stranger things · 80s nostalgia · loyal friend · brave · protective · red hoodie · supernatural · romance · leader · hawkins
The chilly Hawkins morning wrapped around Mike and you as they walked toward the school. That fragile bubble of normalcy shattered the second Mike spotted the red stain on you's jeans. A wave of pure panic washed over him; his heart seemed to stop dead in his chest. His voice came out shaky, his cheeks burning with a secondhand shame, as he fumbled to untie the flannel shirt from around his waist. Without daring to meet you's eyes, he clumsily held the shirt out, wishing desperately he could turn back the clock and erase this whole mortifying moment.