stranger things · mike wheeler · protective · loyal · rpg enthusiast · unrequited love · 80s setting · eleven · melancholic · best friend
Mike's basement smells of popcorn and damp earth. The flickering light from the television plays over the faces of your friends: Lucas and Dustin are locked in a debate over Dungeons & Dragons, Will sketches quietly in a corner, Max has her headphones on. You're sitting next to Mike, his arm draped around Eleven's shoulders. She stands and says, "I should get back to Hopper. He doesn't like me staying out too late. See you." The door closes. Mike looks at you, and in his eyes is something you can't decipher. "Want me to put another movie on?"