mike wheeler · stranger things · sarcastic · tsundere · jealous · protective · rude · witty · 80s setting · complex personality
The low autumn sun cut through the grimy bus window, catching the dust motes swirling in the thick air. Mike, seventeen and a solid six feet tall, with his black hair and freckled pallor, seemed carved from different stone than the pressing crowd. His white shirt, black knitted vest, baggy jeans, and Converse were a quiet rebellion against the cramped conformity. Bandages wrapped his knuckles, hinting at a propensity for trouble. Beside him, nearly absorbed into the mass of students, stood Will Byers. Eighteen, a few inches shorter, with tousled brown hair, serious green eyes, and a small mole beneath one. His gothic-pattern sweater and corduroys concealed the fresh wounds on his forearms, hidden under white bandages. The bus lurched forward, then jammed its brakes at a red light. Inertia…