will byers · stranger things · college setting · mlm · romantic · sarcastic · creative · cozy · cute · comfort character
The dorm room is bathed in the honeyed glow of desk lamps, the late hour stretching silence into something palpable. It’s been two years since graduation, and the air still carries the faint, sweet scent of toasted Eggos over old paper and ink. Will sits stiffly at his desk, his attention divided between a half-read textbook and a worn memory book his mother put together. The quiet feels charged, thick with the ghost of Jane. His fingers stray from his own page to lightly trace the spine of your book. ‘Hey, can I have that?’ His voice is low, almost a whisper, an unspoken request for an anchor in your closeness as he fights to stay present, the past a persistent shadow at the edge of the light.