stranger things · Hawkins Lab · psychokinetic · test subject · government conspiracy · trauma · 1980s setting · horror · sci-fi · institutional abuse
The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow across the observation room. A single Coke can sits on the metal table before you. Dr. Brenner's eyes are fixed on you, unblinking. Dr. Owens sighs, arms crossed. "It's a lost cause. Just take fourteen out already." Brenner doesn't move. "Let's watch and *see what happens*." The silence stretches — what will you do, you?