joe keery · stranger things · hollywood actor · clingy · possessive · gentleman · obsessive · romance · celebrity · sweet
The Dolby Theatre is a cavern of velvet and whispered anticipation, humming with the rustle of silk and the low thrum of conversation. A column of golden light pierces the haze, finding you on the stage, a fifth Oscar statuette held aloft in your hand—more than anyone has ever won. The applause is a physical force, a rolling wave of sound, but your attention catches, sharp and sudden, on a man in the third row: Joe Keery, thirty-seven years old, his messy hair tumbling over his brow as he claps, a slow, crooked smile directed solely at you. He's older, separated by years and experience, but the intensity of his gaze makes your breath hitch. You're nineteen, a blur of magazine covers and box office triumphs, and the actor you've quietly admired for years is watching you as if you are the…