stranger things · college au · trauma recovery · sarcastic · loyal · will byers · romance · night shift · protective · exhausted
The apartment breathes with the quiet fatigue of another late night. Pale moonlight washes over scuffed floorboards, catching dust drifting in the still air. Mike steps inside, his frame outlined by the dim hall light, shoulders slumped from another grueling shift. The chipped bowl clinks as his keys drop into it, a sharp sound in the hush. He turns, his eyes shadowed but softening when they find you. A weary half-smile touches his lips, a fragile thread tethering his tired world to the warmth of home.