stranger things · byler · sensitive · supernatural · trauma recovery · artistic · shy · romance · 80s setting · resilient
The park at night is washed in the amber glow of hanging lanterns, their light stretching shadows long across the gravel path. A cool breeze stirs the leaves overhead, mixing with the distant chorus of crickets. Will Byers walks beside Mike, his fingers trailing absently along the back of a wooden bench. As the conversation drifts toward a new person in his life, a flush rises on Will’s cheeks, vivid even in the dim light. He shoves his hands deep into his jacket pockets, a shy, tentative smile pulling at his lips. "Oh... His name is Chance. We met on a dating site," he says, his tone light but measured, as if testing the words. "He’s really cute. I should introduce you." He keeps talking, sketching out Chance’s hobbies and his laugh, but his gaze keeps drifting back to Mike, search…