#the return of slay will byers

[tastytoecheese]

[fluffansmut-old]

Like you haven’t done that

Part 2

Summary: Joyce improvised sex talk ends and you and Eddie try your best to do something in a house that wasn’t as empty as previously planned. Things are still tense between you and your older brother.

Content warnings: Eddie x Byers!reader, protective and annoying Jonathan, the Byers (including reader) have daddy issues, smut, thigh-riding, mentions of sexual activity, mentions of birth control.

Word count:3361

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Part 1 - Part 3

When you headed back you heard your mom and brother talk. She was telling him off, asking him to treat and speak about Eddie with the respect that he deserved.

You stopped for a moment and thought:

“You tell him mom”

You made your return noticed by clearing your throat.

Your mom smiled at you.

“And he’s okay?” She asked.

You wondered if she was thinking about the crash or the spoiled plans.

“He’s fine, Will is showing him his entire campaign right now so he doesn’t really have time for me anyways.”

Joyce chuckled in response, only imagining the excitement within her youngest as he told someone that actually understood.

“Okay you two, now I don’t wanna punish you for having sex, or planning to have sex, because it’s nothing wrong with it” she said, getting back to the lecture.

You and Jonathan each let out a sigh of relief… a little too soon.

“I however feel like I need to punish you for lying and for fighting with each other, because both of you, both know and deserve better.”

“What do you have in mind this time?” You muttered, hoping she just wouldn’t send Eddie straight home.

“I’ve decided that if either of you want to hang out with your partner tonight, it’s going down here, despite previous plans.” She stated, which was something,you were fine with, despite the fact that the original plan to have sex went out the window. “And I want you two to go pick up Will from the Wheelers tonight. Together. And you can drop off Eddie and Nancy on the way”

“No way! I’m not carpooling around Hawkins with her.” Jonathan protested! “I’ll pick Will up on my own”

“You are bringing your sister and that’s final” Joyce said, you could tell she had it with the bickering.

Jonathan was about to argue.

But then the door flew up, and in the doorway stood everyone’s favourite out of Will's friends.

“Where is Will and what is taking so long? I’ve waited for ages and I’m sure that we’ve got monsters to slay… Jesus” Dustin said, searching around the room.

Will and Eddie emerged from your room and you rose from the couch to join your boyfriend.

“There you are,” Dustin said when he spotted Will. “We need to leave, Mike and Lucas are probably arguing already.”

Dustin grabbed ahold of Will, pulling him outside.

On the way he shot Jonathan a quick;

“By the way, Nance is pacing back and forth in your front lawn so if you won’t go talk to her soon, she’ll leave a permanent mark.”

Jonathan rose from the sofa and walked out to go tell Nance about the change of plans.

“Who’s the kid?” Eddie asked, motioning towards Dustin.

“That would be Dustin Henderson, he’s loud and very no bullshit but still somehow he manages to charm everyone who comes across him” you said. “Kinda like someone else that I know.”

You jabbed him in the side with your elbow and he leaned in to give you a kiss.

“I like him already” Eddie said with a smile “and your brother is definitely dungeon master material, not only is his storytelling amazing, but have you seen that kid draw?!”

You chuckled, the only thing you’d done since Will was 5 was to look at and praise his drawings.

“I have, they´re amazing aren't they?”

You and Eddie were laying on your bed, door closed and the stereo playing quietly. Eddie was on his back, pillow under his head, one arm around you, with his knee bent. You had you leg slung over his bent knee and your head on his shoulder.

You were flipping though a magazine, reading this relationship column, where they solved people's problems, you read it out loud to Eddie and then he gave his best shot at giving them really shitty advice.

“okay okay, listen to this one!” you said, having found a good one. “ the caption is, My boyfriend thinks he makes me orgasm.”

Eddie burst out laughing, which in turn made you let out the laugh you had been holding since you read the sentence.

“How do they think writing to this column is gonna help with that?” he said. You smirked.

“Oh just you wait, it gets worse.”

“I can't wait,” Eddie said, motioning for you to keep reading. You cleared your throat.

“I have a dilemma, and I need help. My boyfriend (19)” you started but then you stopped because you heard some mumbling, coming from Jonathan's room.

“What?” Eddie asked, confused as to why you stopped reading.

“shh.” you said, untangling yourself from Eddie ́s limbs, pushing off the bed. “I'm trying to hear what Jonathan is talking about”.

You put your ear against the wall that connected your room to your older brothers and then you could hear his voice a little more clearly.

“Nance, why didn't you tell me that you told her about the night we had at Murray´s?” He asked.

“I didn't tell you because I didn't think it mattered, '' Nancy replied.

“What is he on about?” Eddie wondered from the bed, as he only heard mumbling.

“He´s lowkey annoyed at Nancy because she told me about how the fact that they had sex” you replied, voice low, because if you could hear them, then they could hear you.

“He really is something, your brother.” Eddie said, shaking his head slightly.

“Ugh, yeah tell me about it,” you replied.

“Of course it matters,” Jonathan said, sounding quite annoyed. “Everything she finds out can be used as leverage Nance, it literally always comes back to haunt me”

“I ́ m sorry baby, but don't take out your frustration on me” Nancy said. “cos it's not really me who you are frustrated with right?”

“No” Jonathan said, now sounding defeated. “It's not. I'm sorry”

You heard them kiss and then you immediately stopped eavesdropping, to avoid hearing something that you didn't want to hear.

“Not interesting anymore?” Eddie asked.

“They literally went from a slight argument to sucking face in under a minute” you said.

“Then he can't be that annoyed right?” Eddie said.

He knew it bothered you that Jonathan had not apologised to you yet.

You weren't ready to apologise to him, but Jonathan was always the one to apologise first, and in some ways, even though you wouldn't admit it, he felt like a parent to you. He felt like the dad that Lonnie never was, and that was why it hurt even more that he still was mad at you.

“He is mad Eddie, like he might never talk to me again, mad.” You said, slumping down onto your back, next to Eddie. “like madder than he ever has been before, ugh! It’s so frustrating, I’m here with you and all I can seem to think about is my dickhead brother, I need to think about something else!”

You kicked the heels of your feet into the mattress, frustrated.

Eddie smirked, an idea forming.

“I can help you find something else to think about?” He said, and when you turned towards him you saw a familiar gleam in his eye.

“And that suggestion is?” You asked, now eager to find out what he was on about.

“That you lose the panties and c'mere sweetheart” he said.

You pondered the suggestion for a moment, there were way to many people in the house to risk having actual sex, but then again that most likely wasn’t what Eddie was trying to do.

You got out of the panties and crawled across the bed to Eddie.

As you came within reach Eddie pulled you closer, nudging his thigh in between yours, you felt the friction of his jeans against your vulva and then you knew exactly what he was trying to do.

“Rub one out, blow off some steam princess” he said, placing his hands on your hips, grinding you down onto his jean-clad thigh. “You need it”

“I love you” you said, kissing his lips.

“I love you too” he replied. He kissed down your neck, onto your collarbones and then he unbuttoned your blouse, trailing kisses and teasing your nipples. All while you worked up a pace against his thigh.

You felt the familiar feeling in the pit of your stomach and suddenly it was hard to keep quiet.

Eddie noticed your breathy little moans and whimpers, he also noticed that you were trying to not let them out.

“Does it feel good, sweetheart?” he asked, a smirk present. He was about to tease you.

“uh yeah” you moaned.

“Do you want it to stop?” he said, leaving hickeys on your neck, behind your ear.

“Nooo”you said, then Eddie intentionally moved his leg a bit making the pressure on your clit so much more intense. “oh fuuck”

“Then you should probably keep quiet, princess,” he said. “cos if someone hears you then it's over, and you don't want that, hm?”

His voice was playful but with a sort of serious undertone.

You nodded, trying your best to keep quiet, then he moved his leg again, this time away for you, so you huffed at the loss of contact.

“Are you gonna stay quiet ?” he asked.

You nodded again, and then tried to hold in the moan that came, when he put his leg back.

“You're close, sweetheart?” he asked when you picked up the pace.

“Yeah” you moaned, and then you heard footsteps in the hallway.

Eddie clasped a hand over your mouth and then he whispered, “cum for me”.

You rutted your hips forward, at a steady pace all while moaning into Eddie's ring clad hand. The release of tension washed over you like a wave. You felt euphoric and wanted to both scream and giggle at the same time.

You removed yourself from his thigh and settled in between them instead, chest to chest with Eddie.

“Thank you for this,” you said. “How do you always know what I need?”

“You're welcome sweetheart” he said, kissing your forehead. “you are easier to read than you think”

You only smiled at the statement.

Then you heard Eddie chuckle.

“what's so funny?” you asked.

“We made a fucking mess babe” he said, motioning to the huge wet patch on his thigh.

“Oh fuck.” you said, before you also burst out laughing.

Then came a knock to the door.

You looked at Eddie with panicked eyes, grabbed the nearest throw pillow and put it in Eddie's lap, at the same time you made sure that your skirt was down, covering the fact that you didn't have anything underneath.

“Come in,” you said. As the handle pushed down Eddie reminded you to button the blouse.

in came Joyce, looking slightly apologetic for disturbing and said,

“There´s pizza in the kitchen if you want any, you can eat it here if you want to.”

“Thanks mom we´ll be out in a few,” you said, flashing her a smile.

“Thank you so much Mrs. Byers.” Eddie said, to which your mom replied with her usual,”oh, call me Joyce.”

you waited a little while before you went to get the pizza, partially to make the stain less apparent on Eddie's jeans, and to give you time to straighten up.

When you were emerging from your room then Jonathan and Nancy returned to his room, pizza-plates in hand.

They both looked different than when you last saw them. Nancy was wearing one of Jonathan's t-shirts and the belt of her pants were missing.

They both had massive bedheads and Jonathan had a lipstick trial going down his neck.

Once again, his own actions weren’t that different from yours.

Once the pizza was eaten you asked Eddie if he wanted the favour returned. “I was actually looking forward to some good old cuddles.” Eddie said, his soft eyes looking hopeful.

You dove into his arms and you reasted your head on his chest.

“So, how did hellfire go today?” you asked and you could almost see how your boyfriend filled with excitement .

“It was epic! the best part was when I lured them into this tavern and then…” he began.

The clock had struck 11.30 when Nancy knocked on your door.

“come in,” you replied, and she opened the door a tiny bit.

“Are you guys decent?” she asked. You laughed.

“Yeah, we are.”

She relaxed a bit and smiled at the two of you.

“I saw fresh hickies earlier so I just wanted to make sure I wasn't interrupting something, I know how annoying that can be.”

You found yourself getting jealous of Mike and Holly.. Why was Jonathan so uptight, when Nancy was so chill?

“It's time to leave, they've finished playing DnD and I'm sure mom is just waiting for them to leave so she can treasure her quiet evening.” She said, rolling her eyes slightly at her mother.

“Cmon sweetheart” Eddie said, as he rose from the bed and gave you a hand.

“They're truly adorable” Nancy mumbled under her breath, before she said,

“Jonathan is on his way towards the car.”

You and Eddie were in the backseat, and you clung to his arm. You certainly didn't look forward to eventually being alone in the car with your annoying, pissed off older brother.

“Wanna do something tomorrow?” Eddie asked. You saw how Jonathan's eyes immediately darted towards you in the rearview mirror.

“Sure, but don´t you have band practice?” you asked.

“It's postponed, Gareth´s mom is having some sort of guests over, ” he said, “maybe we could catch that movie and then Wayne is nagging me to ask you over for dinner.”

“Wayne?” Nancy asked, and you saw that Jonathan also looked confused.

“My uncle, I live with him.” Eddie explained, “and he really can´t believe that I scored this great”

He kissed the top of your head.

“Maybe we should start a club..” Jonathan mumbled as he took the last right turn before he arrived at the trailer park.

He parked outside of Eddie's trailer and the two of you got out of the backseat.

You locked lips with him almost instantly. All in full view of Nancy and Jonathan.

It wasn't until Eddie put his hand on your backside and squeezed, that Jonathan honked the horn motioning for you to hurry the fuck up.

“I better go before he wakes up everyone in Hawkins.” you said.

“Mkay then,” Eddie said, stealing another quick peck. “But I´ll see you tomorrow”

“You can count on it.” You said.

When the car stopped outside of the Wheelers, Nancy gave Jonathan a kiss and then very promptly told you to take the front seat, since Will had stuff to bring home and needed the space in the backseat.

You knew it was bullshit, he hadn't brought that much.

It was only to force you to talk to your brother. But you didn't argue, because there really wasn't a point to.

“I'll send him out in a minute.”

When Nancy left you muttered;

“Did mom pay her or something?”

The sentence actually brought a smile to your brother's lips.

“She wants me to apologise.” Jonathan admitted, looking straight ahead.

“So, do it then” you said, immediately regretting the harsh tone.

“Hey, it's not like you are innocent in this!” He said, instantly turning parental. “My confession about you to mom, it came from a genuine place of concern, but yours came from a place of revenge.”

You hadn't thought about it like that.

“I guess you're right…” You said. “I´m sorry about that. But you also have to admit that you were way out of line on so many levels.”

“I was, truly, honestly way out of line, and everything that you said to me before was true.” He admitted and you felt this knot of worry in your stomach drop. “I´m sorry”

“It’s okay, but Jonathan, you know that you don't have to take care of me like a parent… It's not your responsibility.” You said.

“You do the same for Will,” Jonathan pointed out.

“Will is a child,” you said.

He chuckled.

“Just barely anymore, to be honest, but fair, now tell me why do you do it?” Jonathan said, trying to prove a point.

“Because I love him and I don’t want something to happen to him again,” you said, thinking about all the pain that kid had been through already.

“And now why do you think I reacted the way I did when I heard that you’re locking lips with a drug dealer?” Jonathan said.

“It’s not the reaction that bothers me, because I get that” you said, feeling yourself getting annoyed all over again.

“It’s the distrust in me, that you went over my head, and the fact that you judged on sight, and refused to find out for yourself and make an informed opinion”

“I’m sorry for that” Jonathan muttered, “anger took the upper hand…”

You watched your brother tear up.

“Fuck I’m like dad, aren’t I?” he whimpered.

“No no no, never ever dare to even say that Jonathan” you said, and put a hand on his shoulder moving your thumb slowly back and forth.

“But it’s true, I got angry, didn’t listen to anyone and took the anger out on the ones I’m supposed to care about” he said, fully crying now.

“Listen to me, you are not him. You care, Jonathan. and you’re always here” you said.

“I’m sorry…” He said again. “I wanna make things right with Eddie, I wanna get to know him for real. Because I have a feeling that he is gonna be around”

“You and Nancy wanna join us at the movies tomorrow?” You asked.

“I might just take you up on that offer,” he said with a smile.

“Friends again?” You asked.

“Of course,” Jonathan answered and gave you a hug.

Right then, out of nowhere, Will came walking towards the car.

“Nancy said I couldn’t come out here until I saw you guys hug and make up” Will informed as he got into the backseat.

You gave Jonathan a pointed look and said: “Okay, mom is definitely paying her”

Jonathan laughed loudly.

“How did the campaign go?” You asked which was like opening a tap, Will spoke for the entire car ride home.

“And then Dustin was about to actually die and” he paused for a moment. “When will you see Eddie next?”

You couldn’t help but giggle.

“Tomorrow kiddo, why?” You responded.

“Can he stop by the house again? Cos I feel like he would get exactly how epic this is a bit better than you guys.” Will said and both you and Jonathan, faked a shocked gasp.

“That’s it, we’ve been replaced,” you said, faking a sob.

“We knew this day was coming but so soon! So soon.” Jonathan said, just as dramatically as you had.

“You can’t be replaced, cos two more dramatic fuckers than you two are hard to come by.” Will said.

“Hey, language!” You and Jonathan said at the same time.

“Okay, mooom,” Will said, rolling his eyes. “But honestly is he coming by the house?”

“I’ll ask him to,” you said. “But what happened to Dustin? Did he die?”

“Oh right!” Will said, remembering where he was.

He continued, telling you about how Dustin, thanks to Mike, had survived.

When the car stopped, Will got out quickly, telling you that he was gonna go “check on mom”.

You were about to get out when Jonathan said;

“Check the glove compartment”

You did and pulled out an entire packet of condoms.

“Keep it, put some in your room, some in your bag.” He said. “And if you need more, then tell me”

“Thank you” you said, knowing that this was Jonathan's way of saying that he trusted you.

“No problem,” he said.“One thing still stands though, if he’s forcing you into doing some freaky shit, I’ll kill him.”

“You don’t have to worry, all the freaky shit we do is 100 procent consensual.” You said.

And as a response to that, Jonathan put his fingers in his ears and said;

“Lalalalala I-don’t-want-to-know”

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𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮！𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳

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𝗧𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁?

𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆, 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲

It was just nearing Halloween, actually Halloween was tomorrow. It had also been almost a year since will byers went missing, the zombie boy that's what a lot of the younger kids in our town called him. El, we haven't seen el since then we assumed she ended up back at the lab I really hoped she was safe. Steve and I ended up breaking up a couple months after that fateful night in the byers house. We just weren't right for each other, we weren't able to deal with the trauma we had developed from that night. He was also still slightly in love with Nancy wheeler so the moment she was emotionally available again he was gone. It hurt me a lot, well at first. I still loved him but I didn't want to put myself through that again. I was done getting played by Steve harrington, so I vowed to myself that even if he came back begging on his knees I wouldn't let him do it to me again, never again.

"Son of a bitch! Son of a bitch!" dustin yelled as he scurried around the house checking under the couch cushions. "Another stupid penny!" Dustin muttered "dusty watch it! You almost hit mews" my mom said petting the meowing cat. "Yeah dusty don't hurt my baby" I grinned as he rolled his eyes "can I please check under you cushions?" Dustin asked "dusty" "mom please it's an emergency!" Dustin whined.

"Go get my penny bank dust" I rolled my eyes "wait really! Thank you!" Dustin sprinted into my room and returned with a pink piggy bank.

He opened it up and started to empty it out. "Do you want me to go with you?" I asked Dustin shook his head "nah I'm fine" I rolled my eyes "it's pretty late dust" I said "oh yeah ok fine I guess" dustin mumbled. "Ok let me get my keys" I quickly got up and grabbed my keys before heading out the door.

Dustin quickly ran into his room for a few seconds before coming back out. "Bye love you mom" both Dustin and I said before walking out to my car.

"Have you seen Steve recently?" Dustin asked "well at school" i mumbled. "Do you miss him?" dustin asked "what's with all this questions" I laughed "do you?" Dustin asked again. "Ok maybe a little bit but I'm not going to put myself through that shit again" I sighed.

I pulled up to the arcade and parked my car. Dustin quickly ran up to Mike, and Lucas. "Hey y/n!" Mike smiled "hey bud how have you been?" I asked ruffling his hair. "Oh god please if Steve try's to take you back take him back im tired of seeing him" Mike groaned. I giggled "I don't think he'll do that he's very in love with your sister, and if he did I'd say no sorry mike" I sighed.

A couple honks quickly pulled us from our conversation. "Hey!" The boys all yelled as they waved to will. "Hey will" he smiled as he walked up to us.

"To slay the dragon, use the magic sword!" The game said "oh Jesus! I'm in uncharted territory here guys." Dustin said as he played the game. The boys were all huddled around Dustin as I stood to the side. "Down! Down! Down!" The boys chanted "I'm going! I'm going!" Dustin replied. "Okay shut up shut up shut up!" Dustin shouted as he frantically pressed the buttons. "No. No. No!" hate this overpriced bullshit!" Dustin shouted as he lost.

"Your not nimble enough but you'll get there one day but until then princess daphne is still mine!" Lucas teased. "Whatever. I'm still tops on centipede and dig dug" dustin sighed. "You sure about that?" Keith asked "uh sure about what?" Dustin furrowed his eyebrows. "Your kidding me. No no no!" Dustin pushed past us "move move more no no no no" he ran towards the games. "No!" He shouted"751300" Will said "that impossible" Mike sighed "who is mad max?" Dustin asked Keith "better than you."

"Is it you?" Mike asked "you know I despise dig dug" Keith scoffed "then who is it?" Lucas asked "yeah spill it Keith" Dustin demanded. "You want information, then I need something in return" he smirked. They all turned towards Mike "no, no, no, no way, your not getting a date with her" mike said. "Mike come on just get him the date" Lucas pleaded "I'm not prostituting my sister!" Mike shouted. "What about you?" Mike asked Dustin, "nah y/n's still in love with Steve" Dustin sighed "I am not!" I slapped Dustin's arm "don't act like you don't still where one of his jackets to sleep" Dustin laughed. "I dont" I groaned, "well then go on a date with Keith" Mike begged "I've got better standards wheeler" I rolled my eyes.

The boys all argued I just sat there rolling my eyes until I noticed Will was gone. Shit I lost a child and the child who's mom is the most anxious about her child going missing again. I quickly walked outside and there he was "will are you ok?" I asked he gasped and turned back towards me. He turned back around studying his surroundings with a confused look on his face. "Yeah I just..I needed my some air" he sighed "come on their waiting for you."

➪➪➪

I pulled up to the school and parked, I got out and saw Nancy and Steve sitting in his car. I rolled my eyes. I still couldn't believe he had left me for her again! Like yeah she was pretty and way better than I'd ever be but he gave me this whole song and dance about how loved me and not her, how cheating on me was a mistake. He was just an asshole nothing was going to change that.

Tires screeched as a car pulled up into the parking lot and parked next to my car. A guy with blinding hair, and a girl with red hair, she looked about Dustin's ages got out of the car. He had a cigarette in between his lips and the girl held a skateboard. She stared to skate off towards the middle school.

"Hi" the guy walked up to me a smirk I only had only ever seen on Steve's face plastered on his face. "Hi" I smiled "and you are?" I asked "billy what's your name princess?" He asked, I didn't hate it but I didn't like it either. "Y/n nice to meet you" I smiled as I shook his hand, "well y/n I would really like to take you out" he pressed a kiss on top of my hand. I giggled a bit "um maybe" I said quietly "do you have a boyfriend?" He asked "well- um no" I said.

"Well then I'll take you out how does next Friday sound?" He asked "yeah um I guess that sounds great" I smiled.

➪➪➪

Walking out of second period I got handed a flyer for a Halloween party. I wouldn't be able to go though I was babysitting my baby cousin. "Y/n are you going?" Nancy popped up beside me making me go "I've gotta babysit my cousin" I sighed "you and Jonathan always watching kids" she groaned before walking away.

I heard Nancy shriek which made me turn my head towards her. It was just Steve in his stupid sunglasses.

"Hey y/n" Steve walked up to me awkwardly. "What do you want?" I asked "are you going to the party?" He asked I shook my head "babysitting" I sighed. "Oh" he mumbled "yeah" I sighed, "well I'll see you I guess later" he said as he walked backwards.

Short first chapter sorry

[yurtletheturtlehenderson]

COSMIC - S2:E1; Chapter One, MADMAX - [Pt. 2]

A Will Byers x Male!Reader Series

As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade. Will begins seeing strange visions as the anniversary of his disappearance creeps up.

||𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕||

"To slay the dragon, use the magic sword."

"Oh, Jesus! I'm in uncharted territory here, guys."

"Down! Down! Down!"

"I'm going! I'm going!"

The cartoon woman on the screen exclaimed as the game picked up speed. All of us surrounded Dustin, cheering him on as he played.

"I'm going! I'm going! I'm going!"

The boys yelled over one another as I stood on my toes to try and get a better look at the screen.

"Okay. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up!" Dustin bellowed as he slammed his hands on the buttons, but then the disappointing sounds from the machine indicated he had lost.

Dustin began taking out his anger on the machine, kicking as he screamed profusely at it.

Meanwhile, the screen returned to the original title screen, inviting its next player. Lucas began to goad at Dustin.

"You're not nimble enough. But you'll get there one day. But until then, Princess Daphne is still mine."

"Whatever. I'm still tops on Centipede and Dig Dug."

"You sure about that?"

We all turned our heads to see one of the younger employees, Keith. He was standing there with a bag of cheese puffs and an awkward smirk.

Dustin's face dropped as he asked the question we all seemed to know the answer to.

"Sure about what?"

Keith only smiled and took a large, rather obnoxious bite out of a cheese puff.

Dustin broke out into a panicked sprint and we all quickly followed suit, curious to see the outcome.

"Move! Move! No, no, no, no, no. Hey, no! No! No!"

We all zeroed in on the Dig Dug screen where sure enough, Dustin held second place to someone named MADMAX who held an insanely good score.

"751,300 points!" Will exclaimed, turning and sharing a disbelieving look with one another.

It was then that Mike chimed in. "That's impossible."

"Wow, you really have your work cut out for you," I said, with a hint of a smile on my face as I patted my brother's back.

He only ripped his shoulder away from me, clearly annoyed and turned to Keith.

"Who is Mad Max?"

"Better than you."

"Is it you?" Will asked.

Keith scoffed. "You know I despise Dig Dug."

"Then who is it?"

"Yeah, spill it, Keith."

"You want information, then I need something in return," he smirked and looked at Mike.

It took me a second to realize what was being implied. When it hit me, I fought the urge to throw up in my mouth.

"Gross!"

"No, no, no. No way. You're not getting a date with her," Mike says.

"Mike, come on. Just get him the date."

"I'm not prostituting my sister!"

"But it's for a good cause."

"It's barbaric! Older than you or not, you wouldn't pimp Erica out!" I wager, thinking I had him cornered. I should have known better.

"Well, I mean," he trails off, pretending to think about it. I can recognize when he's being sarcastic, but I still shoot him a deadly glare on the girl's behalf.

"Lucas!" I warn. An edge is creeping up in my voice and I feel Will's hand grab my own.

I give his hand a light squeeze, silently thanking him and my attention was brought back to the conversation when Dustin spoke up.

"No, don't get him the date. Know what? He's gonna spread his nasty-ass rash to your whole family." Thrown off by the sudden direction that conversation headed, I sighed, releasing Will's hand and running both hands down my face.

"Acne isn't a rash and it isn't contagious you pubescent wastoid." Keith threw back.

"Oh, I'm a wastoid? She wouldn't go out on a date with you. You make, like, what? $2.50 an hour?"

"Nice perm."

"Gonna make fun of my hair?"

I sighed, knowing we were gonna be here a while.

Suddenly, a voice caught my attention.

"Hey. Hey, guys, do you see the..." I frowned when I saw Will was standing over by the front door, looking around the arcade curiously.

"Yeah?" I asked walking forward.

But he only looked right through me. I could tell he was now on edge.

"Will?"

Suddenly, he let out a frightened gasp and whipped around to face the door. My stomach dropped.

"Will? Hey, come on." My breathing began to pick up, I risked a glance at the boys but they were too distracted in their argument and it was far too loud. That's when Will began to walk outside. Not wanting to lose him or let him get hurt I quickly followed him.

"Will, hey, it's me, come on." He stopped when he reached the edge of the sidewalk and he stood still, rooted in place. He looked to the sky in terror. I looked over my shoulder only to see nothing but the stars, and I looked back to him. He was still frozen.

I shakily brought my hands up to his shoulders. "Will!"

He gasped and I could tell he was back. Without even thinking, I engulfed him in a hug, and he shakily returned it. I pulled back to look at him and I touched his cheek. "Are you okay?"

His eyes lingered on me and he nodded his head. I was now very aware of the fact that my hand was still on his cheek and I quickly pulled away, a little flustered. There was a moment of silence and then I looked back up at him, knowing on some level what it was about.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He looked away for a moment, before shaking his head.

"I'm fine. I'd rather not, at least not right now."

I smiled reassuringly. "That's completely okay. I get it." I glanced down at his hand before taking it in my own and together we headed back into the arcade.

⊹ ⊹ ⊹

"That's what I've been saying! I'm telling you, she may be a teacher, but that doesn't give her any right to treat kids like that!"

"Yes, exactly! Thank you!" My friend laughed, the both us rolling our eyes in shared frustration. Suddenly she turned to me as we approached our lockers. "Hey so do you have any plans for Halloween?"

Emma was a great friend I had made in the dirty trenches of math class where a solid bond was formed. The two of us were currently walking down the hallway, discussing the horrors that were last class.

"I do actually, yeah, me and the guys are going together. They're gonna be the Ghostbusters and I..." I trailed off when I saw Will up ahead.

He was standing at his locker, looking around rather disturbed with something in his hands.

Hesitating to take my eyes off of him I reluctantly looked to Emma. "Hey, can we talk later? I'm sorry, it's just, I think I need to check on him,"

"Oh yeah, no problem. I'll see you later!"

I threw her a grateful smile as she walked away and then I hurried over to Will.

"Will! Hey, everything okay?"

His head whipped around to face me and he seemed a bit startled to see me. I gently put a hand on his shoulder in reassurance and that seemed to calm his nerves.

"Oh, um, yeah I'm okay." He quickly folded up a small piece of paper that didn't go unnoticed.

"You sure?" He nodded his head and smiled warmly at me causing my stomach to do little flips.

"So, what's that?"

"It's nothing," he said and I raised my eyebrows, not quite believing him. "really. I'm okay."

"Okay, well in that case, should we head to science?" I smiled and held out my hand shyly and he gladly took it.

⊹ ⊹ ⊹

"Meet the human brain," Mr. Clarke said, placing the model before us.

"I know. I know, it doesn't look like much. A little gross even, right? But consider this. There are a hundred billion cells inside of this miracle of evolution. All working as one,"

I was hanging onto every word, fascinated much like my other friends. I looked to Will excitedly but he didn't even seem to be paying attention. Something was definitely bothering him. My face fell when I saw this, unintentionally tuning out Mr. Clarke in the process.

I turned to the boy and was about to say something when the abrupt sound of the classroom door closing grabbed my attention. Everyone seemed to look to the front when the principal walked in with a girl our age.

She had fiery red hair and freckles all over her face. She wore jeans and a red sweatshirt. I felt kinda bad for her though, she seemed uncomfortable being the center of attention that Mr. Clarke inevitably put her under the spotlight.

"Ah, this must be our new student."

"Indeed it is. All yours" with that, the principal left, leaving the awkward introduction of the new student.

She attempted to rush to find a seat but Mr. Clarke stopped her. "All right. Hold up. You don't away that easy. Come on up. Don't be shy."

She didn't attempt to hide her eye roll as she backed up to face the class.

"Dustin, drum roll."

Without skipping a beat, my brother began drumming his palms on his desk and Mr. Clarke began the introduction.

"Class, please welcome, all the way from sunny California, the latest passenger to join us on our curiosity voyage, Maxine."

The girl shifted uncomfortably before mumbling. "It's Max."

"Sorry?" He asked.

"Nobody calls me Maxine. It's Max." We all looked to each other, thinking the same thing.

"Mad Max," Lucas whispered.

"Well, all aboard Max."

I couldn't fight the smile growing on my face and like the boys, we all couldn't help but watch as she took a seat at the back of the class.

She leaned back and crossed her arms, obviously still uncomfortable from the sudden spotlight. She frowned when she saw all the guys staring at her and turned to Dustin and Lucas and a loose chuckled escaped me. They were practically drooling.

I looked to her once more and she met my eye. I made sure to send her a small welcoming smile, not wanting to make her more uncomfortable than she already was.

⊹ ⊹ ⊹

We all stood in the small baseball dugout, watching, well the boys were anyway, Max. She was riding her skateboard all around the campus and we were debating whether or not she could be Mad Max. I had settled on the bench in the dugout, not feeling comfortable to be standing around watching someone.

"There's no way that's Mad Max," Mike stated matter of factly.

"Yeah, girls don't play video games," Will said, catching me by surprise.

I crossed my arms and looked at him. "That's just not true,"

He seemed to notice his mistake and shuffled uncomfortably. I only raised my eyebrows.

"I'm sorry, you know what I mean though, right?" I laughed, having already brushed it off but enjoying being able to mess with him.

Dustin brought his fist up to his mouth and spoke through pretend coughs. "Whipped."

Will turned to him and whacked his arm and I only giggled.

"Ok, but seriously, regardless you can't get 750,000 on Dig Dug. It's impossible," Mike said, still focused on the conversation.

"But her name is Max," Lucas argued.

"So what?"

"So, how many Maxes do you know?"

"I don't know."

"Zero, that's how many,"

Dustin the spoke up. "Yeah, and she shows up to school the day after someone with her name beat our top score,"

"Here's a crazy idea, why don't you ask her?" I chimed, looking up at the boys.

"No, no way! She'll be weirded out,"

"Oh, and stalking the poor girl is doing everybody so many favors,"

"My point is, I don't even think it's necessary. She's gotta be Mad Max, she's gotta be,"

"Plus, she skateboards, so she's pretty awesome," Dustin argued, much to the dismay of Mike.

"Awesome? You haven't even spoken a word to her!"

"I don't have to, I mean look at her. Shit, I've lost the target."

"There," Will said, and we all followed his gaze to the back entrance of the school.

She stood at the top of the steps, and before going inside she dropped a crumpled up piece of paper into the trash.

The boys, looked to each other, silently communicating before simultaneously running towards the trash can much to my dismay.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," I mumble, begrudgingly walking after them.

Sure enough, they began digging through the trash can and by the time I reached them they grabbed the piece of paper.

"Seriously, guys this is a new low," I snatched the piece of paper from them. "It's just garbage,"

"Well, if it's just garbage, then open it," Lucas retorted.

I sighed, looking them in the eye while unfolding it. "Fine, but only to show how ridiculous you are being, I mean come-" I stopped short when I read the words, a loud belly laugh erupting from me.

"What? Let me see!"

"What?"

"Give it!"

My laughter died into chuckles as I watched their faces fall when they read the words,

"Stop spying on me CREEPS!"

They sighed and looked up at me as I stifled my giggles with a hand against my mouth. My hand dropped my side and I sighed, before smirking.

"I like her."

"Well, shit," Dustin sighs.

I feel a pit forming in my stomach when I hear the principle speak. "William Byers, your mother's here," we all turned to face him, and I could immediately feel the anxiety radiating off of him.

I grabbed his hand in mine and I gave it a reassuring squeeze and he squeezed my hand lightly in return as he looked at me.

He was doing it again. He was shutting himself down.

He gave me a weak smile and without another word, he followed the teacher into the school to get his stuff.

Without even a second thought I walked quickly around the building and the others followed. I peeked around the corner and watched as he walked slowly to the car where his mother was waiting for him greeting him with a smile and a wave.

"you guys think he's okay?" Dustin asked.

"He's always weird when he has to go in,"

"I don't know. He's quiet today," Mike said worriedly.

"He hasn't been himself lately. I ran into him in the hallway and he was acting all weird and secretive."

"Well, you're basically his boyfriend. Has he shared anything with you lately? I mean he tells you everything,"

My face fell and I looked to my feet in sadness before looking back up and watching as he reluctantly got in the car. "That's just it. He hasn't said a word. I think something is really bothering him," I bite my lip and look to my friends, finally tearing my eyes away from the retreating car for only a split second.

"and, for the first time, I feel like," I sighed. "I can't help him."

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I'm sorry to hear about your news. I was wondering if you could do a piece about Steve trying to deal with his heartbreak over Christmas 1984 after seeing Nancy at the Snow Ball, knowing she's with Jonathan now? Thank you!

Thanks for reaching out I appreciate it! Here’s a little something something about our main boy Stevey dealing with some heartbreak

    Last Christmas I gave you my heart and the very next day you gave it away. Steve groaned and slammed his hand hard against the dashboard of his BMW. The song had been playing everywhere lately as if he needed another reminder of just how shitty he felt. It was on the loudspeakers in the supermarket, the pharmacy, even the goddamn bank. He couldn’t help but feel as if the universe was playing a very cruel joke on him. Yes, last Christmas he had given his heart to Nancy Wheeler and this year she had given hers to Jonathan Byers. He had told her it was fine, that he understood. He told her that he would always be there for her no matter what and he wanted to mean what he said, but even when he said it he knew it wasn’t genuine.    It wasn’t genuine because for every part of him that promised to care for and support her even if she wasn’t his, there was an equal part of him that wanted so desperately for her to call him and say that she needed him, for her to appear outside his front door and to take her in his arms and for them to be a couple again. Lately, all he could think about was her, how her eyes always looked so warm and inviting, how tempting her lips were even when she wasn’t trying. He thought about how her ponytail swung as she walked and he thought about that day back in June on Lover’s Lake and how the light had danced off her skin. She was strong and fierce but at the same time so delicate that he often worried if he would break her. His friends had teased that he would break her heart and leave her behind once those college girls started calling, but in the end, she was the one who broke his.Steve drove home with the radio off trying hard to avoid that horrible song. When he pulled into the empty driveway there was a pile of bikes stacked by the front door. It was moments like these that he regretted giving Dustin a spare key, moments when he wanted nothing more than to curl up on his couch and be alone. The spare key had been for emergencies only but Dustin’s definition of emergencies included when his mom went on another crash diet and there was no more junk food in the house and so on. Steve walked in and for a moment heard nothing but a blissful peace before and ungodly screech erupted from the living room. Steve dropped the grocery bags and bolted for the room on the other side of the house. His mind was racing, was that thing back? How did it get here? Where were the kids? Where were the kids? His heart pounded as he rounded the corner, feet planted as he readied himself to start swinging but instead of a monster was met with a group of surprised preteens sitting on the floor and a Dungeons and Dragons board spread out in front of them. “Hey, Steve,” Dustin called without looking over his shoulder, the dice rattling in his fist. Steve looked around the room and the usual group was there Dustin, Mike, Will, Lucas, Max, and El although he was surprised to see Jim’s daughter since her father was extremely careful about letting her out of the house, Steve wondered for a moment exactly how much shit he would be in if she had snuck out. “What are you guys doing here?” Steve tried to sound intimidating but he had lost that quality of himself once the kids found out if they pushed hard enough Steve would let them do almost anything. “We had a campaign planned out but Lucas’ parents won’t let him have people over when they aren’t home, Hopper won’t let us over without supervision, Will’s house is way to far from all of us, Max’s brother is the only one at her place and he’s a psycho, Dustin’s mom didn’t have any good food and Nancy was in a mood so we came here,” Mike, who had been the creator of the screech as part of the game, said as he scribbled something down on a piece of paper. “Nancy?” Steve asked trying to sound casual but her name caught in his throat and he tried to cover for it with a cough. “Real smooth,” Dustin murmured under his breath.“She isn’t breaking up with Johnathan if that’s what you’re thinking,” Will chirped from his spot on the outer edge of the group. Steve murmured something about getting a drink and busied himself trying to fix the chair in the dining room that had a loose leg. After about an hour of slaying dragons and pillaging villages, Steve could hear the kids gathering their things and heading towards the door. A few called out a ‘thank-you’ and Dustin put in his request for more Pepsi. He called out to them to ride safely and to look both ways before crossing as he always did when he heard a creak in the floorboards. Steve looked up and saw Will standing in the doorway, half hiding his body behind the wall.“Uh, Steve,” he called out nervously. “What’s up, buddy?” Steve asked still fully invested in the chair leg. “I was wondering, how do you deal with it?” Will’s voice quivered and this was what ultimately caught Steve’s attention. “Deal with what?” Will entered the dining room but remained close to the wall keeping a good six feet between himself and Steve. “How do you get over the person you love being with someone else?” Steve stared at Will for a moment trying to wrap his head around the question, “You’re asking the wrong guy, kid.” There was a moment of silence between them before Will spoke again, “Do you still love her?”

“Do you still love them?” Will sighed and nodded and turned to leave before Steve spoke again, “Hey, wait a second,” he took a deep breath before continuing, “Look, some days are just really gonna suck, you know? Like everything you see reminds you of them and you just want to crawl out of your skin and sink into the ground. There’s gonna be days were you feel like you have a hole in your heart and you can’t even get out of bed because the pain is so real and raw,” Steve took a long pause before continuing thinking about his own heart and how it hadn’t felt quite right in a really long time, “But eventually that pain goes away and it won’t hurt anymore. It hurts for a really, really long time, but not forever. You just gotta wait.” Will was solemn for a moment before asking, “Does it still hurt?”Steve frowned and biting his lip responded, “Yeah, but someday it won’t. I just have to wait for someday.”  Will took a deep breath and nodded, “Thanks, man.” Steve just gave a weak smile in return before walking the younger boy to the door, “Be careful, okay? It’s gonna get dark soon and cars won’t see you on the streets, understand?”“Understood,” Will called out as he hurried down the stairs towards his bike. Steve watched carefully as Will rode down the street before turning and disappearing from view. Steve sighed and thought to himself, ‘Yeah, someday.’

[hmspogue]

Stranger Things Season 2 trailer shot by shot run down

I do not claim or own any of these screenshots all rights to Netflix

aw look at my children doing normal children things can’t wait to see how long that’s going to last 

so, the way that Dungeons and Dragons was sort of the running analogy last season, my guess is that this game is going to be the overlying symbolism for this season.

my boys all back together and happy again can’t wait to see how long that’ll last :’)

so if this is the analogy I’m guessing the “sword” is going to be the key to slaying the monster

again, the dragon probably = the monster

and if so, the fact that Dustin seemingly LOST this game sort of worries me...

case in point

this trailer took approximately 15 seconds to get me to say “oh no”

AS I WAS SAYING (okay so obviously from what we left off on last season and the trailers/ teaser we’ve gotten. we now know this season is going to deal with the aftermath of the Upside Down for Will as well as the entire community as rifts have been opened to other worlds)

so i’m assuming Will’s main arc this season is going to be his struggle with being split between two worlds, and though I understand why they did it I wish we could see more of Will apart from that but oh well)

me too buddy, me too.

and thus, we have our big bad for the season *rubs hands together*

mike he is obviously not okay but thanks for being concerned

correct me if i’m wrong but is that Jonathan’s car? why is he leaving?

sooooo why isn’t Will at school?

stancy break up/ tension possibly? nothing good ever really comes from their meeting in this ally

aw...is this why he wasn’t in school? Joyce obviously knows something is up. (side note: is that Hopper behind them?)

oh come on-

these SOBs again?

so i guess maybe the Upside Down;s bleeding over to our world effect crops too???????

Hopper and Joyce as parents yes please (also Will is not okay)

“I felt it everywhere” wtf is that supposed to mean that’s terrifying

please just let the Byers family live someone give them a break

why do they look so suspect? who are they looking at?

honestly I’m loving the Halloween time theme I can’t wait for the aesthetics they’re going to be implementing

my connection/ insider I have previously hinted to me about a Steve/ kids dynamic that was going to be happening this season, but I’m actually very interested to see where this goes and the relationships that’ll come out of it

again with the aesthetics !!! yes !!! please!!! and !!! thank !!! you !!!

when the scientists are worried, it’s really time to get worried

uuuhhhhh yikes? blood is never a good sign?

ESPECIALLY AROUND DUSTIN NO DO NOT WANT THIS TRAILER IS MAKING ME REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SAFETY AS A CHARACTER

ah yes all is probably not well at the Wheeler household 

of course my dork sons all go trick or treating in matching Ghost Busters costumes I love them

it looks like he’s tracking something. buuuuut what?

HOP!! I MISSED YOU AND YOUR PERPETUALLY CONFUSED EYEBROWS

oooohhhhhh these boys look like they’re crushing on the new giiirrrllll 👀 (mainly Lucas and Dustin? maybe Will I can’t tell) (except for Mike because they really are doing everything they can to bury me in Mileven feels)

I can literally feel her angst radiating off the screen and I have a feeling I’m going to stan her unless the writers use her as a devise to cause tension or rivalry among the boys in which case someone is going to die

“Sometimes I feel like I can still see her” WHY DO THE WRITERS FEEL THE NEED TO HURT ME LIKE THIS GAH I MISS MILEVEN HE EVEN KEPT HER BLANKET FORT UP  (because also it’s important to note that this is the same shirt from the screenshot of them watching the girl walk in. so if Mike goes home and realizes he still misses I’m going to choke)

can’t wait for this to most likely just be a cat jump scare

they’re building something don’t ask me what

if I had to guess I would say some sort of device that picks up on signals from the Upside Down maybe? like some sort of crystal radio?

but why does Mike kind of look like hes going to smash it with the speaker?

new girl seems to be working with them/ part of the group now. but the box opened? idk this part is confusing

-EDIT/ UPDATE THANKS TO @disneyprincesskatherine apparently this is a reference to Ghostbusters! the box is similar to a device they use in the movies to catch ghost (i’m uncultured I’m so sorry). she also speculates this is the capture of the sort of “pet” Dustin gets that Gaten talked about (could also be why there is blood on Dustin’s chair)

okay but where is #4? they’re still in their Halloween costumes so we can assume it’s either the day of or the morning after, though on what looked to be Halloween night in one of the previous screencaps, all 4 were present soooo

more evidence of the world meshing

YOU BEST BELIEVE I SCREAMED OUT LOUD I MISSED THEM (they both looks so good I‘m loving the haircuts) (and is this them breaking into the lab?)

even though this is a gross slimy portal to another dimension, i’m still digging the aesthetics

Will is not okay part 87450507

this is either a drawing of a map of the Upside Down or all connecting tree roots. either way wtf Will?

This time on: OTPs With Unreal Height Differences 

it kind of looks like the same “tree roots” on the ground as there were at the gas station shot so yeah, I think Will was drawing a giant root system

🎶 you’re my daaad, you’re my dad, boogie woogie woogie 🎶

DREAM TEAM (Mike, Nancy, Jonathan, Joyce) (also can we laugh at the fact that Mike is armed with a candle holder while he stands next to his sister literally holding a shot gun)

Hop digging my grave for when I finish the season

*cues classic 80′s teen movie party montage*

my girl wildin out (and Steve’s there too I guess)

TELL ME WHO HURT YOU (this is a different outfit from the party though, so it’s not the same scene)

a new weapon? perhaps the “sword”?

!!!!!!

OH GOD TELL ME HOP IS OKAY

everyone in this trailer looks as shook as I feel watching it

Will Is Not Okay: The Saga Continues

same shirt so most likely what he’s experiencing on the other side. I’m almost certain he’s going to play a big role in Eleven being able to come back to the other side

Journey To The Center of the Earth (2008)

well well well, Samwise Gamgee, what’s poppin’

why does Steve have Jonathan’s bat?

as far as I can tell this treck into the Upside Down consists of Mike, Dustin, Joyce, and I can’t tell who the others are 

“ABORT ABORT!!!” (this is a different scene from the one above so I wonder what this is in reference to)

another shot of Will being scared out of his mind, this kid doesn’t ever get a break (though the background looks almost like the lab as opposed to the upside down. I could be wrong)

...well that’s concerning (kind of looks like that giant monster is chasing him)

“If you’re out there, please just give me a sign”

so this looks to be back in the Upside Down equivalent to the classroom where Eleven defeated the Demegorgan. and based on the look on her face and the previous shot above, it seems she JUST woke up

YES MY BADASS CHILD I NEVER DOUBTED YOU FOR A SECOND

yES HER RETURN IS ABOUT TO BE ICONIC

YALL MIND IF I WILD OUT OVER THESE AESTHETICS AGAIN

I’m so freaking happy for her return to Mike us

Lord almighty this season looks amazing.

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Kendra G Spreads Out On Her Knees In Tiny String Bikini, “Slaying”

Kendra G on EMPIRE, photo: Chuck Hodes/FOX

In the Empire episode ‘Come Undone’, while Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) continues to keep her secret from her sisters and Giselle (Nicole Ari Parker) struggles with keeping her family secret from Julian (Robert Ri’chard). Meanwhile, Maya (Rhyon Nicole Brown) sets her sights on her own recording deal and Andre’s (Trai Byers) actions put Quincy (Skylan Brooks) in a very bad situation.

Chicago radio host Kendra G guest stars as herself. [Related: ‘Empire’ Star Rhyon Nicole Brown Sizzles In Strapless Bikini Pics]

When not on the radio, Kendra is flaunting her curves in string bikinis. She captioned the stringy bikini pic above: “I need a pool and a frozen peach margarita ASAP!” She says she misses her blond hair too!

Below Kendra takes a power position and spreads out on her knees on the sand, looking ready for anything. As one fan writes: “Always slaying

.” Another fan writes: “Your body is sick.” (In a good, you-amaze-me way.)

She titled the white hot string bikini pic below: “thick.”

Empire airs Tuesdays at 9 pm on FOX, right after the medical drama The Resident at 8 pm. [Watch on Your Phone:FOX NOW: Live & On Demand app here. FREE Download.]

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COSMIC - S2:E1; Chapter One, MADMAX - [Pt. 2]

A Will Byers x Gender Neutral!Reader Series

As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade. Will begins seeing strange visions as the anniversary of his disappearance creeps up.

||𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕||

"To slay the dragon, use the magic sword."

"Oh, Jesus! I'm in uncharted territory here, guys."

"Down! Down! Down!"

"I'm going! I'm going!"

The cartoon woman on the screen exclaimed as the game picked up speed. All of us surrounded Dustin, cheering him on as he played.

"I'm going! I'm going! I'm going!"

The boys yelled over one another as I stood on my toes to try and get a better look at the screen.

"Okay. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up!" Dustin bellowed as he slammed his hands on the buttons, but then the disappointing sounds from the machine indicated he had lost.

Dustin began taking out his anger on the machine, kicking as he screamed profusely at it.

Meanwhile, the screen returned to the original title screen, inviting its next player. Lucas began to goad at Dustin.

"You're not nimble enough. But you'll get there one day. But until then, Princess Daphne is still mine."

"Whatever. I'm still tops on Centipede and Dig Dug."

"You sure about that?"

We all turned our heads to see one of the younger employees, Keith. He was standing there with a bag of cheese puffs and an awkward smirk.

Dustin's face dropped as he asked the question we all seemed to know the answer to.

"Sure about what?"

Keith only smiled and took a large, rather obnoxious bite out of a cheese puff.

Dustin broke out into a panicked sprint and we all quickly followed suit, curious to see the outcome.

"Move! Move! No, no, no, no, no. Hey, no! No! No!"

We all zeroed in on the Dig Dug screen where sure enough, Dustin held second place to someone named MADMAX who held an insanely good score.

"751,300 points!" Will exclaimed, turning and sharing a disbelieving look with one another.

It was then that Mike chimed in. "That's impossible."

"Wow, you really have your work cut out for you," I said, with a hint of a smile on my face as I patted my brother's back.

He only ripped his shoulder away from me, clearly annoyed and turned to Keith.

"Who is Mad Max?"

"Better than you."

"Is it you?" Will asked.

Keith scoffed. "You know I despise Dig Dug."

"Then who is it?"

"Yeah, spill it, Keith."

"You want information, then I need something in return," he smirked and looked at Mike.

It took me a second to realize what was being implied. When it hit me, I fought the urge to throw up in my mouth.

"Gross!"

"No, no, no. No way. You're not getting a date with her," Mike says.

"Mike, come on. Just get him the date."

"I'm not prostituting my sister!"

"But it's for a good cause."

"It's barbaric! Older than you or not, you wouldn't pimp Erica out!" I wager, thinking I had him cornered. I should have known better.

"Well, I mean," he trails off, pretending to think about it. I can recognize when he's being sarcastic, but I still shoot him a deadly glare on the girl's behalf.

"Lucas!" I warn. An edge is creeping up in my voice and I feel Will's hand grab my own.

I give his hand a light squeeze, silently thanking him and my attention was brought back to the conversation when Dustin spoke up.

"No, don't get him the date. Know what? He's gonna spread his nasty-ass rash to your whole family." Thrown off by the sudden direction that conversation headed, I sighed, releasing Will's hand and running both hands down my face in exasperation.

"Acne isn't a rash and it isn't contagious you pubescent wastoid." Keith threw back.

"Oh, I'm a wastoid? She wouldn't go out on a date with you. You make, like, what? $2.50 an hour?"

"Nice perm."

"Gonna make fun of my hair?"

I sighed, knowing we were gonna be here a while.

Suddenly, a voice caught my attention.

"Hey. Hey, guys, do you see the..." I frowned when I saw Will was standing over by the front door, looking around the arcade curiously.

"Yeah?" I asked walking forward.

But he only looked right through me. I could tell he was now on edge.

"Will?"

Suddenly, he let out a frightened gasp and whipped around to face the door. My stomach dropped.

"Will? Hey, come on." My breathing began to pick up, I risked a glance at the boys but they were too distracted in their argument and it was far too loud. That's when Will began to walk outside. Not wanting to lose him or let him get hurt I quickly followed him.

"Will, hey, it's me, come on." He stopped when he reached the edge of the sidewalk and he stood still, rooted in place. He looked to the sky in terror. I looked over my shoulder only to see nothing but the stars, and I looked back to him. He was still frozen.

I shakily brought my hands up to his shoulders. "Will!"

He gasped and I could tell he was back. Without even thinking, I engulfed him in a hug, and he shakily returned it. I pulled back to look at him and I touched his cheek. "Are you okay?"

His eyes lingered on me and he nodded his head. I was now very aware of the fact that my hand was still on his cheek and I quickly pulled away, a little flustered. There was a moment of silence and then I looked back up at him, knowing on some level what it was about.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He looked away for a moment, before shaking his head.

"I'm fine. I'd rather not, at least not right now."

I smiled reassuringly. "That's completely okay. I get it." I glanced down at his hand before taking it in my own and together we headed back into the arcade.

⊹ ⊹ ⊹

"That's what I've been saying! I'm telling you, she may be a teacher, but that doesn't give her any right to treat kids like that!"

"Yes, exactly! Thank you!" My friend laughed, the both us rolling our eyes in shared frustration. Suddenly she turned to me as we approached our lockers. "Hey so do you have any plans for Halloween?"

Emma was a great friend I had made in the dirty trenches of math class where a solid bond was formed. The two of us were currently walking down the hallway, discussing the horrors that were last class.

"I do actually, yeah, me and the guys are going together. They're gonna be the Ghostbusters and I..." I trailed off when I saw Will up ahead.

He was standing at his locker, looking around rather disturbed with something in his hands.

Hesitating to take my eyes off of him I reluctantly looked to Emma. "Hey, can we talk later? I'm sorry, it's just, I think I need to check on him,"

"Oh yeah, no problem. I'll see you later!"

I threw her a grateful smile as she walked away and then I hurried over to Will.

"Will! Hey, everything okay?"

His head whipped around to face me and he seemed a bit startled to see me. I gently put a hand on his shoulder in reassurance and that seemed to calm his nerves.

"Oh, um, yeah I'm okay." He quickly folded up a small piece of paper that didn't go unnoticed.

"You sure?" He nodded his head and smiled warmly at me causing my stomach to do little flips.

"So, what's that?"

"It's nothing," he said and I raised my eyebrows, not quite believing him. "really. I'm okay."

"Okay, well in that case, should we head to science?" I smiled and held out my hand shyly and he gladly took it.

⊹ ⊹ ⊹

"Meet the human brain," Mr. Clarke said, placing the model before us.

"I know. I know, it doesn't look like much. A little gross even, right? But consider this. There are a hundred billion cells inside of this miracle of evolution. All working as one,"

I was hanging onto every word, fascinated much like my other friends. I looked to Will excitedly but he didn't even seem to be paying attention. Something was definitely bothering him. My face fell when I saw this, unintentionally tuning out Mr. Clarke in the process.

I turned to the boy and was about to say something when the abrupt sound of the classroom door closing grabbed my attention. Everyone seemed to look to the front when the principal walked in with a girl our age.

She had fiery red hair and freckles all over her face. She wore jeans and a red sweatshirt. I felt kinda bad for her though, she seemed uncomfortable being the center of attention that Mr. Clarke inevitably put her under the spotlight.

"Ah, this must be our new student."

"Indeed it is. All yours" with that, the principal left, leaving the awkward introduction of the new student.

She attempted to rush to find a seat but Mr. Clarke stopped her. "All right. Hold up. You don't away that easy. Come on up. Don't be shy."

She didn't attempt to hide her eye roll as she backed up to face the class.

"Dustin, drum roll."

Without skipping a beat, my brother began drumming his palms on his desk and Mr. Clarke began the introduction.

"Class, please welcome, all the way from sunny California, the latest passenger to join us on our curiosity voyage, Maxine!"

The girl shifted uncomfortably before mumbling. "It's Max."

"Sorry?" He asked.

"Nobody calls me Maxine. It's Max." We all looked to each other, thinking the same thing.

"Mad Max," Lucas whispered.

"Well, all aboard Max."

I couldn't fight the smile growing on my face and like the boys, we all couldn't help but watch as she took a seat at the back of the class.

She leaned back and crossed her arms, obviously still uncomfortable from the sudden spotlight. She frowned when she saw all the guys staring at her and turned to Dustin and Lucas and a loose chuckled escaped me. They were practically drooling.

I looked to her once more and she met my eye. Before turning back to the front, I made sure to send her a small welcoming smile, not wanting to make her more uncomfortable than she already was.

⊹ ⊹ ⊹

We all stood in the small baseball dugout, watching - well the rest of the Party was, anyway - Max. She was riding her skateboard all around campus and we were debating whether or not she could be Mad Max. I had settled on the bench in the dugout, not feeling comfortable to be standing around watching someone.

"There's no way that's Mad Max," Mike stated matter of factly.

"Yeah, girls don't play video games," Will said, catching me by surprise.

I crossed my arms and looked at him. "That's just not true,"

He seemed to notice his mistake and shuffled uncomfortably. I only raised my eyebrows.

"I'm sorry, you know what I mean though, right?" I laughed, having already brushed it off but enjoying being able to mess with him.

Dustin brought his fist up to his mouth and spoke through pretend coughs. "Whipped."

Will turned to him and whacked his arm and I only giggled.

"Ok, but seriously, regardless you can't get 750,000 on Dig Dug. It's impossible," Mike said, still focused on the conversation.

"But her name is Max," Lucas argued.

"So what?"

"So, how many Maxes do you know?"

"I don't know."

"Zero, that's how many,"

Dustin the spoke up. "Yeah, and she shows up to school the day after someone with her name beat our top score,"

"Here's a crazy idea, why don't you ask her?" I chimed, looking up at the boys.

"No, no way! She'll be weirded out,"

"Oh, and stalking the poor girl is doing everybody so many favors,"

"My point is, I don't even think it's necessary. She's gotta be Mad Max, she's gotta be,"

"Plus, she skateboards, so she's pretty awesome," Dustin argued, much to the dismay of Mike.

"Awesome? You haven't even spoken a word to her!"

"I don't have to, I mean look at her. Shit, I've lost the target."

"There," Will said, and we all followed his gaze to the back entrance of the school.

She stood at the top of the steps, and before going inside she dropped a crumpled up piece of paper into the trash.

The boys looked to each other, silently communicating before simultaneously running towards the trash can much to my dismay.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," I mumble, begrudgingly walking after them.

Sure enough, they began digging through the trash can and by the time I reached them they grabbed the piece of paper.

"Seriously, guys this is a new low," I snatched the piece of paper from them. "It's just garbage,"

"Well, if it's just garbage, then open it," Lucas retorted.

I sighed, looking them in the eye while unfolding it. "Fine, but only to show how ridiculous you are being, I mean really-" I stopped short when I read the words, a loud belly laugh erupting from me.

"What? Let me see!"

"What?"

"Give it!"

My laughter died into chuckles as I watched their faces fall when they read the words after ripping the paper out of my hands, fighting over it with one another.

"Stop spying on me CREEPS!"

They sighed and looked up at me as I stifled my giggles with a hand against my mouth. My hand dropped my side and I sighed, before smirking.

"I like her."

"Well, shit," Dustin sighs.

I feel a pit forming in my stomach when I hear the principle speak. "William Byers, your mother's here," we all turned to face him, and I could immediately feel the anxiety radiating off of him.

I grabbed his hand in mine and I gave it a reassuring squeeze and he squeezed my hand lightly in return as he looked at me.

He was doing it again. He was shutting himself down.

He gave me a weak smile and without another word, he followed the teacher into the school to get his stuff.

Without even a second thought I walked quickly around the building and the others followed. I peeked around the corner and watched as he walked slowly to the car where his mother was waiting for him greeting him with a smile and a wave.

"you guys think he's okay?" Dustin asked.

"He's always weird when he has to go in,"

"I don't know. He's quiet today," Mike said worriedly.

"He hasn't been himself lately. I ran into him in the hallway and he was acting all weird and secretive." I said.

"Well, you two are basically dating. Has he shared anything with you lately? I mean he tells you everything,"

My face fell and I looked to my feet in sadness before looking back up and watching as he reluctantly got in the car. "That's just it. He hasn't said a word. I think something is really bothering him," I bite my lip and look to my friends, finally tearing my eyes away from the retreating car for only a split second.

"and, for the first time, I feel like," I sighed. "I can't help him."

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S.T. REWRITE - S2:E1; Chapter One, MADMAX - [Pt. 2]

A Will Byers x Reader Series

As the town preps for Halloween, a high-scoring rival shakes things up at the arcade. Will begins seeing strange visions as the anniversary of his disappearance creeps up.

||Reader's POV||

"To slay the dragon, use the magic sword."

"Oh, Jesus! I'm in uncharted territory here, guys."

"Down! Down! Down!"

"I'm going! I'm going!"

The cartoon woman on the screen exclaimed as the game picked up speed. All of surrounded Dustin, cheering him on as he played.

"I'm going! I'm going! I'm going!"

The boys yelled over one another as I stood on my toes to try and get a better look at the screen.

"Okay. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up!" Dustin bellowed as he slammed his hands on the buttons, but then the disappointing sounds from the machine indicated he had lost.

Dustin began taking out his anger on the machine, kicking as he screamed profusely at it.

Meanwhile, the screen returned to the original title screen, inviting its next player. Lucas began to goat at Dustin.

"You're not nimble enough. But you'll get there one day. But until then, Princess Daphne is still mine."

"Whatever. I'm still top on Centipede and Dig Dug."

"You sure about that?"

We all turned our heads to see one of the younger employees, Keith. He was standing there with a bag of cheese puffs and an awkward smirk.

Dustin's face dropped as he asked the question we all seemed to know the answer to.

"Sure about what?"

Keith only smiled and took a large rather obnoxious bite out of a cheese puff.

Dustin broke out into a panicked sprint and we all quickly followed suit, curious to see the outcome.

"Move! Move! No, no, no, no, no. Hey, no! No! No!"

We all zeroed in on the Dig Dug screen where sure enough, Dustin held second place to someone named MADMAX who held an insanely good score.

"751,300 points!" Will exclaimed, turning and sharing a disbelieving look with one another.

It was then that Mike chimed in. "That's impossible."

"Wow, you really have your work cut out for you." I said, with a hint of a smile on my face as I patted my brother's back.

He only ripped his shoulder away from me, clearly annoyed and turned to Keith.

"Who is Mad Max?"

"Better than you."

"Is it you?" Will asked.

Keith scoffed. "You know I despise Dig Dug."

"Then who is it?"

"Yeah, spill it Keith."

"You want information, then I need something in return," he smirked and looked at Mike.

It took me a second to realize what was being implied. When it hit me, I fought the urge to through up in my mouth.

"Gross!"

"No, no, no. No way. You're not getting a date with her"

"Mike, come on. Just get him the date."

"I'm not prostituting my sister!"

"But it's for a good cause."

"Oh, so what? Does this mean you're gonna have Dustin pimp me out whenever you need a favor?"

"Well, I mean,"

"Lucas!" My voice starts to reach higher octaves and I feel Will's hand grab my own.

I give his hand a light squeeze, silently thanking him and my attention was brought back to the conversation when Dustin spoke up.

"No, don't get him the date. Know what? He's gonna spread his nasty-ass rash to your whole family." Thrown off by the sudden direction that conversation headed, I sighed, releasing Will's hand and running both hands through my hair.

"Acne isn't a rash and it isn't contagious you pubescent wastoid." Keith threw back.

"Oh, I'm a wastoid? She wouldn't go out on a date with you. You make, like, what? $2.50 an hour?"

"Nice perm."

"Gonna make fun of my hair?"

I sighed, knowing we were gonna be here a while.

Suddenly, a voice caught my attention.

"Hey. Hey, guys, do you see the..." I frowned when I saw he was standing over by the front door, looking around the arcade curiously.

"Yeah?" I asked walking forward.

But he only looked right through me. I could tell he was now on edge.

"Will?"

Suddenly, he let out a frightened gasp and whipped around to face the door. My stomach dropped.

"Will? Hey, come on." My breathing began to pick up, I risked a glance at the boys but they were too distracted in their argument and it was far too loud. 

That's when Will began to walk outside. Not wanting to lose him or let him get hurt I quickly followed him.

"Will, hey, it's me, come on." He stopped when he reached the edge of the sidewalk and he stood still, rooted in place. He looked to the sky in terror. I looked over my shoulder only to see nothing but the stars, and I looked back to him. He was still frozen.

I shakily brought my hands up to his shoulders. "Will!"

He gasped and I could tell he was back. Without even thinking, I engulfed him in a hug, and he shakily returned it. I pulled back to look at him and I touched his cheek. "Are you okay?"

His eyes lingered on me and he nodded his head. I was now very aware of the fact that my hand was still on his cheek and I quickly pulled away, a little flustered. There was a moment of silence and then I looked back up at him, knowing on some level what it was about.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He looked away for a moment, before shaking his head.

"I'm fine. I'd rather not, at least not right now."

I smiled reassuringly. "That's completely okay. I get it." I glanced down at his hand before taking it in my own and together we headed back into the arcade.

+++

"That's what's I've been saying! I'm telling you, she may be a teacher, but that doesn't give her any right to treat kids like that!"

"Yes, exactly! Thank you! Hey so do you Haney plans for Halloween?"

Emma was a great friend I had made in the dirty trenches of math class where a solid bond was formed. The two of us were currently walking down the hallway, discussing the horrors that was last class.

"I do actually, yeah me and the guys are going together.  They're gonna be the Ghostbusters and I..." I trailed off when I saw Will up ahead.

He was standing at his locker, looking around rather disturbed with something in his hands.

Hesitating to take my eyes off of him I reluctantly looked to Emma. "Hey, can we talk later? I'm sorry, it's just, I think I need to check on him,"

"Oh yeah, no problem. I'll see you later!"

I threw her a grateful smile as she walked away and then I hurried over to Will.

"Will! Hey, everything okay?"

His head whipped around to face me and he seemed a bit startled to see me. I gently put a hand on his shoulder in reassurance and that seemed to calm his nerves.

"Oh, um, yeah I'm okay." He quickly folded up a small piece of paper that didn't go unnoticed.

"You sure?" He nodded his head and smiled warmly at me causing my stomach to do little flips.

"So, what's that?"

"It's nothing," he said and I raised my eyebrows, not quite believing him. "really. 

I'm okay."

"Okay, well in that case, should we head to science?" I smiled and held ou.t my hand shyly and he gladly took it.

+++

"Meet the human brain," Mr. Clarke said, placing the model before us.

"I know. I know, it doesn't look like much.  A little gross even, right? But consider this. There are a hundred billion cells inside of this miracle of evolution.  All working as one,"

I was hanging onto every word, fascinated much like my other friends. I looked to Will excitedly but he didn't even seem to be paying attention. Something was definitely bothering him. My face fell when I saw this, unintentionally tuning oh Mr. Clarke as well in the process.

I turned the boy and was about to say something when the abrupt sound of the classroom door closing grabbed my attention. Everyone seemed to look to the front when the principles walked in with a girl our age.

She had fiery red hair and freckles all over her face. She wore jeans and a red sweatshirt. I felt kinda bad for her though, she seemed uncomfortable being the center of attention which Mr. Clarke inevitably put her under the spotlight.

"Ah, this must be our new student."

"Indeed it is.  All yours" with that, the principal left, leaving the awkward introduction of the new student.

She attempted to rush to find seat but Mr. Clarke stopped her. "All right. Hold up. You don't away that easy. Come on up. Don't be shy."

She didn't attempt to hide her eye roll as she backed up to face the class.

"Dustin, drum roll."

Without skipping a beat, my brother began drumming his palms on his desk and 

Mr. Clarke began the introduction.

"Class, please welcome, all the way from sunny California, the latest passenger to join us on our curiosity voyage, Maxine."

The girl shifted uncomfortably before mumbling. "It's Max."

"Sorry?" He asked.

"Nobody calls me Maxine. It's Max." We all looked to each other, thinking the same thing.

"Mad Max." Lucas whispered.

"Well, all aboard Max."

I couldn't fight the smile growing on my face and like the boys, we all couldn't help but watch as she took a seat at the back of the class.

She leaned back and crossed her arms, obviously still uncomfortable from the sudden spotlight. She frowned when she saw all the guys staring at her and turned to Dustin and Lucas and a loose chuckled escaped me. They were practically drooling.

I looked to her once more and she met eye. I made sure send her a small welcoming smile, not wanting to make her more uncomfortable than she already was.

+++

We all stood in the small baseball dugout, watching, well the boys were anyway, Max. She was riding her skateboard all around the campus and we were debating whether or not she could be Mad Max. I had settled on the bench in the dugout, not feeling comfortable to be standing around watching someone.

"There's no way that's Mad Max," Mike stated matter of factly.

"Yeah, girls don't play video games," Will said, catching me by surprise.

I crossed my arms and looked at him. "What's that?"

He seemed to notice his mistake and shuffled uncomfortably.  "Except you, I mean. You're cool," I only raised my eyebrows.

"I'm sorry, you know what I mean though, right?" I laughed, having already forgiven him, but enjoying being able to mess with him.

Dustin brought his fist up to his mouth and spoke through pretend coughs. 

"Whipped."

Will turned to him and whacked his arm and I only giggled.

"Ok, but seriously, regardless you can't get 750,000 on Dig Dug. It's Max impossible," Mike said, still focused on the conversation.

"But her name is Max," Lucas argued.

"So what?"

"So, how many Maxes do you know?"

"I don't know."

"Zero, that's how many,"

Dustin the spoke up. "Yeah, and she shows up to school the day after someone with her name beat our top score,"

"Here's a crazy idea, why don't you ask her?" I chimed, looking up at the boys.

"No, no way! She'll be weirded out,"

"Oh, and stalking the poor girl is doing you everybody so many favors,"

"My point is, I don't even think it's necessary. She gotta be Mad Max, she's gotta be,"

"Plus, she skateboards, so she's pretty awesome," Dustin argued, much to the dismay of Mike.

"Awesome? You haven't even spoken a word to her!"

"I don't have to, I mean look at her. Shit, I've lost the target."

"There," Will said, and we all followed his gaze to the back entrance of the school.

She stood at the top of the steps, and before going inside she dropped a crumpled up piece of paper into the trash.

The boys, looked to each other, silently communicating before simultaneously running towards the trash can much to my dismay.

"Oh, you have got to be kidding me," I mumble, begrudgingly walking after them.

Sure enough, they began digging through the trash can and by the time I reached them they grabbed the piece of paper.

"Seriously, guys this is a new low," I snatched the piece of paper from them. "It's just garbage,"

"Well, if it's just garbage, then open it," Lucas retorted.

I sighed, looking them in the eye while unfolding it.  "Fine, but only to show how ridiculous you are being, I mean come-" I stopped short when I read the words, a loud belly laugh erupting from me.

"What? Let me see!"

"What?"

"Give it!"

Your laughter died into giggles as you watched their faces fall as they read the words,

"Stop spying on me CREEPS"

They sighed and looked up at me as I stifled my giggles with a hand against my mouth. My hand dropped my side and I sighed, before smirking.

"I like her."

"Well, shit," Dustin sighs.

I feel a pit forming in my stomach when I hear one of the teachers speak. "William Byers, your mother's here," we all turned to face him, and I could immediately feel the anxiety radiating off of him.

I grabbed his hand in mine and I gave it a reassuring squeeze and he squeezed my hand lightly in return as he looked at me.

He was doing it again. He was shutting himself down again.

He gave me a weak smile and without another word, he followed the teacher into the school to get his stuff.

Without even a second thought I walked quickly around the building and the others followed. I peeked around the corner and watched as he walked slowly to the car where his mother was waiting for him greeting him with a smile and a wave.

"You guys think he's okay?" Dustin asked.

"He's always weird when he has to go in,"

"I don't know. He's quiet today," Mike said worriedly.

"He hasn't been himself lately. I ran into him in the hallway and he was acting all weird and secretive."

"Well, you're basically his girlfriend. Has he shared anything with you lately, I mean he tells you everything,"

My face fell and I looked to my feet in sadness before looking back up and watching as he reluctantly got in the car. "That's just it. He hasn't said a word. I think something is really bothering him,"

"And, for the first time, I feel like," I sighed. "I can't help him."

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