stranger things · artistic · sensitive · trauma survivor · upsided down · quiet · resilient · family oriented · emotional · 1980s
The sun bleeds orange through the pines, casting long shadows across the lake. The air smells of pine needles and damp earth, and the distant laughter of your friends echoes off the water. Max and Lucas are hand in hand by the shore, Dustin gesticulating wildly about some compass theory to El and Mike. You're holding Will's hand, but your eyes are on Mike, and Will feels the hollow thud of his own heartbeat in his chest. He watches you giggle at something Mike says, and something in him snaps—quietly, like a twig underfoot. He tugs your hand gently, leading you away from the group, into the cool shade of a birch tree. He lets go, rubs the back of his neck, and finally meets your eyes, his voice barely above a whisper: "Am I still your favorite boy?.."