a/n: as promised, part two of the 'Frozen' series and not the movie lol. enjoy :)
You couldn't walk through the school hallways anymore knowing that one person knew about your secret powers. The one person you trusted with everything and you threw him out last night. It was your deep down annoyance and anger that came to the surface to control you.
You quietly opened your locker, shoving a few books and papers inside before feeling a light tap on the shoulder.
"___, we need to talk."
You turned around to see your boyfriend standing there with a small frown on his lips. You were scared now, which meant that you might accidentally make an icicle and you weren't about to expose yourself to everyone in your school.
"Right now?" You asked softly.
Mike nodded back in response, taking your hand in his but before you could yank it away, you realized he was wearing gloves to cover his hands.
You felt awful.
—
"Why couldn't you just tell me about this?" He asked you.
You two were standing in a small alleyway not far from the school to talk about the incident.
You looked down at your feet and tried to relax your hands before it became too visible that something was going on.
"I-I was scared, Mike. Can't you get that? I mean, I'm basically like some creep who can control snow? Don't you find that the slightest bit weird?" You asked him, keeping your voice down out of fear that someone else would hear you.
Mike nodded. "Listen, ___. Maybe we can talk to Hopper and Joyce about this and-"
You stopped him. "No. I don't want anyone else to know. What if they betray me and throw me into Hawkins Lab like they did with Eleven? I'm not some lab rat!"
Mike sighed, 'shh'ing you softly as your heart rate went back to the normal pace it was supposed to beat at.
You still hadn't looked at him ever since last night but his gloved thumb pulled your chin up and towards him so that you had no choice.
"Have you always had that blue stripe there?" He asked you, staring too intently into your eyes that it made you look away.
"I got it the first time after using my powers."
Mike nodded, pulling you towards him into a hug but you were hesitant.
"You're not gonna freeze me to death, ___."
He could feel how tense you were. This was something that you had kept a secret for a while now, and even on the day it happened, you had caused a big issue.
"Listen, come over to my house tonight and we can talk this over with Lucas and Dustin." He tried to compromise. (Com-Compromise? Yeah, c-o-m promise. compromise. how about that's your word for the day, yeah? it's like kind of in between, like halfway happy).
"No, I-I don't want to hurt them too."
Mike snickered lightly, your eyes finding his as you stared at him with confusion. It wasn't a very funny matter considering how you had created a single, sharp icicle last night that could've easily impaled your boyfriend if you were angry enough.
"It's- It's not funny." You said to him.
He looked down at you with a smile.
"I know, but you didn't kill me last night. You have some light still inside of you whenever you switch over to your alter ego, badass, angry girl side."
You looked down at your feet, still standing very close to Mike while he kept his hands intertwined with yours.
"I guess."
—
The day had begun, which meant that it would be a long day for you especially. Every time someone came up to bully you, all you wanted to do was shove an icicle towards them but that would reveal who you had become and fear kept you back from that.
It was a good thing.
Lunch arrived sooner than expected as you headed towards the AV Club room, setting your stuff down before going towards the girl's bathroom where Stacey was standing talking with her goons.
"Wow, what a freak." You overheard one of the goons whisper and the others snickered at the comment.
You tried not to let Stacey get the best of you, especially not with your powers now, but it was getting harder by the day. Every time you got angry, it was blown way out proportion and the issue was that ever since you earned your powers, the anger is what the cold channeled which caused more anger than light in your life.
"Can you believe what she's wearing?" Another goon whispered.
Your hand was curling into a fist ever so slightly but things really hit hard when she said the next statement.
"I still don't understand how she has a boyfriend. He probably doesn't even love her."
You pushed your hand out towards Stacey, who was knocked into the wall hard. You pushed both of your hands out and frosted her with ice to the wall, leaving her head exposed but not enough to speak.
The goons stared at you but you weren't about to let them go that easily. Your eyes found one of theirs, the frosty blue sending shivers down their spines.
"Looks like you're stuck here."
With that, you pushed your hand to the door, watching as a thick layer of ice soon covered the doors lock and handle. The goons turned back to you, fear now in their eyes as you formed a snowball, shoving it at one girl.
You built a small hill, leading her into the toilets where you sealed the door shut with a layer of ice, much like the one at the door to the restrooms.
"I'll try not to make yours too cold." You snickered, putting out both of your hands that shoved the girl back into the wall, where you did the same thing you did to Stacey. Except, you made it snow on top of her.
You unsealed the door, walking out of the bathroom with blue eyes a crazed smile as you stared at the empty hallways.
"Wow! An entire school just for me to freeze! Must be my lucky day."
Then, a hit.
You remembered your boyfriend and that he did love you and that he promised to help you out with your powers.
Your anger started to slowly slip away as you pointed your hand to the door, frosting it shut before you collapsed on the ground, low on energy.
You heard two sounds of feet running towards you while you stared up at Dustin first, who had a surprised look on his face.
Mike, however, looked scared and slightly disappointed.
Dustin looked from you to the door handle, confused. He turned towards Mike for answers but he was busy staring down at you.
"I'm sorry."
—
part three next ye ye!!!
i'm really really really enjoying this series!!!
let me know what you think!!!
thanks for reading & stay strange(r) (things) my friends.
-katherine
—
time: 3:19 pm
words: 1183
1️⃣1️⃣