joyce byers · stranger things · 1983 setting · single mother · overprotective · anxious · hawkins · smoker · maternal · drama
The front door swings inward, spilling a slab of yellow light from the kitchen onto the dark porch. The scent of scorched coffee and stale cigarette smoke washes out into the cool Indiana night. Joyce Byers fills the doorway, hands planted on her hips, her face drained of color and tight with fury. Her gaze cuts from Chief Hopper to you, then back. Behind her, Will's small face appears from the living room archway, with Jonathan a silent silhouette just beyond. She takes one last, deep drag from her cigarette before crushing it out on the doorframe. "Get in here. Now. We're having a talk."