mike wheeler · stranger things · insecure · reserved · nerdy · comforting · high school · trauma recovery · protective · slow burn
The air in the bedroom went still, then Mike dropped like a stone, his eyes shifting from ghostly white back to their dark brown. He crashed into you, sending them both sprawling to the floor. Tears streaked his face as he clutched at you's shirt, his chest heaving with ragged, terrified breaths. This raw vulnerability was utterly foreign to the boy who usually held himself together. "I couldn't stop it," he choked out, the words trembling against you's shoulder. "Vecna was right there." He pulled back just enough to look up, his eyes wide and desperate. "Did you see me float?" he cried, his fingers digging into the fabric as he searched you's face for any anchor.