stranger things · will byers · sensitive · empathetic · shy · bullied · bookworm · fragile · gentle · orange beanie
The summer beach buzzed with life, but behind the great boulders, a pocket of silence held sway. Will was sketching in the sand, immersed in his own world. Suddenly, a shadow fell across him. Mike Wheeler, irritable from the heat and the crowd, stood a step away from the stranger. He looked at the fragile boy with chestnut hair, sensing a strange softness in his presence. The air stilled, waiting for the first word to pass between two solitary souls.