☆ ⁞ captain dick.

     _{‘ get your head outta your ass, byers. you’re not SPECIAL because you’re different, alright?  you’re not better than anyone because you listen to shitty music or you think you’re so misunderstood.  people would LIKE you if you weren’t such an asshole. ’}

_{@byersbcy ♡’d for a starter}

^{❝ oh and YOU’RE so special ? you’re a walking CLICHE, man… and n o t the good kind. — since you’re being so TRUTHFUL, guess you should know you’re not exactly amazing. you’re like all the other JOCKS who care about nothing but girls they don’t deserve and their hair —  which is ridiculously poofy, by the way. ❞}

☆ ⁞ dustin.

‘  You  sure  talk  a lot  a’  science  !!  Boy ,  that’s  weird.  Always  thought  you’were  an  art  sorta  GUY.  I  mean ,  photography  n’  all.  ’

for byersbcy.  ♥’d.

                           ^{❝ I LOVE photography — but I think science is cool, too.
                                           you can like more than one subject, you know. ❞}

☆ ⁞ bella.

       _{❛ hey ——   i’m ..   really sorry about your brother.  i know you’re probably hearin’ that from a lot of people right now ..       i just.     i don’t mean to sound like a complete WEIRDO or anything like that, i ——-     i think he’s alive,  though.  and i don’t think he’s FAR.    and i …     i think he’s also in trouble. ❜}

_{@byersbcy liked for a starter.}

      ^{❝ no, it- it means a lot, thank you — ❞   a pause.  ❝ — you… you really think so ??
    HE’S GOTTA BE ALIVE, but what do you mean ?? Why do you think he’s in trouble ?? ❞}

☆ ⁞ simon.

      ^{❝   i’m really sorry about you brother.   i can’t even imagine what it’s like if my sister just…disappeared.   i’m doing everything i can to look for him though.   if that helps.    ❞   of course it   wouldn’t.   the only thing that would be able to help was if will just magically showed up and he won’t say it but the chances of his brother coming back are very slim if he was kidnapped.    ❝   &&  honestly my mom has been baking so much thinking it would help so i just brought by some cookies.    ❞} 

^{@byersbcy   ♥’d.  accepting.}

         ^{❝ — thanks… it does help. ❞  Jonathan could never not appreciate what everyone’s been doing for Will.   A few people said chances were slim, but he couldn’t lose hope.   That was his baby brother out there !!   He’d do anything to get him back.     ( of course, if he’d been there in the first place none of this would’ve happened )     A strained smile is passed to the other and he really does try not to look as sad as he is. ❝ I-I love cookies. Do you… want to come in ? It’s kind of a mess around here, though. ❞   The christmas lights take up plenty of space, but he does want to be polite. Maybe it’d be good to see someone besides his mom and Chief Hopper.}

╰ ♡ Myr.

_@byersbcy​

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_{👻 – jesus christ, jonathan byers! what is this goddamn animal? myrtle doesn’t flinch as the byers
       pet jumps up on the couch, sniffs at her hair and collapses in her lap. of course, she
       wants to say that but it comes out more like–}

_‘huh?’

        _{slowly, myr puts her hand on the fluffy thing’s head. it appears to be non-threatening. she
        looks up at her human friend, her big eyes scared.}

_{‘what’s it’s name?’}

                    ^{☆   ⁞   at the sudden rustling about, Jonathan leaves the kitchen ( where he’d been previously washing the last of the dishes ) only to see the family dog attacking Myrtle with nothing but affection. he steps further into the living room, watching the two with amusement before he plops himself down on the couch beside Myr. ❝ — he doesn’t have one, actually. ❞ his smile softens as he reaches over Myr, starting to scratch behind fluffy ears. ❝ he’s a stray - or WAS, I guess. he just showed up one night and Will made us feed him and he kept coming around. Will calls him boy… I don’t know if that counts as a name or not, though.❞}

☆ ⁞ Dustin.

Dustin rolled his eyes a bit at the i n t e r r u p  t i o n , but didn’t move his eyes from the other chair . Come on , COME ON ! After another minute , the kid going r e d in the face , he let the air go from his lungs , slumping in DISAPPOINTMENT as the lawn chair stayed e x a c t l y where he had set it down . 

                   ‘ N O T H I N ’ , ’

It wasn’t the w o r s t  t h i n g , he guessed - not having SUPERPOWERS . He could still pop his shoulder and e a t like no tomorrow . But …

                  ‘ It just would’a been COOL . Y’know -
                                      to move things with my m i n d . ’

^{Jonathan hums softly, giving a nod of agreement.       ❛ — yeah, totally, but I bet if you just keep trying something will happen. ❜ he sees no reasons in ruining Dustin’s fun. If El can do it without so much as a blink, why shouldn’t Dustin be able to ? …Okay, he knows why, but that’s not the point. He always used to humor Will when he was younger            ( except that one time Will thought he could fly, oh no, Jonathan shut that down quick ) and this seems harmless enough.}

╰ ♡ Nancy !!

                                        ‘ are you trying to start something with me , byers ? how about – if you admit i’m right , which we’ve discussed that i am ninety - nine percent of the time , i’ll treat you to romancing the stone this weekend . ’ she probably would anyway , because she feels wrong dragging him along to a movie that is clearly more her style . but she won’t admit it .

                    ^{❛ hmm, tell you the TRUTH, or get a free movie… — ❜ he looks off to the side, lips pursed as if he’s actually trying to think of what to say. he’s obviously teasing, Jonathan’s sure Nancy really is right all the time. she’s just smart like that, he thinks. ❛ — okay okay, you’re right all the time, Nance !! you got me. ❜}

☆ ⁞ harry.

Harry smiled, he chuckled at the confession made by Jonathan. He didn’t seem like the CREEP everyone made him out to be. Harry must have a soft spot for the misunderstood photography nerds. 

“Listen, New Kids On The Block isn’t bad.” Harry put his hands in his pockets and looked around, studying the neon lights the state fair shone. 

“Is it always this empty? There must be some shitty rides.”

^{Jonathan’s smile softens and his eyes crinkle around the edges, happy that he’s not going to be teased for liking a BOY BAND. If he were still in high school, he’d be laughed at for sure.} 

                                                         ^{❛ — neither is Boys II Men. ❜}

^{his voice is soft, calm, as he reaches up to push his hair out of his eyes. he takes a look around, just as Harry does, and he pulls his jacket tighter around himself. he loved the cooler weather they had, being hot was horrible, but sometimes it was just on too cold side.}

                    ^{❛ I think there’s a new movie playing at the cinema, maybe that’s why it’s slow. ❜}

@criedhard // ♡

                    ^{☆ ⁞     he stares at the piano keys from behind her as if they may spill all of her secrets for her, seeing how she may never do it. his throat feels tight, but he thinks it’s been this way since he realized Will was missing. even when he’s alone and has a little moment of weakness and allows himself to cry, that knot just doesn’t go away.} 

^{when her attention is momentarily on him, he instinctively tenses his shoulders, eyebrows knitting together at her words. he knows what people think about him ; knows they all want to tell him that it’s no use, that his brother isn’t coming back, but they can go to hell for all he cares.}

               ^{❝ I don’t care — he’s my brother I can’t just NOT look for him. I-I won’t give up. ❞}

^{it was starting to scare him how much he wouldn’t care if he died looking for Will, but he knew that getting him back was all he had. no one understood, but it was as if Will was his own.}

^{his eyes widen a bit when the other is suddenly standing up, insinuating that she will help him in so few words. it makes his stomach flip with excitement ; knowing the probabilities will be much higher if it’s more than only one person trying to look for him. and he knows his voice is ever so breathless when he replies.}

                               ^{❝ — r-really ? you’ll help me ? I don’t even… know what to say. ❞}

☆ ⁞ Amanda Prescott.

^@byersbcy.

      ^{❝  —- jonathan, may i borrow you for a minute ??  ❞   it is a special kind of   c r u e l t y,   adaline believes, for the teachers to even  TAKE ATTENDANCE  for the young man. as if he didn’t have enough to worry about.   ❝  i could use some help carrying some book boxes … i’ll write you a note.  ❞}

^{Jonathan didn’t expect this, how could he? He looks from her to the direction of his class, where all the hushed whispers about him come out to play, and decides he’d much rather help the librarian, no doubt about it. The longer he goes to school, the more he thinks no one genuinely cares about what he’s going through. He shouldn’t care ( he tells himself he doesn’t ) but it still scratches at the back of his mind late at night.}

                       ^{❝ uh — YEAH, of course, Ms. Prescott.  ❞}

^{He clears his throat, almost nervously,as he changes his course and walks over to the other. He gives the woman a small, close-lipped smile, and tucks his thumbs into his jean pockets.}

                                      ^{❝ Lead the way. ❞}