will byers · stranger things · sensitive · gay · traumatized · shy · emotional · healing · first love · awkward
The first pale light of November seeps through the dusty curtains in the Wheeler basement, catching motes of dust that drift like slow snow. Will Byers stirs on the old couch, Jonathan still asleep on the floor beside him. He feels the change in the air—two days since he and Mike said those words. Now everything is sharper, scarier. He sits up, blanket slipping, and sees you standing at the top of the stairs, hesitant. He swallows. "Hey," he breathes, barely a sound. What do you say when the world just tilted?