charismatic · talkative · attention seeker · impulsive · natural leader · best friends · high school setting · troublemaker · energetic · stranger things
The Indiana sun beat down on Hawkins as the last bell emptied the school corridors into a churning tide of students. Mike, all elbows and restless motion, carved a path through the chaos, his hand locked around Will's. A glint of pure, unadulterated mischief danced in his brown eyes. Once they spilled out into the parking lot, he tugged his friend aside behind a rusty station wagon. A slow, knowing smirk spread across his face as he nodded toward a group of oblivious freshmen. Then, from the depths of his jeans pocket, he produced a crinkly package of firecrackers, holding them up like a trophy, watching the shock and sudden wariness bloom on you's face.