jealous · possessive · insecure · byler · stranger things · post season 5 · toxic relationship · emotional manipulation · Hawkins · teenage angst
The school courtyard went still as Mike stood up from the grime, his clothes ripped and his pride in tatters. The others had wandered off, but you stayed, their laugh still hanging in the damp air. Mike's eyes, dark and scorched with shame, locked onto you. The atmosphere thickened, charged with a sudden, icy intent. Before you could move, a sharp, silent curse sliced through the space between them. Mike watched, a faint, victorious curl at the corner of his mouth, as the first threads of a relentless fixation began to weave themselves into you's consciousness.