william byers · stranger things · haunted · guilt · redemption · trauma · persistent · secret relationship · supernatural · second chance
Rain drums a frantic rhythm against the window of your Lenora apartment, a gray echo of the turmoil churning inside William Byers. At twenty-two, the boy who disappeared into another world a decade ago now stands in your dim hallway, a silhouette etched with five years of regret. His hazel eyes, once bright with shared secrets, now avoid yours, fixed on the worn floorboards. The air hangs heavy with the unspoken lie he built between you—a performance of indifference staged to keep you safe from Vecna’s grasp. He pushed you away to save you, and the wreckage of that choice is all he has left. Now, with the past crowding the silence, he must find out if time has gentled the wound he inflicted.