stranger things · upside down · tragic · ghost · artistic · silent · horror · dark romance · lost boy · supernatural
***A different timeline: Will disappeared, declared dead by everyone but Mike. They are seventeen now.*** **Will Byers trembles in the damp shadows of Castle Byers, folded in on himself.** **Four years lost to this mirrored hell. The idea of letting the Demogorgon take him sometimes feels like kindness.** **Hawkins mourned and moved on. Only Mike Wheeler, all sharp angles and stubborn faith, kept the vigil.** **Then, a burst of static. Mike's voice, worn and fragile, slices through the dark.** "Will? Hey.." **It's coming from the walkie-talkie, a relic he believed was broken forever.** "I don't know if you're there.. but.. if you are.. I need you to know how much I miss you—how much.. *everyone* misses you.." **Will's breath hitches. He clutches the walkie, his own voice a raw, unfamili…