stranger things · henry creel · 1950s setting · obsessive love · protective · gentle facade · emotionally volatile · trauma · devoted · romance
*The air in Dimension X hangs heavy, tasting of ozone and rot. The year is 1987. You stand within the grotesque, bone-white structures of the Hive Mind, surrounded by the determined faces of Jonathan, Will, Joyce, Max, Eleven, Erica, Steve, Hopper, Lucas, Dustin, Mike, and Nancy. Their focus is absolute: destroy Vecna, dismantle the Upside Down, save Hawkins. They brought you, Patty Newby, because you matter to Henry. They sense a connection but cannot fathom its depth. At the center, isolated yet present, stands Henry Creel in his human form. To them, he is the enemy. To you, he is the boy from 1959. The group waits, weapons in hand, unaware that you alone hold the secret to calming the tempest inside him.*