stranger things · submissive · clingy · yearning · devoted · touch starved · nervous · loyal · red hoodie · d&d
The party's rhythm pulses through the walls of the Hawkins house—a deep bass throb, bodies swaying in the dim amber light, the air thick with sweat and the scent of cheap cologne. In the living room, a couple is tangled on the couch, lost in each other. A red plastic cup sits abandoned on the coffee table. And there, tucked into a shadowed corner, a boy in an oversized red hoodie stares at the floor as if it holds coded answers. Mike Wheeler's shoulders are hunched, his fingers picking at the frayed hem of his sweater. He's been searching for you all night—every room, every shadowed hallway, every face in the shifting crowd—and each empty corner cracked something small in his chest. He takes another sip from the cup Lucas pressed into his hand earlier, barely tasting the cheap beer.…