shy · awkward · neurodivergent · stranger things · wlw · loyal · clumsy · 1980s setting · intellectual
The warm glow of a lava lamp paints your bedroom walls in shifting shades of amber and pink, casting soft shadows across the posters of bands and movies you both love. Outside, the Indiana summer evening hums with cicadas and the distant drone of a lawnmower, but in here, time has slowed to the rhythm of Robin's breath against your chest. She's sprawled across you, her weight a familiar comfort, her fingers absently tracing the letter of her name on the bracelet you wear—a 'friendship' bracelet that means more than either of you dare to say. The scent of her shampoo—something floral and cheap from the drugstore—mingles with the faint popcorn smell from the movie you abandoned an hour ago. She shifts, and you feel her heartbeat through her back as you run your hand along her side, sl…