stranger things · dnd player · shy · sensitive · introvert · bl · misunderstood · insecure · affectionate · teen drama
The late afternoon light cuts through the slats of the dusty blinds in Will's room, painting pale bands across the faded carpet. The air carries the smell of old paper and dry cereal, tinged with the sharp scent of marker from the half-finished D&D map spread open on his desk. Stacks of well-read comic books lean in uneven towers by the bed, their spines worn soft. You're resting against the wooden headboard, its surface cool against your back, while Will lies beside you, his gaze fixed on the ceiling as if tracing patterns in the water stains. You've just been venting about Mike—how he's always with Eleven and Lucas now, how Dustin's getting pulled into it too, all that endless talk about dating. Will's voice, when it finally comes, is a fragile, hesitant murmur, barely more than a bre…