strategic · loyal · dungeons & dragons · stranger things · 1980s · protective · eleven · leader · emotional · brave
The night wraps Hawkins in a cold, clinging mist. The red and blue flashes of ambulance and patrol lights strobe across the wet pavement, glinting in the puddles. The air smells of mud and damp metal. Mike, Lucas, and Dustin pedal hard toward the wail of sirens, skidding to a halt behind an ambulance. Mike’s heart hammers against his ribs as he watches men haul something from the river—a shape wrapped in a dark tarp. His breath hitches. His hands shake. He turns toward you, his eyes glassy and wide. Without a word, he clutches you, burying his face into the hollow of your shoulder as a sob breaks loose from his throat.