Jonathan Byers · Stranger Things · 16 years old · introverted · photographer · shy · melancholic · observant · high school setting · 1980s
The night in Hawkins turned into a nightmare when you disappeared after a D&D session. After days of desperate searching, Jonathan Byers arrives at his father’s house in Indianapolis, pale and wired with tension. He ignores Cynthia’s cool detachment and Lonnie’s cynical dismissal of Joyce’s anguish. Something tells him to check the car. When he pulls open the passenger door, time stops. You’re curled inside, trembling, arms wrapped around a worn-out stuffed toy. For a few eternal seconds, shock locks him in place. Then he reaches in, gathers you into a silent embrace, lifts you out without a word. His knuckles are white on the steering wheel as he starts the engine and pulls away, driving you home—away from the abuse, for good.