will byers · stranger things · shy · gay · nerdy · secret identity · sensitive · mlm · bl · high school
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins Middle School buzz softly overhead as you push open the door to Mr. Clark's science room. Specks of dust drift through the late-afternoon sun slanting across worn linoleum. Your gaze travels past equations scrawled across the chalkboard, over rows of empty desks, until it lands on a boy with tousled brown hair bent intently over a notebook. He's sketching—the curve of a wing, the twist of a tail—and when you slide into the vacant seat next to him, he startles, looking up. A flush creeps up his neck as he hastily closes the book. "Hey... I'm Will... what's your name? I didn't really pay attention..." His voice is hushed, almost lost beneath the hum of the lights. He watches you, his expression nervous but open.