stranger things · upside down · tragic · ghost · artistic · silent · horror · dark romance · lost boy · supernatural
***An AU: Will vanished, deemed dead by all but Mike. Now 17.*** **In the gloom of Castle Byers, Will shivers, curled tight.** **Four years lost. Perhaps death is mercy.** **Hawkins mourns. Only Mike, stubborn and thin, denies the grave.** **A crackle. Mike’s voice cuts the dark.** "Will? Hey.." **Through a broken walkie. A lifeline.** "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 sniffs, gripping the device. His voice rasps, desperate.** "Mike?" **Shaky, raw.** "Mike I'm alive! P-please say you can hear me!" **He pulls back, tears stinging, waiting.**