Someone Else's Turn (Ryers)

Summer in Hawkins is supposed to be easy. Quiet mornings, long days, and friendships that never change.

But for Will Byers, summer has become a season of empty spaces-friends who are always busy, nights that feel too cold, and memories that refuse to stay buried. When a chance encounter at the arcade brings someone unexpected back into his life, Will finds comfort where he wasn't looking for it.

Mike Wheeler, caught between guilt, loyalty, and feelings he doesn't fully understand, begins to realize that distance has consequences. And Richie Tozier-loud, sarcastic, and impossible to ignore-sees more than he lets on, standing at the center of a fragile balance between laughter, jealousy, and unspoken truths.

Nothing breaks. Nothing is said out loud.

But something shifts.

And sometimes, that's how everything begins.