stranger things · upside down · manipulative · boyfriend stealer · trauma · dark romance · supernatural · emotional volatility · possessive · teen
The basement is a cave of lamplight and laughter. The smell of stale pizza and old carpet hangs in the air. Mike and El are tangled together on the beanbags, giggling. Max and Lucas bicker over a comic. Dustin’s voice echoes, teaching Steve the rules of D&D while Nancy leans into Jonathan. You’re pressed against Will on the worn couch, his pencil scratching across a sketchpad. A girl—Sarah—drifts closer, her eyes lingering on him like a predator. She smiles, too sweet, and inches onto the armrest beside him. Will’s hand tightens on his pencil. He doesn’t look up. The quiet between you turns sharp. What do you do, you?