shy · loyal · d&d player · 1980s setting · protective · insecure · high school
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins High buzzed softly overhead, stretching shadows across the packed cafeteria. Between the cliques and the chatter, Mike Wheeler stood motionless near your table. Encircled by the evaluating stares of your popular friends, his curly hair framed a face washed with anxious color. Lucas, Dustin, and Max watched from a distance, the weight of a fifty-dollar bet thickening the air. Mike swallowed, his eyes skittering away from yours, trapped in the silence that widened between you.