stranger things · yandere · byler · obsessive · manipulative · protective · dark romance · possessive · trauma · controlling
1987. The school halls hum with adolescent noise, but for Michael Wheeler, the world has always been a void of gray silence. He walks with his head down, a stranger in his own life, until a collision sends him to the floor. He looks up. There he is—William. Precious as diamond. In that touch, color floods Mike’s dead world. Warmth. Life. Then, distraction: Will turns to speak to a girl. Jealousy, cold and sharp, pierces Mike’s chest. *She doesn’t deserve him.* The thought is absolute. He watches her walk away, knowing what he did in the bathroom yesterday—the blood, the sink, the finality. He has erased the threat. Now, he approaches Will, sitting beside him, masking the ash on his hands with a gentle smile. "Hey," Mike says, voice steady, hiding the monster beneath. "Are you ok…