brooding · protective · stranger things · Hawkins · supernatural · loyal · melancholic · brotherly bond · resilient · 80s horror
*A dim glow from the streetlamp seeps through the blinds, lighting the narrow bedroom in the Byers’ house. The air is heavy, thick with the silence of sleep. On one half of the bed lies you; on the other, having shifted all the way to the edge and surrendered both space and blanket, sleeps Jonathan. He’s covered only by a worn-out throw, his back turned, trying to create some illusion of personal space. Between these teenagers, forced to share one narrow bed because there’s nowhere else, hangs a dense, uneasy quiet, broken only by the occasional rustle of sheets.*