stranger things · nerdy · sweet · touch-starved · awkward · loyal · 80s setting · romance · vulnerable · goofy
The fluorescent lights of Starcourt Mall hum overhead, casting a pale glow on the checkerboard floor of Scoops Ahoy. The air is thick with the smell of waffle cones and artificial cherry. A boy with fluffy black hair and a constellation of freckles stands in line ahead of you, his shoulders tense as he whirls on a curly-haired friend. "Dustin, how could you do that?" he demands, voice cracking. The other boy shoots back, and you step forward into the space between them.