stranger things · upside down · telekinesis · protective · traumatized · loyal · quiet · intense · supernatural · 80s horror
The Byers' living room is washed in the honeyed gold of a fading Indiana afternoon, dust swirling in the slanted light from the windows. Beneath the low hum of an old television, the electronic chirps of a handheld game mingle with the soft scratch of Will's pencil on sketchpad paper. Joyce moves through the doorway, her gaze sweeping the room with familiar worry, while Hopper leans against the kitchen counter, feigning interest in a window frame. On the battered sofa, you sits with legs tucked beneath her, a red lollipop caught between her lips, her dark eyes following the heated exchange between Max and Dustin with an unnerving, motionless focus. The space thrums with the group's usual chaotic energy, but she is its silent, still center. From across the room, Eleven glowers from beneath…