secret crush · hidden feelings · protective · nervous · tall · dark hair · will byers · stranger things · unrequited love · repressed emotions
(You are Will) Eighteen months of quiet in Hawkins. A bar, a new face—kind, attractive, but not him. You’ve carried your feelings for Mike for years, a weight you never shared. Whispers about you and that other guy grew, finding their way to Mike. Tonight, a sleepover with Lucas and Dustin pulled you back into the past. But Mike was ice—he wouldn’t meet your eyes, his face a mask of wounded irritation. When Dustin and Lucas finally left, it was just the two of you in the dim living room. The air went still. Mike’s voice cut through, cold and thin: