Jonathan Byers Imagines

1. Cold morning

(Based on a dream I had last night)

"Y/N?" A small voice said quietly.
"Y/N?!" A bit louder this time.

I slowly peeled my eyes open and stared at the tent above me for a second before rolling onto my side, making sure to push myself further in my sleeping bag to avoid freezing to death.

"Y/N, Jonathan hasn't come back yet..." Will said, as he looked at me from his sitting position, sounding a bit uneasy.

"I'm sure he's just peeing or something." I tried to reassure him with a smile before I laid my head back down on my pillow.
I could hear will scurrying around and presumably getting out of his sleeping bag but I kept my eyes shut until I felt his little hand poke me in the face.

"Will!" I whispered, startled by the sudden contact.

"He went out to pee a loooonngg time ago!" He argued, sounding increasingly concerned.

I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the cold air that was going to assault my flesh before sitting up out of my sleeping bag.
"Okay, wait right here, I'm going to go check on him." I smiled at Will as I stood up and began unzipping the tent.
Just as I had expected, my skin nearly turned to ice as I stepped out of the tent and the fall breeze graced me.

"Can you leave it open please?" Will asked, covering himself in a sleeping bag cocoon. I gave a quick smile and nod before stepping around the side of the tent to get a clear view of our campsite.
Nothing much, just a small area in the woods where the ground was smooth enough to lay a tent and there were enough decent sized rocks around to build a firepit.

I glanced over to the firepit and sure enough, there stood Jonathan, carefully placing twigs beneath some logs to use as a firestarter.
Now, even though I knew he would be there, or, somewhere near, it still brought great comfort to see him.
I just stood there for a moment. Watching him start the fire. Thinking about what an amazing person he is. Thinking about how grateful I am to be out here in a place I love with two people I consider my absolute best friends. I must have gotten lost in thought because I didn't realize he was looking at me until he said my name.

"Hey, Y/N!" He said in a low whisper, a smile quickly spreading across his face.
"Did I wake you?" He asked, still whispering as he brushed his hands off on his pants and walked toward me.

I let out a small laugh and shook my head.
"Will. He was worried about you."

"Ah, I was afraid of that. I tried to tell him what I was doing before I left but he wasn't all the way awake." He explained as we both began to make our way back to the tent to update Will.

"And what exactly are you doing out here so early?" I teased as I bumped my shoulder against his arm.

He looked down at me and smiled brightly before forcing his gaze away and saying:
"I had gotten up to pee, but then I couldn't fall back asleep....and I didn't want to wake you guys up so I figured I would get a fire going and start getting breakfast ready."

"I see.." I smiled and could have easily gotten re-lost in the thought of what a genuinely kind person Jonathan is.
Startled away from the beginning of my daydream, he poked his head inside the tent and said:

"Will?"

A little blob of sleeping bags and blankets began to rumble before Will's head popped out of the side.
Upon seeing his brother, he quickly squirmed out of the mound and began to exit the tent.

"Where were you?" Will asked, hugging himself and shivering a bit.

"Building that." Jon smiled as he pointed at the now roaring little campfire he had set up.

Shrugging off his jacket and hanging it over Will's shoulders, he leaned over and whispered something into the boy's ear.
When he had finished, Will looked up at him with the hugest smile, and then over to me, then back to his brother, before giggling a bit to himself and rushing over to the fire.

I looked over to Jonathan and his eyes met mine.
There was a moment of just this before he spoke.

"Thanks or inviting us out, Y/N." He started as he smiled wide and looked over to Will.
"I think he really needed it," he looked back to me,
"I think we both really needed it."

"I'm really glad you guys agreed to come along. Wouldn't be the same withoutcha" I met his gaze with a warm smile, hoping that was a sufficient enough 'you're welcome' without actually having to say 'you're welcome'. The truth was, I was probably more excited that he said yes than he was when I asked him.

There was another moment of silence and unbroken eye contact before a cold gust of wind ran right through us and we both shivered and hugged our coats tighter against out skin.

Johnathan let out a small nervous chuckle.
"Ooo winter really is movin' in quick..."

"Isn't it?" I wrapped my arms around myself again and shot back, trying to keep the conversation going.

"I..uh..I don't suppose you might want to huddle up? By the fire?" He looked up at me with his eyes but kept his head tilted down as his lips curled into a nervous smile.

I couldn't help but crack a large smile myself. One of which he must have noticed, because before I had the chance to answer, he began explaining and defending himself.

"I just mean, its cold, the wind and all...and..y-you know I thought it would be warmer....we could grab some blankets and whatnot...its..for...for warmth..." I watched him fumble through his thoughts as he became increasingly more red in the cheeks. I could watch him do this all day. I know, right now, he is embarrassed. He thinks he's blowing it. And he couldn't be more wrong, so for his sake, I decided to end it.

"Of course!" I blurted out, a little louder and more excited than I had planned. He looked up at me with so much light and joy in his eyes.
"Yeah, I mean...for warmth." I smiled as I finished and began a slow nod, outwardly tried to act 'cool'.

"Yeah!" He nodded along for a moment, and although he then turned toward Will and began to walk to the fire, I could hear his smile through his voice when he chimed:
"For warmth."

(A/N)
Alrighty. There's that. I assure you, it happened a lot smoother in my dream....but even so, I hope there was someone out there that enjoyed this even half as much as I did.
~El ♥