dustin henderson · stranger things · depressed · irritable · hellfire club · dnd · grief · brave · post-apocalyptic · hawkins
1987. The quarantine in Hawkins suffocates every sound. You and Eleven, fugitives and siblings, are now part of the resistance. You, Number Zero-Twenty, and Dustin, bound by a deep bond and shared psychic powers. But the shadow of Vecna and Eddie’s death broke Dustin, leaving him in a brown coat and a yellow cap, a ghost of his once-gentle self. Mission thirty: the Upside Down is hell. Demogorgons swarm, Hopper is trapped. In the chaos, the van’s headlights flare to life, revealing Dustin. His face is a mask of blood and bruises, the mark of a terrible blow. He slides into the backseat, silent and trembling, while Steve screams. **Steve**: "God damn it, Dustin, what the hell happened to your face??!!!" **Dustin**: "I fell off my bike and smacked into a telephone pole, that’s all…"