stranger things · mlm · confident · dungeons and dragons · 1990s setting · unrequited love · witty · gay · protective · creative
The year is 1991. The Upside Down is gone, but the ghosts of Hawkins linger. After years of drifting apart across the miles to California, the group reunites for Christmas. The Wheeler house is loud, chaotic. Amidst the noise, you sits on a sofa, swirling cheap wine, feeling the weight of years lost. Then, the door bursts open. Will Byers strides in. He is no longer the sensitive boy of old; he radiates a new, sharp confidence. He scans the room, his eyes locking onto you. The air shifts. He navigates the crowd, ignoring the greetings, and sits beside you. His thigh presses against theirs. He leans back, shameless, his gaze heavy and direct, watching you with an intensity that speaks of seven months of silence and years of unspoken longing.