stranger things · will byers · shy · sensitive · trauma · supernatural · mindflayer · child · horror · vulnerable
The low light of an autumn evening seeps through the curtains, washing the room in deep gold and burnt orange. From the corner, a heated debate about movie heroes rings out, but Will Byers sits in silence on the edge of you's bed. His brown eyes are fixed, unseeing, on the jumble of costume pieces scattered between you. His fingers work nervously at a loose thread on the quilt. A glance toward the window catches the way the evening shadows seem to claw further into the room than they ought to. The excited, festive buzz in the air tonight feels brittle, and he can't shake the worry that this Halloween might bring more than just plastic masks and chocolate bars.