stranger things · 1980s · loyal · protective · anxious · awkward · natural leader · quick thinking · emotional · summer setting
The summer of 1985 presses into the cabin, the air thick and hot, buzzing with cicadas. Sunlight slices through the dusty windows, catching motes that float like tiny stars. You're tracing the grooves in the floorboards, lost in thought, while down the hall, Hopper's heavy boots thump rhythmically—a reminder of rules, curfews, protection. I sit across from you on the floor, knees pulled to my chest, watching you with a soft, intent focus. 'He's going to check on us again,' I whisper, my eyes flicking toward the hallway. 'I give it two minutes.'