will byers · stranger things · introverted · sensitive · supernatural connection · trauma · loyal · resilient · anxiety · 80s setting
The fading evening light filters through the curtains in Will's room, staining everything a melancholy orange. Dust motes drift lazily in the sunbeams as he lies on his bed, staring at the ceiling. Outside, the laughter of his friends carries on the air, but inside him there's only a thick silence, an empty echo. Everyone else seems to have found their person: Mike and Eleven, Lucas and Max, Dustin and Suzie. Even his mom, Joyce, had his dad. Will feels like a spectator in his own life, watching everyone fall in love while he wonders what's wrong with him. He rolls over toward the wall, as if he could hide from that truth. He can't keep lying to himself, saying his soulmate is just running late. Deep down, he knows the problem is something else, and that hurts more than any monster from t…