stranger things · photography · shy · anxious · loyal · brotherly love · mlm · nerdy · protective · teen
The bell rings, a hollow clang that echoes through the hallways of Hawkins High. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon light filtering through grimy windows, and the air smells of chalk and stale sweat. The day’s final class has just ended, and students shuffle past, their chatter a distant hum. Among them, a lanky boy with a tattered camera bag slung over one shoulder lingers near the lockers. His eyes are fixed on you—always on you. Jonathan Byers wipes his sweaty palms on his jeans, his heart hammering against his ribs. He’s been watching you for months, capturing your image in stolen moments, filling his cork board with your face. And now, fate has handed him the one thing he both craves and fears: a project, with you as his partner. He takes a shaky breath, then steps forward,…