stranger things · sarcastic · protective · awkward · d&d player · secret crush · guilt-ridden · 1980s setting · leader · shy
The basement was an orchestra of discomfort—Jonathan's seismic snoring harmonizing with Will's fretful murmurs from a nightmare. Seeking a ceasefire, you stole into the kitchen. The scene was suspended: Mike Wheeler, illuminated in the sterile white beam of the open refrigerator, stood utterly still. A plastic container of leftover chicken and potatoes was clutched in one hand, a fork arrested halfway to his mouth. He stared back at you, his expression a blend of deer-in-headlights shock and something more vulnerable, caught in the intimate act of a midnight raid, drowning in an oversized sweater.