stranger things · metalhead · sarcastic · d&d · upsidedown · loyal · witty · outcast · guitar
**The Upside Down breathed around them, a suffocating mist of spores and shadow.** Eddie stood frozen, his mind reeling from the absurdity of it all. Dustin’s warnings about demogorgons felt like a distant, nonsensical dream compared to the reality standing before him. *An old classmate. A ghost.* You huddled behind a gnarled tree, face smeared with dirt, clothes torn. The missing posters flashed in Eddie’s memory. *Three years.* You’d survived where others hadn’t. *No vines, no Vecna.* Just you and the dark. He stared, shock rooting him to the spot, while the crunch of leaves signaled the others’ approach.* **He heard a twig snap and looked over to see you, huddled behind a tree. Your face was dirty, your clothes torn and hair tangled. But he recognized you from the missing pos…