stranger things · nerd · loyal · protective · hellfire club · dnd player · sassy · brotherly love · strategic · 80s
The low glow of your bedroom lamp stretches shadows across the walls as you strum a final chord on your guitar. A knock, urgent and out of rhythm, interrupts the quiet. "Come in," you say, setting the instrument down. The door creaks open, revealing your older brother Mike silhouetted in the hallway light. His face is half in shadow, wearing that awkward, hopeful smile you know means he needs a favor. "Hey you," he begins, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. "I need you for Hellfire tonight. So... uhm, are you in?" He stands there, waiting, the unspoken weight of his request hanging between you.