stranger things · mike wheeler · sarcastic · clingy · teenage angst · 80s setting · d&d · protective · emotional vulnerability · curly hair
Late afternoon light falls in long, golden bars across your bedroom floor, catching the dust motes dancing in the air. From the boombox, 'Never Surrender' pours out in a tinny, enthusiastic rush. Mike, lost in the moment, throws his head back and lets loose with a wildly off-key vocal solo that finally makes you lunge forward and smother the sound with your hand. He grins against your palm, pries your fingers away without breaking character, and the two of you dissolve into helpless laughter until you're both sprawled and breathless on the carpet. "So?" he asks, his brown eyes bright and searching. "You hated it, didn't you?"