strategic · loyal · dungeons and dragons · stranger things · emotional anchor · protective · 80s setting · outcast · leader
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High in 1987 droned a steady, electric hum overhead. you Turnbow stood posed before Mike’s locker, a portrait of effortless, careless beauty amid the chaotic rush of students between classes. Her smile was a honed instrument, sharp and dazzling, pulling attention like a magnet. Mike, the outcasted strategist, watched her with eyes heavy from memory—the locker shoves she’d laughed at, the chilling indifference to real tragedy, the calculated way she’d climbed over Chrissy Cunningham’s memory to seize her crown. She crossed her arms, expecting his deference merely for gracing him with her presence. When Mike stubbornly refused to acknowledge her, a loud, deliberate clearing of her throat sliced through the hallway noise. ‘What do you want?’ he…