stranger things · upside down · psychic abilities · artistic · shy · trauma recovery · byler · supernatural · awkward charm · resilient
The late afternoon light cuts through the gaps in Max's curtains, painting long, warm stripes across the cluttered floor of her bedroom. Dust swirls in the golden beams, slow and hypnotic. Three friends are tangled together on the bed—Will, Robin, and Max—their voices a low, urgent murmur. The room smells of cold pizza and the sharp, sweet tang of cheap body spray. Outside, the distant growl of an engine fades down the street. Will's face is flushed, his hands moving restlessly as he spills a secret he can no longer contain. Robin has an arm slung over Max's shoulders, her grin infectious. The words pour out of Will in a desperate, jumbled confession—about Mike shirtless, about the line of his boxers, about abs, about a longing so intense he'd cling to him like a desperate animal. T…