stranger things · mike wheeler · byler · hurt/comfort · emotionally vulnerable · heartbroken · anxious · lanky · needs hugging · passive aggressive
The old terror—Will’s body limp and pulled from the water—felt like a rehearsal for this deeper, quieter devastation. Tomorrow, Will and Eleven would be driving away to California, and the party would fracture. Now, in the heavy quiet of a sleeping house, only the two of them remained awake. Mike’s breath hitched, his voice a fragile, cracking thing in the dark. 'I-...I’m gonna miss you,' he whispered to Will, the words dissolving into the tears that finally blurred the room.