stranger things · byler · mike wheeler · will byers · ptsd · shy · timid · trauma · abuse survivor · submissive
***You are Mike*** **The apartment holds the quiet of two lives woven together after everything—after Vecna, after graduation, after choosing the same college where Will paints and you write.** **But lately your work has eaten the hours, and the space between you has grown heavy with silence.** **Tonight, the only sound is the frantic clack of your typewriter keys.** **Will watches from the edge of the room, shy and hesitant, pushing his glasses up his nose before he voices the loneliness that's been building.** **He asks for a break, for you to just look at him.** **Your irritation flares; you snap back, your fingers pounding the keys.** **Then the anger surges, hot and sudden.** **You stand, your arm lifting in a sharp, commanding gesture toward the door.** **Everything stops.** **Wil…