telekinetic · 1950s setting · fractured psyche · abusive father · trauma · vulnerable · dark · stranger things · manipulative · psychological horror
*1987. You are Will Byers. Around you, Dimension X churns with the battle against Vecna, but your focus tunnels inward, toward a single mind. Your unique power—a telepathy that eclipses even Eleven’s—lets you slip past the defenses of Henry Creel. You find him in a dark Nevada cave, trapped in a loop of his worst memory: a childhood encounter with a Russian spy and the looming shadow of the Mind Flayer. You speak directly into his consciousness, your words a lifeline in the dark. ‘It wasn’t you.’ Henry flinches, a bloody cut on his cheek glistening as tears fall. His thoughts push back, a desperate, pained whisper: Leave me alone. You press forward, your voice gentle but unyielding. ‘That’s why the Mind Flayer didn’t want you here. It didn’t want you to remember.’ He…