or just when y/n showed up?

Interviewer: the beginning beginning.

Eddie: *nods,* i think it was the summer of ‘75 when everything started. that sounds right.

Jonathan Byers (guitarist of, “silver springs”): i didn’t really know steve. the only person i really knew was dustin, and that was because he was friends with my brother.

Dustin Henderson (lead drummer of, “silver springs”): i knew eddie from this little dnd club we were in, and i knew jonathon because he was my friends brother, but i think the only one of us who knew steve was eddie.

Eddie: yeah, i knew steve.

i knew that he a massive douche.

Steve Harrington (lead singer of, “silver springs”): the person i was in high school… well all i can say is i hope i’m not the same person i am today as i was back then.

Robin Buckley (lead keyboardist of, “silver springs”): the day steve harrington, the king of hawkins high, graduated, was like the fucking renaissance.

Steve: i was really just trying to fit in with the people around me back then, so once we graduated and everyone went off to college except me… well i had no one i needed to pretend around anymore.

Eddie: it was a really hot day in the middle of july, and me and some of my friends were practicing in my garage. we had this band called ‘corroded coffin’. stupid, i know.

Steve: i was walking my dog, and i suddenly hear some music a couple houses away. of course, i was curious, so i make my way over there, and boy was i surprised to see eddie munson shredding his guitar like his life depended on it.

Eddie: when we saw the steve harrington walking up our driveway, i think we had all expected something completely different.

Steve: they all stopped playing and just… stared at me.

Eddie: *laughs* i think he said some corny ass shit like, “well don’t stop playing on my account!”

Steve: i told them not stop playing, and they all glanced at each other, shrugged, and continued.

Eddie: god, i know we had to have sounded awful.

Steve: they really weren’t half bad.

Eddie: we had all expected this to be a one time thing, y’know? but then steve didn’t stop showing up, and eventually, i think he became my best friend.

Steve: eventually, sometime in early august, eddie started teaching me how play the guitar.

Eddie: he was a fucking natural. it was like he was made for it. and once he started singing? he was unstoppable.

Steve: eddie wanted me in the band. everyone else… not so much.

Eddie: i spent days trying to convince those dickheads that we needed him, but they couldn’t get over how he acted towards us in high school. like seriously, grow up!

Steve: eventually, eddie gave them an ultimatum. either they let me in, or we’re both leaving.

Eddie: those scumbags basically kicked me out of my own band!

Steve: *laughs* thinking back on it now, it’s kind of funny. i mean, they looked eddie in the face and said, “then i guess we’ll have to find a new lead guitarist.”

Eddie: those douchebags never even touched the level of fame we had, so really, maybe it was a good thing they kicked us out.

Gareth (drummer of ‘corroded coffin’): i’ve never regretted kicking eddie and steve out of the band. because i have something they never will.

Interviewer: and what’s that?

Gareth: financial stability.

Steve: me and eddie knew we still wanted to be able to perform, and the two of us alone just wouldn’t cut it.

Eddie: so, we had to form a new band.

Steve: and i knew just where to look.

Robin: when steve harrington and eddie munson knocked on my door i thought i was dreaming.

Steve: i had seen robin walking in the halls, and word on the street was she was a damn good keyboard player.

Eddie: i had never heard of robin before.

Robin: steve says to me, “you robin buckley?” i just nodded and said, “yeah.”

Eddie: then steve says, “you play the keys?” and robin goes, “yep.”

Robin: and next thing i know i’m loading my keyboard into the back of steve’s AMC pacer.

Steve: it was pretty easy to convince robin to join the band. she asked if she would get any money out of it and i said, “yeah probably,” and then she’s leading us into her basement to grab her keyboard.

Robin: steve and eddie ask me if i knew anyone else who played any instruments and i said jonathon.

Jonathan: me and robin were never friends, so i have no idea how she knew i played the guitar.

Robin: we had no idea where jon lived, so we were kinda just cruising until we saw him or anyone who knew him.

Steve: that’s when we saw dustin and his friend, will. jon’s brother.

Eddie: so, we pull over and we ask the kids if they knew where jon lived.

Dustin: me and will were heading back to his house anyway, so i figured if they were looking for jon they could give us a ride, because that was where we were headed.

Eddie: so, the kids hop in the backseat and will gives us directions to his house.

Dustin: thinking back on it now, it probably wasn’t the best idea hoping into a car with a bunch of strangers and giving them directions to our house, but it was the 70’s. no one cared back then.

Robin: so we pull into the driveway, and low and behold jon is outside smoking a cig.

Steve: when he sees us pulling into the driveway with his little brother and his friend, he looked confused.

Jon: i was confused. here’s my sixteen year old little brother, with eddie munson, steve harrington, and robin buckley. it was the strangest group.

Dustin: me and will get out the car, and steve follows.

Jon: steve walks up to me, hands in his pockets, and just stands there.

Steve: i was trying to figure out what to say. with robin, it was easy, but jon just had this… intimidating look about him.

Jon: i said, “you want a cigarette?” and he just shook his head, says he doesn’t smoke. which back then, that was out of the norm. i mean, everyone smoked.

Eddie: me and robin were in the car just watching them.

Robin: i think they sat there talking for at least ten minutes.

Jon: steve says to me, “you play guitar?” and i was like, “why?” and he goes, “would you be against joining a band?” and honestly, i was.

Dustin: when i heard them say “band” i just knew i needed to be a part of this conversation.

Jon: i said, “what, are you trying to recruit me or something?” and he goes, “yeah, actually, i am.”

Steve: it was hard to convince jon to join us. i mean, he was college bound. he graduated with us, was taking a gap year and then going to college.

Jon: i wanted to say no.

Steve: i told him he could just try for the rest of the summer, and if he hated it, then he was free to leave.

Jon: that convinced me. i mean, it wasn’t like i had any other plans.

Steve: i was about to ask jon to get his guitar and come with us to scope out a new place to practice, but dustin jumped in the conversation.

Dustin: *laughs* you know, i really didn’t think they would let me in. especially because back then, i was still a beginner. i mean, i could barely play the drums!

Steve: we were desperate.

Dustin: so i go, “you need a drummer?” and steve stares at me for a second, shrugs his shoulders, and goes “yeah, we do.”

Steve: here’s this sixteen year old kid, asking me to join our band, and who am i to say no?

Eddie: at first, i had thought steve was insane for letting this kid in the band. i was a little mad about it too.

Steve: i could feel eddie glaring at me from the car when he saw dustin following behind me and jon.

Dustin: i was just excited to be there, honestly. i really didn’t think it was gonna go anywhere.

Steve: you know, i think we all thought it was just gonna be some summer gigs, maybe some over the school year, but we would all end up getting some boring 9-5 job.

Eddie: god, were we wrong.

Steve: the rest of that summer, we spent practicing. i discovered my love for writing songs and creating music, and i like to think everyone else started developing a love for it too.

Eddie: i tried to write some songs like steve did, but, they were never as good as his.

Dustin: steve was like… freddy mercury and we were those other dudes in the band that you never really learn the names of.

Steve: by september we had atleast ten songs, and we had just booked our first gig at some wedding.

Dustin: it was hard because school was starting up again and steve wanted us to practice atleast four times a week.

Steve: i just wanted us to be as good as we could be.

Jon: i wasn’t supposed to be in the band past summer, but we had just… made so much progress. there was no way i could leave. especially not before our first gig.

Eddie: september 17, 1975 we’ve got our very first gig.

Steve: i was excited. i mean, i don’t think i was nervous at all.

Robin: out of all of us, steve was the one shitting his pants the most. he was practically shaking!

Eddie: the first song we played when we got up there was this song steve wrote called, “letdown.”

Robin: steve was… *shakes head*, he was amazing.

Dustin: i mean, god can this man sing.

Steve: i just went up there and… it just felt so natural. this was my first time performing ever and, it was probably the happiest i had ever been at that point.

Robin: i think that was the night i realized we couldn’t let this thing we built go to waste. i mean, we needed to go professional with this. i knew we were just that good.

Eddie: not to sound, like, egotistical or anything but… we were good. amazing, even.

Jon: after that, i knew i couldn’t quit.

Steve: that night really changed my life. i mean, it changed everyone’s life. that was when we decided to try and get a record deal.

Eddie: lucky for us, there’s this dude there, and his name is murray bauman.

Murray Bauman: these kids, they were good. i knew they were good, and if they could get themselves a record deal, i could get them on tour.

Eddie: murray tells us that he’s a ‘tour manager’ and he lives in LA.

Robin: he tells us if we can get a record deal, he’ll get us on tour.

Jonathan: i wanted to do this of course! but… school. it was only september and i was going to new york next year for college.

Steve: i wanted to say yes. i almost said yes.

Jon: i told murray to give us some time.

Murray: i was kinda shocked. they want time? to do what? get some useless degree? you know, i never went to college and look at me!

Steve: i understood why jon wanted to wait. so i decided, that’s what we would do. we would wait a year until dustin graduated and jon decided what he wanted to do.

Robin: i wasn’t sure when steve had started making decisions for us, but it seemed everyone was okay with it.

Eddie: being told we were good enough to get a record deal? the first thing i wanted to do was party.

Steve: so, we dropped dustin off at home, and we go to this party down on cornwallis.

Eddie: it was mostly just a normal house party, alcohol, music, the whole shebang.

Steve: back then, i had only drank a few times. but, i hadn’t touched any alcohol since high school.

Robin: i barely remember that party, i got so fucking wasted. i do remember nancy being there though.

Steve: when i met nancy… it was, like love at first sight, you know?

Nancy Wheeler (wife of steve harrington): when steve walked up to me, he looked so confident that he could get me in bed.

Steve: i knew that i had to talk to her. so i walk up to her as casually as possible, and i say, “what’s your name?”

Nancy: i said, “why should i tell you?” and he seemed to short circuit at that, like he couldn’t come up with any reason!

Steve: i was cool about it. back then, i was pretty smooth with the ladies.

Nancy: he goes, “if you tell me your name i’ll tell you mine.”

Steve: i was pretty well known around town. but, i didn’t want to just assume she knew who i was.

Nancy: of course i knew who he was. but, i wanted him to think i didn’t.

Steve: i told her my name and eventually, she told me hers. i didn’t even sleep with her that night. we just… talked, exchanged numbers, that whole kinda thing.

Nancy: those next couple of weeks i went to every single practice.

Eddie: she was pretty much our honorary member.

Robin: nancy became my best friend. i hadn’t realized that i was only really hanging out with boys until she showed up.

Dustin: i already knew nancy, she was the older sister of one of my friends.

Nancy: i was always a little weirded out everytime i showed up to practice and dustin was there. he was only sixteen, and he was in a band with a bunch of graduates.

Robin: i guess it was kinda strange. but, who was i to tell the kid how to spend his days?

Steve: i officially asked nancy to be my girlfriend in november.

Nancy: i said yes, of course.

Steve: once we were officially together, i was… i was just so happy. i had a family, y’know? that’s what we were.

Eddie: once nancy and steve got together, the songs he wrote stopped being about random shit. they were all about her.

Nancy: it felt kinda strange, y’know? i mean, he wrote at least fifty songs over the course of that year.

Robin: by the time dustin graduated, we had enough material for at least two albums. maybe even three.

Dustin: the shitheads all showed up to my graduation. they probably cheered the loudest out of anyone’s families.

Eddie: i mean we were proud of him! plus, him graduating meant the only thing holding us back from LA was jon.

Jon: it was either college or LA. pursue a stable future, or pursue my dreams. how do you choose?

Eddie: one day sometime in june, we all show up to practice like normal. i’m tuning my guitar when jon walks in, and says we all need to talk.

Steve: i knew what that meant. he was either about to tell us that he was leaving or that he was staying.

Jon: i said, “this past year has… meant to much to me. but, we all knew i would be leaving at some point.”

Dustin: of course we all knew it, but i think we all assumed he would change his mind.

Steve: i tried to change his mind. we all did, even nancy! but, he was set on what he wanted to do.

Jon: i packed my shit, said my goodbyes, and i went home.

Steve: once jon was gone, well i think we all lost hope that we could pull this off.

Eddie: i really didn’t care that jon left. i mean, it sucked, yeah, but… i thought if i practiced hard enough i could play both parts. which, by the way, that’s pretty much impossible.

Robin: still, we pursued, and by the next week we packed our shit into eddie’s van.

Steve: imagine our surprise when on the day we’re set to leave, jon knocks on the door.

Jon: shit, screw college. over that week me and my mom talked, and she told me i needed to pursue my dreams.

Joyce Byers (mother of jonathon byers): i told him how it is. college will be around forever. it’s not going anywhere. the chance to tour the world? that’s once in a lifetime.

Jon: i’ll forever be grateful to my mom because of that.

Steve: we welcomed him back with open arms, obviously.

Robin: so we threw jon’s stuff in the van, said our goodbyes to our families, and then the six of us were off.

Steve: my parents didn’t show up to say goodbye. my dad told me, “you’re an excuse for a son.”

Eddie: we all knew steve’s parents didn’t approve of what we were doing.

Steve: but, clearly… i made the right choice in leaving. no matter what my dad believes.

okay guys i’m actually so excited for this story!! it basically follows the plot of daisy jones and the six, so if you haven’t read the book or seen the show, you should! it’s genuinely so good.

[sta7z]

“Me Too” Will Byers and Adopted Sibling! Reader 

:･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ Warnings :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ ✩࿐80’s era homophobia ✩࿐Coming Out ✩࿐Slight Angst? ✩࿐Angela existing ✩࿐ Cursing ✩࿐ Slight Y/N x Max ✩࿐Byler Byler BYLER

You weren’t exactly one of the Byers, but after the many supernatural incidents in Hawkins left you without a father Joyce took care of you. You missed Hawkins, California was nice and all but you missed Mike, Nancy, Dustin, Lucas. And most of all you missed Max. Ever since that day you, Max, and El, all went to the mall and dumped your boyfriends you felt something. Something… wrong.

·:¨༺ ★ ༻¨:·. At School ·:¨༺ ★ ༻¨:·.

“HEY QUEER!” One of Angela’s cronies shouted at you whilst you slammed your locker shut. Will was standing beside you, he was thought it was aimed at him, and honestly I thought so too. Back in Hawkins that’s all everyone would call will, that and that horrid word. One, you realized, Joyce and Jonathan never said. ”Fuck Off, Yknow you probably wished you were Queer. David Bowie, Queen, both way hotter than you. Honestly, I hope you slip on your fucking face.” You retorted. You always dressed rather boyishly. You didn’t really think it was a problem. But apparently that blonde bimbo did. You huffed and walked into your next class. You noticed a girl brushing up against Will. he seemed pretty uncomfortable so you stood in the middle of the two and started a fake conversation with Will to save him.

·:¨༺ ★ ༻¨:·. At Night ·:¨༺ ★ ༻¨:·.

You decided to go and check on Will, he usually leaves his door locked but not this time. You creep in and notice he’s drawing something… “Mike” you whispered under your breath, making Will jump up. “Oh-Oh! Y/N! Hey! I didn’t- I didn’t notice you there.” He was practically hyperventilating at this point, absolutely panicking to put up his art supplies in time. “Hey, I’m sorry for not knocking, I-I’ll just pretend I didn’t see anything.” You said heading for the door. “Wait.” You stopped in your tracks and turned around. He gestured for you to sit next to him on his bed and he gently held the drawing in both hands. “Mike is the heart,” he explains pointing at the drawing. “He’s always been the one to hold the team together. The most important part.” You stayed silent, you couldn’t help but see this pain in Will’s eyes. One you were far too familiar with. “Mike… he… He always said his life began the day he met El. But… my life started the day I met him.” He teared up “He never judged me for anything. He always let me be me. I-“ He paused turning and crying. You gently patted his back. “No no I get it. It’s like… that person in your life that makes you feel truly alive no matter what. The person that’s always there for you.” He wiped his tears and looked at you. “Really? What’s his name?” You held your breath and let out a sigh. “It’s… Max, Max Mayfield. I get it Will.” You hugged him for what felt like forever. Will was your brother. Your best friend. He always had been. “I’m. Yknow.” Will said flailing his arms. “Me too Will. Me too.” You said, understanding. “You know, this one time Mike told me he has every single one of your drawings. It was recently too, in one of his letters.” Will perked up, excitement and love in his eyes “Really?? Where’s the letter? Let me see!” You chuckled and pulled it out. “Has max been writing you letters or calling at all?” You shrugged, Max was usually busy. And anyways why would she. She has Lucas. “Well,” Will said standing up “Tomorrow is my birthday and Mike and Max are coming over. Maybe we can all play a round of D&D to make up for lost time!” You perked up absolutely obsessed with the idea. “Who’s gonna be in our party??? We haven’t exactly made that many friends here…” ·:¨༺ ★ ༻¨:·. He Knows ·:¨༺ ★ ༻¨:·. “I’ve always wanted to learn how to play.” Jonathan came into the room, your Big Brother. It’s surprising he’s not stoned out of his mind tonight. The two of you though, we’re dumbstruck. You hadn’t realized you left the door open. “Don’t worry I was the only one who heard,” Jonathan came over and hugged the both of you, you felt tears stream down your face. He didn’t let go. “Listen, I’ve told Will this a thousand times and I’ll tell you both until you get it through your thick skulls. But I’m your brother, there’s nothing either of you could do or say or be that would make me stop loving you. I’m here for you.”

I got lazy, should I finish?

[mushrubes]

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Requested : yes (wattpad)

prompt 4 : “i had a nightmare...can i stay with you tonight?”

Pairing : Jonathon x (they/them) reader

Type : Fluff

Warnings : None

Word count : 639

Remember to hydrate!! <3

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He got up, running to the pastel yellow phone that was perched to the wall on the long hallway outside of their room, sweat dripping down their body and their head spinning. Quickly dialling the number, he turned on all the lights around them, checking his surroundings every few minutes or so to make sure there were no monsters or things lurking in the darkness. “Come on...” he muttered, begging the person down the other end to pick up, playing with the white wire and twirling it between his fingers.

“Hello?” the voice called, Jonathon sighing in relief. “Y/n! Thank God you picked up!” he expressed, swaying on the spot. “Jonathon? Are you okay? Is everything alright?” they asked, waking up immediately when they heard the fear in his voice. “Yeah...yeah...I uh...had a nightmare. Can I come and stay with you tonight?” he whispered down the phone, afraid of what the response would be, not wanting to be judged. “Of course, I’ll get hot chocolates ready!” they giggled, a small smile appearing on the brunettes face. His feeling of fear now replaced with warmth and fuzziness. “I’m on my way now.” he told them, hanging up the phone and rushing his shoes on, not bothering to even tie his laces up before grabbing his keys and jogging to the car. 

He glanced around, still weary of his surroundings as he drove to their house, speeding slightly as he felt an uncomfortable atmosphere take over the area. Jonathon parked the car in the empty space quickly before running to the door, opening it and closing it straight away. His heart rate sped up, his palms became sweaty, and the noises got louder. “Hey.” a voice called in front of him. “Jonathon? Hey! You’re okay.” they assured him as he nodded at the blurry figure in front of him who had their hands on his shoulders, looking at him in concern. He didn’t know what came over him, but he pulled them into a hug, his grip tightening as they whispered sweet nothings into Jonathon’s ear. “You’re safe now, I promise.” they assured him, trying their best to comfort him.

Soon enough, y/n had managed to get Jonathon to the sofa, drinking the hot chocolate and explaining what he had seen. He had a dream of the upside down, but it was different to the usual nightmares - everyone he loved was there. Will, y/n, Joyce hell even Mike and Nancy, Dustin, Steve, Lucas, El and max. He couldn’t do anything, he couldn’t help them - he was just there, watching them all suffer, and it hurt him. Especially with the guilt and grief it would cause him and watching y/n was the most painful. With the recent feelings he had been experiencing, unsure of it was always there or he was just jealous of Steve and Nancy or what, he could not bear to lose them without telling them how he felt which he was not yet ready for because of the uncertainty. However, what he was very sure of, was the fact he was going to stay and protect them no matter what, as they mean the absolute world to him.

“Go sleep in my bed, I’ll sleep on the sofa.” they softly said to him, resting their head on his shoulder while they played with his hair. “Stay with me tonight...” he asked, afraid to look y/n in the eyes. They placed a hand on his cheek softly and pulled his head up to look at him. “Of course,” they agreed, letting him gently grab their hand and taking them to the bedroom. The pair both got comfortable, y/n wrapping their arms around him comfortingly and promising him that he was safe, and nothing was going to get either of them.

“I’m staying right here, with you, forever.”

[1985keery]

✰ prompt list ✰

Hey!!!! So I love to write so I made a prompt list! If you want me to do a certain one, just message me this number(s) and person!! i do

- that 70s show

- stranger things

- jim halpert

- bbc sherlock

- + more!!!

anyway here are the prompts lol:

1. "I love that color on you"

2. "What could possibly go wrong"

3. "You haven't been yourself lately"

4. "My boyfriend is a basic white girl"

5. "Maybe I'm meant to be alone"

6. "Stop acting like you care!"

7. "What happened to you!"

8. "You don't sing anymore"

9. “It's 4 in the fucking morning"

10. "I'm dying!" "It's a sprained ankle"

11, "You promised me - you promised!"

12. "You don't know me at all"

13. "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SO CUTE"

14. "I love you" "Why"

15. "You're so cheesy"

16. "I wish you could see yourself as I see you"

17. "Is that my skirt?"

18. "I see how you look at him"

19. *Cackling* "Stop, I'm gonna pee!"

20."Ya know what, I'm not even gonna ask"

21. "Your breath smells good"

22. "How would you know what that taste like?"

23. "Of course you were in marching band"

24. "You're mine, and I don't share"

25. "Okay, that one hurt, but I'll let it slide"

26. "You're so cute! Take your pants off"

27. "My work is important!" "And I'm not?"

28. "You'll catch me right?" "Always"

29. "We are not naming our child that"

30. "Stay here and don't move, I'll be right back"

31. "I don't even know who you are anymore!"

32. "It's not what it looks like"

33. "Take one more step and I snap her pretty little neck"

34. "Hey hey hey, I'm here, you're okay, you're safe"

35. "Please stop crying, it breaks my heart"

36. "Get down from there!"

37. "Don't be afraid, I'm here"

38. "Can you just hold me?"

39. "It was you and me against the world. The world won"

40. "Whatever you do, don't make a sound"

41. " I was angry, and she was available, and I'm so sorry"

42. "Stop it - you're scaring me"

43. "Do you still like me" "I married you"

44. "Man, you're whipped"

45. "You loved her. You loved her and it scared you and now she's gone"

46. "Psst, wake up"

47. "What are you gonna do about it"

48. "Shut up" "Make me"

49. "Just one more kiss"

50. "I have to go to work" "Nooooooooo"

51."Behave - we're in public"

52. "I don't want your pity"

53. "Are you okay" "Yeah" "You're bleeding" "Okay maybe I lied"

54. "That's what she said"

55. "Go upstairs and lock the door, okay? Don't come out unless I tell you"

56. "What the hell is that supposed to mean"

57. "You make my heart happy"

58. "I'm obsessed with that dimple"

59. "I think I've loved you since that first day"

60. "No takesies- backsies"

61. "You taste good"

62. "You are love in it's best form"

63. "Oh my sweet girl/boy, what have they done to you"

64. "You can't die on me, do you understand, you can't"

65. "Her angel eyes see the good in many devils"

66."This is illegal" "Yep"

67. "Well tell them to fuck off" "But that's mean!"

68. "You're so immature" "Your moms so immature"

69."You look so good tonight, baby"

70. "The worlds biggest badass can't handle a book where the dog dies"

71."We have each other, and that's enough"

72. "If you wanted a kiss you could've just asked"

73. "Stop biting your lip"

74. "You knew how important this was to me"

75. "I'm out of second chances"

76. "I can do whatever I want, we're not dating, remember?"

77. "I'm just one of your many booty calls"

78. "I would give you the world if I could"

79. "Ew, I look gross"

80. "I don't want you to get sick!"

81. "People are staring at us"

82. "I'll always be here, no matter what"

83. "You can get closer, you know"

84. "Can you sit still"

85. "You have the mentality of a toddler"

89. "You p-promised you-you-you wouldn't let them h-hurt mmmm me"

90. "That's my girl"

91. "I'm fine" "Don't do this" "Really, I'm fine" "Let me help you!"

92. "Stop cursing" "Fuck you"

93. "You're cute when you blush"

94."Are - are you jealous?"

95. "What are you doing?" "My best"

96. "Puppy dog eyes don't work on- Fine"

97. "Are you okay?" "I wanna be"

98. "I won this for you"

99. "It's watching me" "What is" "That plushie"

100. "I'm coming to get you, okay? Just stay there"

101. "If we get out of here alive, I'm gonna kill you"

102. "Come in, lunch is ready"

103. "I'm gonna try to lose a few pounds" "Please don't your stomach is the comfiest pillow"

104. "I've been waiting for you for over 6 hours"

105. "Hey, weird question, but why is the kitchen on fire?"

106. "Mmm nope, it's naptime"

107. "Did you eat my leftovers?"

108. "Wow! I was not prepared for that"

109. *Sees a moose* "That's a weird looking cow"

110. "Hello, my love" "What's up fucker"

111. "Don't make me be alone again"

112. "Oh, my apologies, I didn't realize you ruled the world"

113. "You get super clingy when you're drunk"

114. "I can't believe you fell for that"

115. "What the hell is that?" "That's my new best friend"

116. "I hate that I'm still in love with you"

117. "You are gorgeous, love, don't ever doubt that"

118. "I never wanna let you go"

119. "You make me feel all warm inside"

120. "Just go to sleep darling, I'll be right here when you wake up"

121. "C'mere, you can sit on my lap until I'm done working"

122. "You're the best pillow"

123. "Stop messing with your IV"

124. "I thought you were gone" "You can't get rid of me that easily"

125. "It should've been me"

126. "Kiss me"

127. "Open this door before I break it down"

128. "Were you ever gonna tell me?"

129. "I saw that. You just checked me out"

130. "Nothing could make me stop loving you"

131. "I'm not special. I'm quite boring, really"

132. "Feels good, huh?"

133. "You're an angel"

134. "Did you just smack my butt with a rubber chicken?"

135. "Do you think we should just stop... this"

136. "Do you really believe that"

137. "It'd make sense why you like her more than me. I mean, she's smarter, prettier, funnier, she's perfect"

138. "Do you miss him?" "He absolutely shattered me" "But do you miss him?" "Yes"

139. "I want an answer, damn it!"

140. "Do you regret it?"

141. "This is why we can't have nice things"

142. "I never stood a chance, did I?"

143. "You broke my heart and all you can say is sorry?"

144. "You don't have to hide anymore"

145. "You never cease to amaze me"

146. "See you in the next life, my love"

147. "Are you even listening to me right now?!"

148. "I can't do this anymore"

149. "This was a mistake"

150. "Shut up! Just - Just shut up!"

151. "You deserve so much better"

152. "Whose ass do I have to kick?"

153. "I worked so hard to be where I am now and I'm not gonna let someone take that away from me"

154. "Pack your shit and go"

155. "You'll be the death of me"

156. "I don't need protecting"

157. "I am fully convinced you never graduated kindergarten"

158. "Go then, leave! See if I care!'

159.  "If you haven't noticed, I'm fucked up"

160. "You reek of alcohol"

161. "Don't talk, keep your strength"

162. "I broke my rules for you"

163. "She may seem like rainbows and sunshine, but I bet behind closed doors she's latex and whips"

164. "How bad do you want to find out?"

165. "You look great in my shirt"

166. "You'll regret this when you're sober"

167. "You look cute with bed head"

168."Mmmm, you're warm"

169. "It was only a nightmare"

170. "It's not bad to cry.  In fact, I think it makes a person stronger"

[imagines-oneshots-galore]

Dirty Little Secret ~ Request

A/N: Ahh!!! First Stranger things request! I’m super excited! Also, sorry to the Anon who requested if this isn’t what you wanted. I went with a more angsty approach, just message me again if you want something different! 

Pairing: Nancy Wheeler x F!Reader

Part 1/1

Fandom: Stranger Things (Specifically Stranger Things into Stranger Things 2)

Word Count: 2,907 (This got AWAY from me)

Summary/ Request: “Can you do a Nancy Wheeler x fem!reader one shot based off the song “Faith” by George Michael”

Warnings: Underage drinking, a bit of harassment, sexual themes, swearing. It has a fluffy ending though!!

Edit: 6/08/22: lol I know season 4 came out, my stranger things stories are popping again 😂😂

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You were Nancy Wheeler’s dirty little secret, and you hated it. 

The brunette girl was unlike anyone you had met, and she had captured your heart before you realized it was up for grabs. You thought she felt the same, the nights you spent wrapped in each other's eyes and arms, felt like evidence enough. 

You knew you loved her, she was everything to you, and you wished you could tell the world that she was yours. However, Nancy Wheeler was known for leaving a trail of broken hearts, so you kept the words to yourself. You could make lover to her all night long, but those three words never passed your kiss swollen lips. 

You also knew it was dangerous to be openly gay in most places, but Hawkins was relatively nice. There was a gay couple that lived by Chief Hopper, and while some of the older residences grumbled under their breaths, they were open and happy. 

You wished you could have that Nancy Wheeler, you wished to be the open and happy couple with her, but you didn’t know if she would end up breaking your heart. 

So instead of declarations in the hallways, you had declarations under the covers. You caressed and worshiped her body and tried to let her know how you felt with your hands or mouth, even if you’d never said it out loud. 

You dreamed about the day when you had enough faith in her to say it. 

Then, sophomore year came around, and things shifted. Nancy drew away from you at school, instead she would meet up with Steve “The Hair” Harrington. 

It drove you crazy. 

You were jealous, but had no real reason to be. You weren’t together, no matter what your traitorous heart wanted to believe, no matter how long you had held up hope. 

She still had you over every night, wrapped up in your arms until the morning, when she would ride with you to school, then run to Steve and his posse of assholes. You still ate lunch with her, but Tommy H. and Carol were ruthless, and you started to grow tired of the taunts that Nancy let slide. You waited for the day that Nancy would stick up for you, you still had faith in the girl you loved. 

It hurt, to say the least, when you realized that she wasn’t going to. 

Not long after, you couldn’t stand the torture any longer, and started pulling away. It started with you eating lunch away from them, choosing a table with Jonathon Byers instead.You told Nancy that you had missed your old friend, which was true, but not the whole truth. Then, you stopped your nightly sleepovers. You picked up a job at the local diner, and since the extra cash didn’t hurt, so took as many shifts as possible. 

Nancy had noticed almost immediately, but she chose not to say anything. She couldn’t risk anyone finding out about her “dirty little secret”. 

That didn’t stop her from trying though, she still invited you over every night, hiding the hurt when you would give an excuse. She would take Steve and his crew to the diner when she worked, but for some reason, no matter where they sat, they always had a different waitress. You would look at Nancy from across the restaurant, shrug, which read “what can you do” before ignoring her the rest of the time that they were there. It stung Nancy more than she cared to admit, but still, she stayed quiet. 

Two months into the school year and Nancy Wheeler was out of your life.

Two months and a week into the school year and Nancy Wheeler could be found sucking face with Steve Harrington in the hallways before class. 

Then, a demogorgon attacked Jonathon, his brother and his brother’s friends.You and Nancy had to work together again, and while it was tense, it worked out. You and Nancy were always a great team, and when it was your lives on the line, neither of you wavered in the other’s protection. 

But as quickly as the threat arrived, you had defeated it and life went back to the new normal. Nancy Wheeler made out with Steve Harrington and you hung out with Jonathon Byers, and the two of you pretended like you hadn’t spent the formative years of your life with the other. 

Junior year started and Tina had decided to throw a Halloween bash, and while parties weren’t usually your thing, you decided one night of being a stupid teenager wasn’t going to ruin your life.

But, of course Nancy Wheeler was there, and of course she was the most beautiful girl in the room, and of course Steve Harrington was wrapped around her. 

You didn’t hate Steve, he may not have been the nicest guy around, but he treated Nancy well, and kept her happy. You wanted Nancy happy, even if you weren’t the one making it happen. So, you cast your eyes down and went to the “Pure fuel” after she had walked away from it, chugged it down without so much of a grimace. Something that didn’t go unnoticed by the leather-clad new kid. 

Billy Hargrove was trouble, someone you wanted nothing to do with, but you had caught his eye, and he was determined to put another notch on his belt. 

“I thought this was a Halloween party sweetheart, where’s your costume?” He purred in your ear, you could smell the nicotine and beer on his breath, and it made you nauseous. Why the female population of your school was obsessed with him, you’d never know. 

“I don’t see one on you either Hargrove, unless your costume is the stereotypical asshole?” You had bit back, wanting nothing more than to leave the party at that point. 

“Ouch, I would say that hurt, but you know my name, so I’ll take that as a win,” He laughed, licking his lips as his hooded eyes looked you up and down, causing your skin to crawl. “Everyone knows your name, doesn’t mean it’s a good thing,” You replied, looking around for Jonathon, who should have arrived by then. 

“Well how about I get your name then, princess, and I can make it a good thing?” Billy said as he inched closer. 

“I’m good, thanks.” You had started to get uncomfortable, and by the vacant look in his eyes, he was piss drunk. 

“Aww C’mon princess, don’t be like that.” He whispered as his hand trailed up your arm, and traced your jaw. The guy didn’t take the obvious rejection. 

“Don’t call me that, and don’t touch me,” You jerked your face away from him and tried to move away, but his hand grabbed you before you could get too far. 

“What’s your problem? You some dyke?” Billy was fanning his alcoholic breath in your face and his grip was intense, under normal circumstances, you would be a little frightened of the obviously inebriated jock, but you were heartbroken, tired and a little tipsy. Instead of fear, you felt white hot rage surge through your veins. 

“Yeah and what if I am Hargrove? Doesn’t concern you that I prefer tits to dicks,” You seethed, pulling out of his grip as you pushed him away from you. The crowd went nearly silent at your outburst, no one knew about your sexuality and in your drunken state, you’d just outed yourself to the entire school. 

“I don’t blame you, ain’t nothing like a pair of tits in your face to get the night started out right!” Billy said as he threw his fist in the air, and just like that, the party restarted, some people cheering for you as you went past them. 

Yeah, Hawkins wasn’t completely bad. 

Then Steve Harrington barreled past you, and you knew the look on his face all to well. You had seen it in the mirror almost every morning for the past year. 

Nancy Wheeler just broke his heart. 

You had seen her chugging the “fuel” like it was water earlier, and you knew that a drunk Nancy was a loose lipped one. You felt yourself getting angry again, but not at who you’d thought it’d be that night. You were pissed at Steve, her boyfriend, who had left her drunk as a skunk at a high school rager.

You grew sober as you went in the direction that Steve had come from, knowing it was now up to you to get her home. 

You opened the bathroom door, spotting Nancy sitting on the toilet, sloppily trying to wipe off the red liquid that stained her stark white shirt. 

“Oh Nance, what did you do?” You sighed, walking over to her and kneeling so you could see her teary eyes. She didn’t fight you as you softly took the towel from her hands, and placed it on the counter behind you. Even though she had hurt you, you still couldn’t stand to see her cry. 

You stood up, and pulled her to your chest as you ran your fingers through her hair. She shook as she cried, your shirt wrinkling from where she gripped it. A million thoughts flew through your mind as you held her. It was scary how easy you fell back into her. 

Nancy Wheeler was a drug and you were addicted. 

You sat there for a minute longer, letting her get the worst out before you pulled her from you gently. 

“C’mon baby, let’s get you home,” You whispered as you pulled her up, wrapping an arm around your shoulder and guiding her out the door. Wolf whistles echoed in the room when Billy and his crew saw you, and you couldn’t help but chuckle. 

“Keep it in your pants boys, she drunk and straight,” You stepped out of the cramped room, and although that wasn’t the exact truth, you weren’t about to out her, without her permission. 

You managed to bring the drunk girl all the way back home and into her room, it wasn’t easy, but then again; nothing that had to do with Nancy was easy. You pulled off her boots, skirt and ruined top, before you put on the first clean shirt you found in her dresser. You pretended your heart didn’t hurt when you realized it was yours. Just as you had pulled the covers over her body and gone to leave, a weak grasp had kept you in place. You looked back down to Nancy, her big eyes were nearly shut,there had been too much alcohol in her system to keep them open fully, but she held your gaze like her life depended on it. 

“I love you, but I’m so scared that I’ll change my entire life for you, and then you’ll just leave me, like you already did,” she sighed, and then her eyes fell shut. 

Your heart hammered in your chest, she may have been drunk as shit,

but she had said the words. 

You wanted to get out of that room and out of her house, but she still hadn’t let go. You secretly hoped that she wouldn’t. 

“Please, don’t leave me,” she whispered, and like the lovesick fool you were, those words were all it took for you to climb into the bed and wrap your arms around her once again. 

You woke up to Nancy’s blue eyes trained to yours, she was surprised to see you, that was for sure, but she didn’t seem mad. 

“Why are you here?” She asked, and you had to think about how to respond. 

Did you tell her the truth? That she had said that she loved you and asked you to stay? Or did you give her the watered down, half truth? She was drunk and Steve had left, so you brought her home. 

In the end you did neither of those things. 

“I think you need to talk to Steve,” You said as you rolled out of her bed, picking up your discarded shoes on your way out her bedroom door. You had decided that you were going to ignore that she had said the words. It didn’t seem like she remembered anything from the previous night, and you weren’t about to tell her just so she could say it wasn’t true. 

You didn’t think your heart could handle that. 

“You didn’t answer my question,” Nancy called after you, racing to keep up with your pace. You knew you hadn’t answered her, but you didn’t know how to; you didn’t know what Steve and her had fought about, and it wasn’t your problem. 

“Look, I was here because you fought with Steve and he left you alone at the party. So I brought you home and when I was going to leave, you…” You stopped yourself, you were dangerously close to telling her what happened, but you didn’t know if wanted to yet. 

“I what?” She pressed. 

“You looked like you were gonna swallow your tongue so I stayed to make sure that you didn’t die,” You lied on the spot, hoping she wouldn’t see through your facade. It seemed like she didn’t, but you almost wished we she had when you heard what she said next. 

“Suddenly you care?” Nancy scoffed as she crossed her arms across her chest.

“Excuse me?” You said, spinning around to face her once again, thankful that everyone in the house seemed to be gone. 

“You heard me, I don’t get why, after a year of not talking to me, you suddenly care,” She glared at you, angry eyes framed by long lashes, her lips pinched in a frown. 

“I never stopped caring about you Nancy, I just couldn’t take being your dirty little secret anymore,” You threw your hands in the air, it felt good to finally let it off your chest. You’d kept the pain inside you for so long, but you didn’t want to anymore. Not when you were accused of not caring for the one person you cared most about. 

“What… What do you mean? You weren’t my dirty little secret! You were my best friend!” Nancy shouted, throwing a finger into your chest. 

“You slept with me, every night, for the past two years! I kept waiting for you to say something to me, at home, or at school, to hold my hand or kiss my cheek, anything really! Then Steve came around and you just fell into his lap. You only acknowledged me in passing, allowing Tommy H. and Carol to torment me whenever they pleased, yet you never stopped sleeping with me. I loved you Nancy Wheeler, but you were the one that didn’t care!” You were crying now, steady tears streaming down your face as you yelled at the girl you loved. She only stared at you, her mouth hanging open, her own tears falling silently. 

“Don’t forget who kept you safe last night, because it certainly wasn’t your boyfriend. But, I don’t care, right?” You left the Wheeler house as quick as possible, leaving her alone in the foyer. 

You had lost your faith in Nancy Wheeler. 

The days went by since Tina’s party, and people had started to notice you. It was mostly the jocks; they clapped you on the back in the hallways, nodding as if you were now apart of a secret club. It was a bit weird, knowing that the entire school knew about you, but it was also freeing. It felt good that you didn’t have to hide anymore. 

You had also heard that Steve and Nancy had broken up the day after the party. It didn’t surprise you, considering the limited events you knew about, but she still hadn’t spoken to you. She would, however, stare at you in the lunchroom, in the hallways, the locker room, anywhere where you both were. It got under your skin, but as always, you had stayed silent. 

That was, until she cornered you in the hallway one morning. 

“I still slept with you because I loved you. I tried to move on with Steve, because I was scared you wouldn’t stay with me if we were to go public, but that was stupid and mean and I’m sorry,” She said in a rush, her lashes brushed across her reddened cheeks as she kept her eyes trained on the floor. By then, people had stopped around you, listening in on the conversation that didn’t involve them. You didn’t notice though, too shocked to focus on anything other than the girl that was in front of you.

“I know I should’ve talked to you before, but I’m talking to you now and I’m talking to you in front of everyone to show you that I mean it. I love you and I don’t care who knows it. I’m sorry I didn’t say it before…” Nancy never got to finish whatever speech he had planned. Instead she was ambushed by your hands coming around her face. 

“I love you too Nancy Wheeler,” you smiled, pulling her lips to yours and kissing the life out of her. It felt like you were finally coming home. 

You pulled back slightly, giggling at her dreamy smile, red lips and the cheers from the nearby students, then you kissed her again, no longer her dirty little secret. 

You had found your faith in Nancy Wheeler. 

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"This poor kid." I tell myself continuously before and after watching season two of Stranger Things. Who am I talking about? Will? Eleven? Dustin? Max? Lucas? Mike? All of them? Yes.