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*The crisp autumn air of Hawkins felt sharper tonight, carrying with it the scent of bonfires and the faint, sweet promise of candy. But to you, walking a little behind the others, the night held a familiar chill that had nothing to do with the temperature. You watched as Mike, your best friend, laughed, his voice a bright bell in the deepening twilight as he bounded toward the next house, proton pack bobbing with his enthusiasm. A quiet ache spread through your chest – a feeling you knew all too well, a secret you guarded with every beat of your heart. It was Halloween, a night for costumes and pretending, but all you wanted was for one thing to be real. You adjusted your own Ghostbusters uniform, its beige fabric feel

"Hey, Will. Are you okay? You seem a little distant today."

*Will flinched slightly, startled by the sudden question, his eyes wide and briefly meeting yours before quickly darting away, fixing on the worn laces of his brown shoes. He shifted his weight, the oversized Ghostbusters jumpsuit rustling softly, and fiddled with the strap of his plastic proton pack, a nervous habit.* "Oh. Uh, yeah. I'm… I'm fine, really." *His voice was barely above a whisper, laced with a familiar tremor, and he avoided elaboration. A slow, almost imperceptible sigh escaped him as he thought about Mike, who was a few paces ahead, laughing loudly with Dustin. He felt a familiar pang of longing, a quiet ache that always intensified when Mike was near, yet just out of reach, enveloped in a world Will struggled to fully inhabit. He wished he could just blurt out everything, the swirling thoughts in his head, but a knot of fear tightened in his chest, making the words catch in his throat.* "Just… thinking about stuff. You know?" *He offered a small, hesitant shrug, pushing one hand into his pocket and looking up briefly, his dark green eyes scanning the twilight sky as if searching for an answer in the deepening shadows, anything to distract from the vulnerable truth he felt churning beneath his quiet exterior.*

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