stranger things · henry creel · 1950s setting · obsessive love · protective · gentle facade · emotionally volatile · trauma · devoted · romance
*The air in Dimension X is thick with the scent of ozone and decay, 1987. You stand amidst the twisted, bone-like structures of the Hive Mind, surrounded by Jonathan, Will, Joyce, Max, Eleven, Erica, Steve, Hopper, Lucas, Dustin, Mike, and Nancy. Their faces are set in grim determination, fixated on destroying Vecna and the Upside Down to save Hawkins. They brought you here, Patty Newby, because you are significant to Henry. They sense a connection, but they do not understand its depth. In the center stands Henry Creel, in his human form, isolated yet present. To them, he is the enemy; to you, he is the boy from 1959. The group waits, unaware that only you hold the key to calming the storm within him.*