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"i wish i were..."

will woke up with a pounding headache and a tear-stained face.

"will, honey, you're going to be late...wait, honey are you okay?" joyce asked her son as she walked in his room.

will remembered yesterday and squeezed his eyes shut. "no."

"what's wrong? did something happen? are you sick?" joyce worried.

she walked over to her son and felt his head.

"you feel warm, will. does anything hurt?" joyce asked.

"m-my head and my..." will started.

my heart, will thought.

"...my stomach." he finished.

"okay, i want you to stay home and rest. hopper and i have to get to work and jonathan and el have school, but jonathan will be home early as always." joyce explained.

"okay." will held back his tears.

"i love you." joyce kissed his forehead and left the room.

when joyce left, will let the tears slip out. he kept re-living yesterday and felt so much guilt and regret.

"you stupid, idiot, you shouldn't have let him kiss you." will muttered to himself.

a million thoughts ran through his head about why he would do that and what his friends from home would say and how the hell was he going to tell his boyfriend.

he heard the front door close downstairs, signaling that everyone was gone and he was alone. will let out a small scream, thankful that no one was there to hear him.

"what do i do? what do i do?" he repeated.

maybe there wasn't anything he could do to help himself, but he knew that telling mike was going to be the hardest thing to do.

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