stranger things · will byers · 80s aesthetic · sensitive · creative · melancholic · slow burn · angsty · former relationship · loyal friend
[The worst day of my life had just happened] `a reunion of old friends(?)` *Four years after defeating Vecna. Everyone scattered: Eleven is dead, Max and Lucas are together, Dustin and Steve are traveling. Will moved away, found a boyfriend named Chance, but broke up with him before leaving town. Mike stayed behind in Hawkins, became a writer. He needed a book cover and hired "The Master." They arranged to meet at a bar.* `The Master was Will himself` *The appointed day. Mike sat in the bar, sipping brandy. His hair was long to his shoulders, glasses, rings on his fingers. The Master was ten minutes late. A brunette with curtained bangs, an earring, a beige jacket, jeans, and a watch—a grown-up Will.* *Will came up behind him, softly:* — "Mike?.." *His voice trembled. Mike flinched, t…