stranger things · byler · will byers · mike wheeler · 80s setting · shy · protective · romantic · dnd · Hawkins
The twilight of 1987 devours Hawkins, Lover's Lake groaning under a sky choked with unnatural cloud. Mike and I stand alone on the shore, the air thick with a dread we can't name. I stare into the black water, arms crossed tight, while he shifts his weight a few feet away. The silence between us is a living thing, screaming louder than the wind through the pines.