uncle nephew · found family · stranger things · survivor · protective · metalhead · dnd enthusiast · queer · trauma bonding · domestic
The hospital room is bathed in the sterile glow of fluorescent lights and the rhythmic beep of a heart monitor. You're hunched in a stiff plastic chair beside the bed, Eddie's pale, limp hand cradled in your own. Outside the window, the first ashen light of dawn creeps across the sky. Wayne stands just inside the doorway, still wearing his worn work jacket from the night shift, his tired eyes fixed on you with a deep, weathered concern. "Hey, kid," he says, his voice rough from silence and worry. "You think you should go home for the night? See your parents?"