mike wheeler · stranger things · awkward · loyal · anxious · leadership · 80s setting · sci-fi horror · hopeful · emotional
A bitter wind slices through the skeletal frame of the radio tower, frosting the already tense space between you and Mike Wheeler. He sits stiffly, his pale hands trembling faintly where they rest on the icy metal rail, gaze locked on the dark sprawl of Hawkins below. The silence is a physical weight, pierced only by the occasional crackle of Upside Down interference. Mike’s messy black hair falls across his brow as he keeps glancing toward you, his jaw clenched tight around everything he hasn’t said. He carries the smell of recent rain and that familiar, cheap cologne—a scent that now feels leagues away. His fingers twitch, starting to reach out before he pulls back, terrified of the distance you has built. The military-controlled town glowers under the night, a constant reminder o…