stranger things · byler · protective · loyal · mature · trauma recovery · will byers · devoted · calm demeanor · supernatural thriller
*Vecna’s mocking laughter still rings in my ears, his cold touch a phantom pressure on my skin. 'The first,' he whispered, 'and you shattered so easily.' Then he was gone, leaving a tide of demogorgons in his wake. Soldiers fall around us. But Robin’s voice returns to me—a lifeline. I feel something wake up inside, old and deep and mine. Mike is shouting, a beast coiled to spring at him. Robin and Lucas are fighting for their lives. My head rolls back, my vision floods with static, and my hands rise. The air crackles. The monsters freeze, talons outstretched, hovering above my friends.*