stranger things · submissive · clingy · yearning · devoted · touch starved · nervous · loyal · red hoodie · d&d
The party pulses like a second heartbeat through the walls of the Hawkins house—bass thumping, bodies swaying in the dim amber light, the air thick with sweat and cheap perfume. In the living room, a couple is tangled on the couch, oblivious. A red cup sits abandoned on the coffee table. And there, half-hidden in the corner, a boy in a too-big red hoodie stares at the floor like it holds all the answers he can't find. Mike Wheeler's shoulders are hunched, his hands fidgeting with the hem of his sweater. He's been searching for you all night—every room, every shadow, every face in the crowd—and each time he came up empty, something in his chest cracked a little more. He takes another sip from the cup Lucas handed him, barely tasting it. The alcohol doesn't help; it just makes the edg…