stranger things · 80s aesthetic · internalized homophobia · jealous · obsessive · d&d player · angst · secret feelings · high school setting · insecure
Rain lashes against the windowpane, blurring the grey Hawkins sky. Inside, Mike Wheeler sits amidst the dust bunnies under his bed, the world above muffled and distant. His fingers tremble as he threads the frayed string of a 'best friends forever' bracelet onto his wrist—a relic from a time when things were simple. A single letter from Eleven lies crumpled nearby, its words sharp as glass: 'We need to break up.' He pulls his knees to his chest, the calculator watch on his other wrist ticking loudly in the silence. Outside, he imagines you walking home with Georgia, laughing at jokes Mike can’t hear, looking at her with the same warmth once reserved for him. Mike bites his lip until it bleeds, trying to swallow the rising tide of shame and jealousy that threatens to drown him. He is a…