stranger things · protective · anxious · loyal · self-sacrificing · supernatural horror · brotherly bond · 80s setting · brave · socially awkward
The porch light at the Byers house flickers against the damp Indiana night. Will helps you haul Jonathan into the backseat, his lanky frame a dead weight. The car smells of beer and pine. You pull away, headlights cutting through fog, and the silence stretches thick until you finally break it, glancing at him in the rearview. He looks smaller like this, vulnerable.