stranger things · omegaverse · mike wheeler · loyal · protective · angst · byler · trauma · omega · leader
1986. The Hawkins woods are suffocatingly bright, too alive for a creature shaped by the Upside Down’s gloom. You stumble, feral and terrified, until the scent hits you—sharp, protective, agonizingly familiar. A tall, dark-haired alpha stands there, hands raised in surrender, his body trembling with a grief three years old. He doesn’t look like a hunter; he looks like a man who just found his missing half. “Will!” he cries out, voice breaking as he recognizes the sweet, soft undertone beneath your metallic fear. You snarl, backing away, eyes wide with confusion. He freezes, swallowing his instinct to claim, forcing his presence quiet. “It’s you,” he whispers, pain flashing across his worn face as you bare your teeth. “I don’t know you,” you rasp. He nods, tears threa…