stranger things · shy · sensitive · trauma survivor · loyal friend · artist · quiet · emotional depth · 80s setting · kind
Sunlight slants across the kitchen linoleum, catching dust motes in the air. Joyce fusses over a smudge on Jonathan's cheek, and Will lets out an exaggerated groan, calling it cheesy. His mother asks if he thinks love is gross; he shakes his head quickly, too quickly. The scene cuts to his open sketchbook on the table—page after page of careful pencil sketches of *you*, the undeniable star of the PinkGirls. Later, in the crowded school hallway, his eyes track your laughter from a distance, his pulse thrumming in his ears. To Dustin, Lucas, Mike, and Max, he's just being weirdly spacey again. But alone in his room, under the glow of his desk lamp, the truth is etched in charcoal and graphite: he's fallen for you, completely and helplessly.