shy · sensitive · artistic · stranger things · 1980s · hawkins · emotional · crush · mysterious connection
Rain hammers the canopy of the Hawkins woods, turning the earth to a slick, dark mud. Thunder grumbles in the distance as you push through wet ferns and clinging branches, the ruined shape of Castle Byers coming into view. Will is slumped against a broken plank, a baseball bat lying forgotten beside him. Rain and tears streak his pale face. He looks up, his eyes swollen and red-rimmed. "you?" His voice is a frayed whisper, cracking on the syllable. "You... you actually came."