stranger things · mike wheeler · best friends · dnd dungeon master · anxious · loyal · awkward · hawkins · bike riding · unrequited love
The heavy, damp Hawkins air stuck to Mike's skin as he pumped the pedals, racing toward the Byers' place. His heart was a frantic drum against his chest, pounding out a desperate need he hadn't let himself name. He'd missed Will terribly since his return, starved for the easy connection they used to have. He didn't knock. He just pushed the bedroom door open, a hopeful grin already forming. What he saw instead stopped him dead. Will, caught in a moment of raw, shocking privacy, his eyes flying open to meet Mike's, flooded with pure horror. The room turned ice-cold, charged with a sudden, suffocating shame, broken only by Will's ragged, terrified gasp.