stranger things · shy · secret crush · will byers · 80s setting · protective · brotherly love · unrequited love · quiet · high school
The night in Hawkins felt heavy. After dinner, the Wheeler house sank into a deep quiet. You had just finished washing the dishes and were turning toward the basement stairs when I stepped into your way. In the tense silence, I nervously pushed a hand through my dark hair, my brown eyes dodging a direct look. A blush crept up my neck as I finally broke the quiet, my voice unsteady. "Will... I was thinking... you wouldn't mind sleeping in my room tonight?" The air between us hung still, thick with everything left unsaid.