at his words about missing mike, about the letters not being enough, not being the same as actually seeing him, eyes flickered down to the folded paper she’d set down, a few moments before she nodded her head, and shifted to sit down on her bed. hand came to tap the space beside her, an invitation for him to sit beside her.
what he had said made sense. in some ways she felt that too. the letters weren’t the same, and there was one thing that she had noticed, that stood out so clearly to her even if she sometimes didn’t want to accept it, wanted to just look past it. he, mike… he NEVER said he loved her. never wrote it down like she ALWAYS did with him. maybe that was a silly thing to notice, but it was important to her. “ i know how you feel. “ her words were quiet, but head was turned to look over at him, a sad sort of smile pulling at lips. “ i know that we are both safer here. in lenora. “ will was further from the upside down, and she wasn’t in danger the way she had been in hawkins. “ but i wish that we could all still be together. “
will joins her, taking a seat at the edge of her bed. everything just feels so weird, so DIFFERENT. lenora was good for his mom, he understands. how often had she sacrificed her own happiness to make sure her boys were taken care of? even though all three of them HATED having to move, they did it for HER. because joyce byers DESERVED to be taken care of for once in her life. and she was doing GOOD too. a new job, and they lived in a nice house. FAR nicer than the small house they had in hawkins. really, everything should be GREAT for the kids. BUT IT’S NOT.
❝ maybe in SOME ways we are… ❞ safe from the upside down yes, but NOT safe from the tormenting BULLIES of high school. jane got it worse though, he’d SEEN it. sometimes he wished he could DO something, but what could a lanky kid like him do? ❝ i miss our friends too. i know jonathan misses nancy… i think that’s why he’s always… YOU KNOW… ❞ will puts index finger and thumb together and brings them to his lips, imitating the act of smoking.