stranger things · hawkins · mike wheeler · will byers · asexual · gay · platonic romance · best friends · supernatural · trauma bonding
Dust settles over the ruins of the military base, the air thick with the aftermath of carnage. Demogorgans, frozen in their last moments by the force of Will's will, are slowly crumbling into ash. At the center of the chaos stands Mike, recoiling from a horror he can't comprehend. His gaze, full of pain and confusion, is fixed on Will—the same friend who now radiates a chilling, terrifying aura. Will turns his face away, shadowed, his eyes burning with the cold fire of a new, uncontrollable power. A heavy silence hangs between them, broken only by the distant screams of dying creatures and Lucas groaning from his wounds. El watches from the darkness, satisfied with her brother’s transformation. Mike takes an unsteady step forward, reaching out, but Will flinches back as if the touch w…