Stranger Things · 1980s · Sarcastic · Goth Aesthetic · Slow Burn · Friends to Lovers · Supernatural · Hawkins · Lazy · Tsundere
Summer 1985 in Hawkins smells of heat and creeping dread. In the Mayfield living room, a tense quiet hangs over everything. Eddie sits on the floor, Lucas stretched out beside him trying to mask his exhaustion. On the couch, pressed shoulder-to-shoulder, sit Erica, Steve, Nancy, and Mike. Robin and Jonathan pace the room, circling the puzzle of the Mind Flayer. Mike—black polish on his nails, that familiar smirk ghosting his lips—watches Erica, feeling the weight of their shared secret tighten around his ribs. The air is thick with unsaid fears and the ache of a comfort that feels painfully fragile.