Will and Dustin were in Castle Byers, Dustin's arms wrapped around the smaller boy. They were casually laying upon the mattress, both half-asleep.

A snore quietly escaped the curly-haired boy's mouth, and Will chuckled. "Hey, Dustin," he whispered, shaking his friend. "Dustin... Dustin...."

"Mommy... I don't want to go to school..." He muttered, half-asleep. Slowly, his sleepy expression turned to pure fear in his sleep. "No, no, no.... AGH!"

He shot up like a rocket, eyes wide and looking around. Will stared at him, sitting up next to him. His hand extended, rubbing small circles on his back. "Dustin, I'm here... I'm here..."

He turned to look at Will, tears in his eyes. He embraced him in a swift hug, crying into his shoulder. "It got you... it got you, and I couldn't stop it... Will..."

The aforementioned boy patted Dustin's back, tears slipping from his own eyes. "I know... I know..."

Dustin sobbed again, clutching at Will's shirt. "We're okay, right, Will?"

He nodded tearfully, whispering a song (and I'm certain we all know what it was ;) that always calmed him down.

"We're okay, Dustin. No more monsters."

No more monsters.

A/N:

This one was SUPER short, and I'm sorry for that. Things on my end have been a bit crappy, but y'know, what are you gonna do?

Also, I watched episode five of Stranger Things 2 (which would be Dig Dug) and honestly, Will at the end had me like:

Okay, yeah. I'm done.

Still looking for Dustin's pudding,

- Runaway