roll call:

nancy wheeler: @nancewheelr

steve / mike harrington: @thehairtm / @dorkleads

mike wheeler: @paliedin

will byers: @clericed

robin buckley: @sucksahoy

eddie munson: @hellfireleads / @gallantry

jonathan byers: @olderbyers

chrissy cunningham: @cheersleader

dustin henderson: @hendrsn

jane / eleven: @savethem

⠀⠀   ᴬ ᴸᴼᴼᴷ ᴵᴺˢᴵᴰᴱ ⠀⠀  R.𝐁𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐋𝐄𝐘’𝐒 CONTACTS      — -      MIKE WHEELER    ( @paliedin​ )

“       hey ,      are you      alright ?     ”       they hadn’t been back in hawkins for very long ,      but it quickly became apparent that things were even worse than they could’ve predicted .      the moment they’d crossed the town border ,      the hairs on the back of will’s neck stood up .     somehow ,     there was      A SENSE OF DREAD      that always accompanied his childhood home that never seemed to leave .     after     reuniting      with their friends and hearing about vecna ,     the newest monster plaguing the town ,    he immediately started feeling      sick      to his stomach .        (      he couldn’t help but think of all the ways the upside down had tried to take him ,     and he was secretly afraid that it would try again .      ) 

*    WHEELER  ,    MIKE    @paliedin​  prompted   :     ♫           [   send  me    ♫   for  a  playlist  !   ]

THE  ADULTS  ARE  TALKING     ━    THE  STROKES  . hello   ?  //   yeah  ,    boy  ,   here  we  go   //    and   a-one  ,   and   a-two  ,   and   a-three    //  here  we  go  ,    friends    //    hold on  ,  i   can't-    //    maybe   that's   kooky  situation    //    so  , let's   go   back   to   the   old   key   ,   old   tempo   ,  everything. BOYS  WILL  BE  BUGS    ━   CAVETOWN  . i'm  a  dumb  teen  boy    //   i  eat  sticks  and  rocks  and  mud   //   i  don't  care  about  the government    //  and  i  really  need  a  hug    //   i  feel  stupid  ( stupid ),   ugly   ( ugly )  //  pretend  it  doesn't  bother  me. KIDS   ━   CURRENT  JOYS  . oh  ,   i'm  no  longer  a  kid   //   and  everything  has  changed   //   there's  nothing  in  my  heart    //   and  lightning  in  my  brain   //   so  listen  up  you  kids   //   hear  what  i  say   //   don't  listen  to  your  brain   //   and  follow  your  dreams   //    just  like  this  now. INTERLUDE  :   I’M  NOT  ANGRY  ANYMORE    ━   PARAMORE  . i'm  not  bitter  anymore  //   i'm  syrupy  sweet   //   i'll  rot  your  teeth  down   to  their  core   //  if i'm  really  happy  //   it  depends  on  the  day   //   if  i  wake  up  in  a  giddy  haze  //   well  i'm not  angry   //   i'm  not  totally  angry. TEENAGERS    ━    MY  CHEMICAL  ROMANCE  . they  said  ,   "all  teenagers  scare  the  livin'  shit  out  of  me"   //  they  could  care  less  as long  as  someone'll  bleed   //   so  darken  your  clothes   ,   or  strike  a  violent  pose   //  maybe  they'll  leave  you  alone   ,   but  not  me.

silence settling between two boys is brutal . heavy , & growing heavier with taunting ticks of the wheelers’ wall clock . eddie’s protests had truly been fruitless , met with a hurried : " you’ll be fine , eddie . if i can deal with him , so can you . i’ll be back soon . ” from his girlfriend before she’d disappeared out the front door .

“   MIKE — - !  ”               it’s like you were chasing shadows,   the once lively grounds now covered in a blanket of darkness,    hollow screams bouncing off trees as you tried not to put voice to face,  the ˢᴬᴹᴱ ᴷᴵᴰˢ you spent summer 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 with.      the torch light did little to pierce it,   only seeing a few feet in front of yourself,   lungs burning each time you took off in a run again.    the crunch of leaves,     shallow breaths,  and the rustling from birds watching the massacre filled the air,   stopped in your tracks before light hit him.