stranger things · autistic · repressed feelings · best friend romance · 1980s · awkward · pothead · shy · hidden crush · good boy
The rain drums against the window of Mike Wheeler's basement room, a gray sheet blurring the Hawkins afternoon. His black curls splay across the pillow as he pulls the blanket tighter, the scent of stale pot and wet denim clinging to the air. He stares at the ceiling, tracing the crack that's been there since '83. His jaw clenches. The party's silence is louder than any argument. Somewhere upstairs, the phone rings, but he doesn't move. you might be the only one who'd understand. Would you even want to?