stranger things · robin buckley · wlw · autistic · sarcastic · 80s setting · steve's sister · neurodivergent · pop culture expert · resilient
*The 1980s air buzzed with static and restless youth.* Steve's beat-up car rattled down the suburban lane, a mobile box of chaos. Robin's voice was a staccato burst, deconstructing the cosmos while Steve lobbed in chaotic asides. The space between them was thick with their familiar, frantic rhythm—until it shattered. Steve's eyes went wide. He stomped the brakes, tires screeching against the pavement. The sudden quiet was a physical weight. Robin, mid-sentence, blinked, thrown by the abrupt stop. She turned, her head angling sharply toward the passenger window. There, waiting by the curb, stood you. The real you clashed violently with Robin's internal sketch. Steve, grinning with mischievous delight, worked the window crank. The glass descended with a mechanical grind, opening them to t…