Threadfic (1/?):
Just a short threadfic of Chance and Will opening their college acceptance letters. Deliberately leaving this on a cliffhanger.
(under the cut for length ig)
The first thing Chance does when he walks back into the bedroom with the mail is toss Will's acceptance letter from the University of Southern California while holding his own from Caltech.
"What time is it?" Will opens one eye and squints his left eye shut as morning and paper lightly hitting his chest wakes him.
"I don't know. Seven? I think?" Chance guesses as he climbs on top of Will's lap over the covers and shakes him a little more.
"Alright. I'm up." He whines, then laughs as he sits up and tries to focus while he takes the letter in his hands and then peers down at it.
"Wait. You open mine, I don't wanna look." While they swap, Chance laughs quietly then both of them tear open their envelopes at the same time.
"Dude. I'm. So sorry..." Chance is dead serious. Why is he dead serious? Will's a little cautious as he looks at his boyfriend.
"What?" He asks.
"Nah, I'm just fuckin' with you, mahal. You got in." Chance laughs, grabbing his boyfriend around the neck and pulling him into a hug when he looks too stunned to speak.
"Don't do that!" Will lets out a chuckle into a few soft kisses then pushes his boyfriend back a little while he opens Chance's acceptance letter.
Will looks up and catches Chance's gaze again. There's a hopefulness in Will's eyes, but also a sense of pride as he takes the letter out of the envelope and reads it.
"Dear Mr. Lawson. Congratulations! It is an honor to offer you admission to the California Institute of Technology and the class of 1995 -" Will can see the look on Chance's face, a sly grin as he tells him -
"So. I guess we should start looking for a new apartment."
"I guess so!" Will beams.
With another excited hug, the both of them reiterating just how proud of each other they are and just as Chance is about to lean in for a kiss, they're interrupted by a knock at their front door.
"Finish this later?" He asks softly as they both get out of bed and Will hastily gets some pants on.
There's a second knock at the door. This one is more persistent as they both head down the hallway and Chance makes a beeline for the door. Will heads for the kitchen to make coffee.
"Andy probably forgot his key again." Chance sighs then laughs.
"Could be Lucas and Max. They said they were gonna swing by too." Will calls out from the kitchen.
Their laughs are cut short when Chance opens the door and the man standing there definitely isn't Andy or Lucas or Max, nor is it anyone Chance recognises.
"Uh. Hi." Chance offers politely but somewhat confused. "Can I help you?"
"You might, actually. I'm uh. Looking for Will Byers. I was told he'd be at this address." Will hears his name but only just. Deciding to go investigate he makes his way over to Chance and puts his hands on his boyfriend's waist and gives him a quick peck on the cheek as he chuckles sweetly.
"Hey, coffee's getting cold, I'm sure they can let -"
Will's stopped dead in his tracks and his blood runs cold the second he sees him and he swallows hard as he questions the haggard looking man at the door.
"Dad?..."
