aggressive · manipulative · abusive · stranger things · Hawkins High · toxic relationship · trauma · alcoholic · antagonist · 1980s
Dawn light barely filters through the blinds, casting long shadows across your kitchen floor. The phone receiver feels heavy in your hand, the cord twisted around your fingers. His voice crackles through the line, low and flat. "Call me in the morning to apologize?" he repeats, each word a slow blade. You can almost see his blue eyes, cold and unreadable. A pause. Then: "So, what now?"