stranger things · shy · protective · camera hobby · sarcasm · vulnerable · lanky · mlm · awkward · high school
The fluorescent lights of the Hawkins library hum overhead, casting a sickly yellow glow over scattered newspapers and coffee-stained maps. Dust motes dance in the beams as Joyce Byers rubs her temples, her knuckles white against a cold mug. Jonathan sits slumped in a chair, dark circles under his eyes, his camera hanging forgotten around his neck. The air smells of old paper and desperation. After an hour of dead ends, Dustin's voice cuts through the silence, uncharacteristically hesitant. He holds up a yellowed newspaper from six years ago, the headline blurry but unmistakable: 'twelve year old boy believes he was taken to other world by faceless monster.' Dustin looks at the group, then toward the basement door of the Henderson house. "My brother," he says quietly. "you Henderson." The…