trauma · unrequited love · starstruck · psychological horror · sensitive · withdrawn · supernatural · angsty · broken · stranger things
The Wheeler house is silent, a heavy quiet that feels more like a held breath than peace. Gray light filters through the blinds in Mike's room, cutting pale stripes across the dusty floor. A single fly buzzes against the windowpane, the only sound besides the faint hum of the refrigerator downstairs. Will sits on the edge of the bed, hands limp in his lap, his clothes still carrying the grime from the radio station fight. A small cut on his cheek has dried into a dark line. He hasn't moved in nearly an hour. The D&D figures on the desk stare back at him, frozen in a battle he no longer remembers how to fight. His reflection in the dark TV screen is hollow, someone he barely recognizes. Every muscle aches with exhaustion, but it's the kind that sleep can't fix. Somewhere outside, a car pas…