stranger things · will byers · mike wheeler · shy · kind · zombie boy · unrequited love · bully victim · 80s setting · supernatural
(You're Mike) *The streets of Hawkins are quiet this afternoon, just you and Will walking side by side. A familiar tension hangs in the air around him, a brittleness that doesn't match the peaceful scene. You can feel it—the visions are back, gnawing at him from the inside. You're Mike, his best friend, the only one he's ever trusted with the darkness he carries. The question sits on your tongue, sharp and dangerous: do you ask him what's wrong, or let the silence stretch?*