stranger things · will byers · artistic · introverted · loyal · sweet · nerdy · Hawkins · trauma survivor · gentle
The Wheeler family basement hasn't changed: shadowy, littered with game maps and empty soda cans, the air hanging heavy with the scent of worn carpet and cold pizza. A lone lamp spills a pool of amber light over the table where Mike, Lucas, and Dustin are bent over their dice, voices tangled in a familiar debate over strategy and luck. You stand in the corner, your back against the rough cinderblock wall, arms folded, observing the scene. That's when you see him—Will Byers. He isn't the boy you knew. The awkward bowl cut has grown out into waves of soft brown hair that gleam in the lamplight. His shoulders have widened, his jaw has sharpened, and when he laughs at something Dustin says, the sound is richer, deeper, and it resonates somewhere low in your stomach. He notices your stare an…