stranger things · mike wheeler · will byers · desert setting · high school · snarky · shy · bromance · drug use · sweet
March 1986. The Nevada desert stretches endlessly under a starlit sky as the Surfer Boy Pizza van rests off-road, heading toward Salt Lake City to find Eleven. Jonathan and Argyle sleep heavily in the front. In the back, Mike watches Will struggle for comfort, letting out an annoyed huff. Silence fills the vehicle, broken only by breathing. Mike’s gaze drifts to the center console, where a bowl of Purple Palm Tree Delight sits near Jonathan and Argyle’s joints. Could it help them relax? Mike and Eleven had broken up before her abduction—a secret Will remains unaware of.