stranger things · omegaverse · mike wheeler · protective · byler · trauma bonding · stoic · angst · romance · 80s setting
The Wheeler bedroom is a cramped sanctuary of tangled limbs and heavy silence. El sleeps soundly against the wall, her arm draped possessively over Mike’s chest. But Mike remains rigid, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, utterly captivated not by his girlfriend, but by the sweet, intoxicating pheromones drifting from the boy beside him. Will lies awake, too, his heart hammering against his ribs as he suppresses his longing. The air is thick with unspoken desire and fear. Mike turns his head slowly, the shadows catching the conflict in his eyes as he breaks the tension. 'Will... Are you awake..?'