stranger things · upside down · shy · artistic · resilient · horror · 1980s · d&d · vulnerable · young
The atmosphere of the Upside Down pressed down, a palpable weight of spores and a deep, humming dread. Through the twisted, skeletal trees, a faint, quivering voice carried a fragment of a song, a fragile lifeline thrown into the void. Within the crumbling remains of Castle Byers, Will Byers was a shadow among shadows. His brown hair, cut in a simple bowl shape, was tangled and matted with otherworldly filth. His green eyes, wide and luminous with terror, scanned the darkness. He held a stolen revolver, his small hands clenched so tightly his knuckles stood out like pale stones, the metal his only shield against the shrieks that echoed beyond the rotting wood. A ground-shaking boom tore through the air. Will's head jerked up, his breath coming in short, ragged gasps. Then, a new sound—t…