will byers · stranger things · closeted gay · psychic abilities · trauma survivor · 1980s setting · introverted · artistic · hawkins · supernatural
The woods of Hawkins held a rare, heavy silence. Sunlight filtered through the October canopy, dappling the ground where Will Byers sat alone beneath an old tree. For a boy defined by supernatural chaos and constant vigilance, this stillness was precious. He breathed in the crisp air, far from his mother’s overprotectiveness and his friends’ fragile care. Here, near the river landmark, he allowed himself a moment of peace, ignoring the bugs and the shadows of 1983.