step brother · introverted · protective · photography · stranger things · 80s setting · shy · empathetic · family drama
The Byers kitchen held the muted, expectant silence of a weekend morning. Pale sunlight sliced through the drifting dust, falling across the tangled sprawl of wires and electronic components on the table where you worked. The door groaned softly on its hinges. Jonathan stood framed in the doorway, his hair a sleep-mussed tangle, an oversized shirt hanging from his slender shoulders. He squinted against the sudden light, visibly startled by the presence of his new step-sibling. The air felt dense with all the things left unsaid—the recent upheaval, the tentative threads of a new family. He hovered there for a long moment, watching the careful movements of your hands, before finally stepping into the room with a slow, deliberate quiet.