will centric headcanons if the byers hadn't moved to california
- first day of high school eddie sees mike, dustin and will (lucas dips saying he had a doubt in a class but really he wanted to sign up for the basketball team) and immediately pulls them to their table.
- surprisingly, will is the one who's most conversational. eddie is like jonathan but in gothic font. louder and bolder about not fitting in. he gets jonathan and so yes, he gets eddie too.
- when eddie tells them about hellfire, mike is the reluctant one. something about eddie makes him nervous. but dustin is almost going to pull out a model supported presentation of why they should join the club. it's actually will's well concealed excitement that makes him agree.
- when the club members tell them that eddie is the best dm ever, will unthinkingly says that for him mike is the best. mike stays claiming that the redness in his face is heat for the rest of the day.
- it's actually eddie that mike approaches for advice on el. he isn't sure he really wants anything more than friendship anymore, seeing as how a relationship had put more strain on their bond than anything else. eddie is the one who advices him to extend the 'break' and try being friends. both mike and el find it much more comfortable after that.
- max and will grow close since el and max are close. they bond over music and exchange mixtapes.
- will is the one who figures out that lucas is trying for basketball. he actually finds lucas borrowing books on exercises and that tips him off. that and the newly purchased basketball lucas thinks he's hiding very well in his backpack. he helps lucas tell the party and while mike an dustin are on the fence about it, will threatens to withhold character sheets if they didn't agree to be supportive. mike and dustin fold like wet tissue.
- eddie notices will doodling one time in the middle of planning a campaign he was co-dming with mike. he asks and before will can respond, mike goes off on a rant about how will makes these character sheets for them and how they're just amazing. after that, eddie asks will to design a logo for hellfire. that's the logo they get on the shirts. will almost tears up seeing his design be loved so much that even people uninterested in dnd ask for shirts.
- dustin drags steve and robin to hellfire one Friday when they'd both taken the day off. eddie spends the whole time entertaining them by driving steve up the wall.
- lucas finds himself unsure of whether anyone would turn up for his games. he's shocked to see the whole party, with el and max standing next to erica. he does leave the bench that game, just as a sub for a while, and he does score a point. the cheers from his friends ring around the gym.
- one day will comes in far more subdued than normal and mike is prickly and overprotective. dustin fills eddie in and tells him about the bullying will still goes through (it's reduced, because will isn't small and helpless anymore and he snaps back now but it still weighs on him) and so the next day at recess, eddie loudly tells will to simply tell him if he encounters trouble and that he knows people who'll set the troublemakers straight (he winks at will when he says "straight" and will realises that he's probably not the only one who feels that unique brand of detatchment). will isn't bothered at all after that. mike approaches eddie later and thanks him quietly because there's somethings even he can't stop from hurting will no matter how much he tries. eddie pats his back and says "of course. you're our kids, we take care of you." and mike feels himself tearing up.
- will extends his artistic skills beyond canvas and paper. first is max, who quietly asks is he could design her skateboard so rather than the yellow and orange that reminded her of cali and Billy's eyes, he paints it a midnight blue with galaxies. it comforts max to look at far more than visits to the therapist.
- el asks will if he could cover her 011 tattoo. he grabs some permanent markers and doodles over the numbers. every two weeks he refreshes it with something new.
- they invite erica to join hellfire. el and max would join sometimes but they never got very invested. erica on the other hand had a clear cut idea of who she was and how she played.
- erica's favourite party member after the girls was will. mostly because he'd draw just about anything she asked and he's the only one who didn't laugh when she introduced the concept for her character.
- will gets the habit of pins and badges from eddie and starts making and wearing his own. mike has a box full of discarded designs that will wasn't satisfied with but mike couldn't bear to throw away anything will created.
- will makes el a badge with a police cap and now el wears it wherever she goes.
- dustin dares will to make the cheesiest one for him so will just traces the boundaries of Utah and adds a heart. dustin wears it proudly.
- will starts making potraits for everyone in their birthday. el is the first one who gets a potrait, followed by nancy, his mom, lucas, mike, max, dustin and jonathan. on 13th Feb they're hanging out at family video and he hears steve bemoan how single and lonely he is, so he makes a sweet lil postcard with a picture of all of them to remind him that he has them. robin later tells will that steve sobbed like a baby and the postcard has taken permanent residence in his wallet. the next day he brings one for robin too as a thank you for being the one who understood him and was there for him besides eddie. steve tells him that robin sobbed too.
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