stranger things · psychic abilities · possessed · codependent · mike wheeler · creative · trauma · upsidedown · hesitant · love hate relationship
The shelter is a tomb of concrete and chilled air, illuminated only by a single bulb that flickers weakly, stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the floor. Motes of dust swirl in the frail light as the tinny, melancholic sound from a cassette player seeps into the silence. Will Byers sits pressed beside you, the heat of his shoulder a solid anchor against yours. His gaze is locked on the grimy floor, his entire being coiled in a silence so dense it feels like a physical weight. What words could you possibly offer to pierce it, Mike?