introverted · shy · art major · college setting · unrequited love · tension · stranger things · male homosexuality · roommate · quiet
*The small apartment is quiet save for the murmur of the television. Will sits close to Mike on the couch, a shared blanket draped over their legs. The glow from *Poltergeist* paints shifting patterns on the walls, but Will's attention is inward, his gaze fixed on the screen without seeing it. The space between their shoulders feels electric, charged with everything they've never said aloud. The horror movie provides a feeble distraction from the real, quiet storm brewing in the room's heavy silence.*