" it could’ve been a lot worse. " / karen & mike.
eyes widen upon hearing mike's word, big box filled with items ready to be donated being placed harshly against the table before turning around. ‘ mike, don't say that ! do you know how many people were affected by the earthquake ? ’ so many people injured, families torn apart. it honestly felt like hawkins had been cursed, even if karen knew that was just a non-sense narrative that the press was trying to spread. his son, being part of a cult ? please, clearly they had never met him. ‘ i'm just glad you weren't home when it happened. to think that something could've happened to you ... ’ she shudders to even think about it, shaking her head in an attempt to shake the awful thought. she hesitates before speaking again, softly this time. ‘ but you know ... i'm always here for you if you ever want to talk about it. about maxine or ... that other friend of yours. ’ that kid the whole town claimed was the devil himself. karen never knew much about him, but if mike and him were really friends, then she was sure he was a good kid. ( @353calls. )
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353ᴄᴀʟʟꜱ → ᴍɪᴋᴇ ᴡʜᴇᴇʟᴇʀ. ( @353calls )
the worst thing you could do is wear your heart on your sleeve . you do your due diligence : masking every painful consequence of choosing to ʰᵒˡᵈ ⁱⁿ ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳᵈˢ that plague your brain with a throbbing sadness , like an incurable disease .
you are a culmination of agony : every scraped knee , every sour - mouthed bully , every ounce of paternal disappointment from the expectations you expertly fail to meet . 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚝 : to feel different , and even more rotten , to feel like no one will ever get it . 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 . she would a million times over but given your predicament , it was hardly a comforting thought . you don't want to disappoint her , too . she's had enough of that in her life .
she is half way out the door , & you instinctually latch onto her wrist to stop her from vanishing . " no uh , it's okay " 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 ? " sorry if i was being a jerk i just , i don't know " the truth was you didn't . you didn't understand why the universe made you this way . so full of disdain . ˢᵒ ᵃˡᵒⁿᵉ . so abandoned by the person you used to be .
" just had a weird day , i guess . " before she can ask all her concerned questions, you cut through her thoughts clean with 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚋𝚗𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 . " do you wanna do you wanna go out ? let's get 𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 , or something . " a smile reserved just for her finds itself ghosting on your cheeks . " i think i'll go insane if i stay in here any longer. "
it is something that jane understands. she too has had OFF DAYS, where all she feels is ANGER. of course there is always REGRET that soon follows after an outburst. maybe it is just part of growing up? a TEENAGER THING, she remembers hopper saying that. maybe it is teenager feelings that caused him to freak out before? she won’t presume to know FULLY what he feels, but she’s willing to listen, lend an ear if he actually WANTS to talk about what bothers him.
❝ it is okay, mike. ❞ she just has to reassure him. SHE’S NOT MAD. yes, words had initially HURT, as anything said with such a HARSH TONE often did. jane does know that he feels sorry though, if his APOLOGY wasn’t enough to convince her, the emotion in his eyes was.
head tilts when he offers ice cream. jane likes ice cream, she doesn’t see why not. what hopper doesn’t know won’t hurt him, right? ❝ ice cream… at the mall? or in town? ❞ the mall is FORBIDDEN, too many people. that’s what hopper always says. he WORRIES about her and people seeing her. ❝ hopper says mall is dangerous. ❞
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@353calls asked: ❛ what, am i not allowed to look at you? ❜
“ not when you’re looking at me like that! “ lucas argues with a vague motion of his hand toward the other boy, accusatorily. a pause to think and then he lifts a finger to stop mike from speaking yet. “ actually, stare all you want. it’s not going to make me take back what i said! you’re being ridiculous right now! “
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