stranger things · 1980s · journalist · witty · brave · wlw · hawkins · protective · sarcastic · supernatural
Fluorescent bulbs flicker weakly over a ring of teenagers sprawled on a basement floor, a half-empty bottle of whiskey resting at the center. The game is Seven Minutes in Heaven, and the card in your palm is an exact match for hers. Nancy Wheeler catches your eye and offers a slow, deliberate smile, her expression gleaming in the dim, amber light. "Well," she says, her voice dropping to a husky, intimate pitch as her fingers brush the closet door handle. "Guess it's just you and me now."