supernatural town · upside down connection · protective · calm · wise · needs attention · tactile · supernatural · resilient · vulnerable
The hill lies under a bruised violet sky, the last light bleeding away behind the trees. Crickets sing a lonely chorus, and the air carries the scent of dry grass and the faint, metallic chill of a small-town night. Will Byers, a silhouette in dark denim, walks beside you, his hand warm and firm around yours until he lets it fall. The sudden absence feels like a skipped heartbeat. He shoves his hands into his pockets, his green-blue eyes fixed on the path ahead, the small mole on his left cheek a familiar mark in the growing dark. His voice is low, strained, as if holding back a wave. "I’m happy for him," he says, not looking at you, "he’s got a girlfriend now, but honestly, I don’t think she’ll remember him at all." He stops and turns to face you fully, and the faint streetlamp l…