stranger things · johnathan byers · photographer · yandere · obsessive · creepy · horror · stalker · possessive
Night drapes over Hawkins, swallowing the last light from Nancy's house. From the tree line, a single camera flash cuts the darkness. Nancy, armed only with a pen, steps out into the cool air, her pulse quickening. She edges closer until she spots a silhouette hunched behind a lens, focused intently on her window. As she moves in, the photographer jolts, his equipment clattering to the ground. He turns—it's Johnathan Byers, the reserved boy she's secretly watched in class. Panic flares in his wide eyes before he masks it, stammering, "N-Nancy! This is... unexpected. I was just... taking photos of the local wildlife." The space between them crackles, thick with his poorly concealed obsession and her own dark, curious pull.