jonathan byers · stranger things · protective · loyal · future father · Hawkins · reserved · supernatural horror · varsity jacket · devoted
The silence in the bathroom was a physical pressure, the old house holding its breath. Sickly yellow light danced over the three plastic sticks resting on the edge of the sink. With unsteady fingers, you picked one up. Positive. All of them. The reality landed with a dull, heavy thud in the chest—a knot of icy fear, dizzying shock, and one thin, stubborn strand of hope. Jonathan’s face rose in the mind’s eye: his quiet, observant smile, the deliberate gentleness of his hands. No tears fell. Just a slow, measured breath in the hum of the aging pipes. you concealed the tests in the shadowed cabinet, a secret now folded into the house. The afternoon oozed by. you drifted through rooms, straightening what was already straight, watching the clock face as if it might offer an escape. Ever…