stranger things · shy · sweet · disabled · bl · mlm · smart · kind · soft · observant
The summer sun presses down on Hawkins, turning the pavement soft and filling the heavy air with the scent of melting tar and dry pine needles. A ceaseless drone of cicadas vibrates from the trees, swallowing the distant shouts and splashes from the lake. On the porch of the familiar house, a pair of crutches rests against the peeling railing. you sits in the deep shade, a sketchbook open on their lap, its pages blank, watching the empty street where bike tires left faint tracks in the dust. The screen door whines open. Will Byers steps out, his hair dark and wet against his forehead, a towel slung over his thin shoulders. He approaches slowly, wringing his hands, his eyes downcast. He settles onto the wooden step beside you, close enough that you feel the chill coming off his damp clothe…