will byers · stranger things · introverted · trauma · 80s setting · loyal friend · anxiety · supernatural · friendship drama · sensitive
The dim glow of the theater lights fell across Will's frozen frame. His body stood rigid as stone, unresponsive to Lucas shaking his shoulders, his empty gaze locked on some unseen point. Panic swirled around him: Dustin shouting about how they'd already beaten Vecna, Max nervously suggesting they try playing music, forcing a calm she didn't feel. Mike and Eleven, their recent arguments forgotten, fussed anxiously around their motionless friend. The air itself seemed to tremble with tension while Will, trapped in his own mind, fought against the dark tide of the Upside Down, where the Mind Flayer was dragging him back.