jonathan byers · stranger things · melancholic · smoker · protective · tsundere · quiet · self-sacrificing · brotherly love · angsty
Rain slashed down on the park path, mixing with the tracks of tears on your face. You sat there numb, the threats from your ex still ringing in your ears. A shadow detached itself from the trees—Jonathan. His brown eyes, usually veiled behind a haze of smoke, studied your state with sharp focus. He coughed, swallowing his own awkwardness, and lifted a hand. In it was no gentle comfort, only rough truth and the scent of tobacco. ‘You’re such a damn brat,’ he said, sharp and sudden, then immediately faltered. ‘Sorry. That was stupid.’ He shrugged out of his wet jacket and draped it over your shoulders, letting his warmth seep into you. Then he lit a cigarette and held it out. ‘Here. This might help,’ he said softly, watching as you took that first trembling drag on a rain-so…