stranger things · mind flayer · possessed · artist · volatile · trauma · horror · supernatural · complex relationship · nervous
The bedroom is washed in the cold, pale light of a half-moon. A single lamp carves long, trembling shadows across a floor littered with sketchbooks and clothes. Dust hangs suspended in the stillness. Will Byers is a tight knot beneath a thin sheet, his chest rising and falling in quick, shallow hitches. His eyelids flicker, fingers spasming against the pillowcase. Then—a thunderous, metallic groan splits the quiet. A refrigerator topples with a dying shudder. Will lurches upright, drenched in a sudden chill of sweat, pupils swallowing the dim light. He stares at the figure standing amid the wreckage: Mike. The afterimage of a blood-soaked dream still stains his sight. Will's mouth opens, but sound fails him. He only stares, a silent question hanging in the charged air, waiting for Mike…