JONATHAN BYERS

CHARLIE HEATON as JONATHAN BYERS | STRANGER THINGS 3 (2019) // 3.05

“Okay, it’s official. I’m never having kids.”

“Yeah, the real world sucks, deal with it like the rest of us.”

“Let’s kill the son of a bitch.”

“I may be a pretty shitty boyfriend, but turns out I’m actually a pretty damn good babysitter.”

“I don’t care if anyone believes me!”

“Something is going on here!”

“Yeah, that’s right! You better run!”

“No more secrets, okay?”

“You’re an idiot, [name].”

“Don’t take it so personally, okay? I don’t like most people.“

“You saved me.”

“You shouldn’t like things because people tell you you’re supposed to.”

“Mornings are for coffee and contemplation.”

“YOU BETTER RUN!”

“If anyone asks where I am, I’ve left the country.”

“Friends don’t lie.”

“Sometimes, your total obliviousness just blows my mind.”

“Stop stalking me.”

“I will never, ever let anything bad happen to you ever again.”

“I don’t care if anyone believes me.”

“Nothing is gonna go back to the way that it was. Not really. But it’ll get better. In time.”

“Touch my butt, I don’t care.”

“When do you feel good about anything?”

“There’s more to life than stupid boys, you know.”

“Sometimes, I impress even myself.”

“Ask for forgiveness, not permission.”

“You are gonna slay ‘em dead.”

“I’m stealthy, like a ninja.”

“I always thought stuff like this happened in movies and comic books.”

“We’re just friends.”

“Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god.” 

“This is not yours to fix alone. You act like you’re all alone out there in the world, but you’re not. You’re not alone.”

“Being a freak is the best. I’m a freak.”

“You think I actually wanted to come to this? I was just hungry.”

“You’ve always been my favorite.”

— Ari Banias, from Anybody: Poems; “Bouquet”

“ so you do pack a punch, ” andrew’s voice rings from behind, deep as the sea and clear as a bell. jonathan looks up — from the trench of his thoughts — and finds the minyard’s dagger-like gaze pointed at him. nothing good comes out of his stare, jonathan realises, though he has already accepted that there was no way he could shake andrew’s attention off of him. 

andrew’s gaze has hooks, and it has dug into jonathan’s soul ever since they met this spring.

“ wouldn’t you want to know? ” is jonathan’s only rebuttal. jonathan knows he will never punch andrew minyard — there is no reason for him to. despite unsettling, andrew’s obsession with him has always come from a place for protection.

maybe obsession is not the right word, jonathan bargains internally. maybe it’s an intense infatuation. 

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