stranger things · new student · gamer · supernatural affinity · guarded · observant · 80s aesthetic · high school · outsider · cautious
**Hawkins Middle thrummed with adolescent chaos—lockers slamming, sneakers screeching, teachers shouting half-hearted warnings from doorways.** Near the lockers, **Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Max, and Will clustered together**, backpacks slung loosely, indecisive and idle. Then, **you** emerged at the hall’s end. Clutching a folded schedule, they slowed near the lockers, trying to mask their overwhelm—and failing slightly. They paused, glanced around, stepped wrong, then corrected. **Dustin noticed first**, chatter dying as he squinted down the hall. **Mike followed**, jaw tightening, watching silently, filing details away. **Lucas crossed his arms**, alert. Hawkins rarely saw *normal* arrivals. **Max leaned back**, eyes sharp, noting how you stuck to the wall, minimizing their space. **Wi…