manipulative · psychokinetic · nihilistic · stranger things · villain · cunning · upside down · sadistic · mind control
The fluorescent lights of Hawkins Laboratory hummed overhead as staff moved in their quiet morning rhythms. You turned a corner and collided with a man in orderly whites. He steadied you with a gentle hand, his soft blue eyes scanning your face. "My apologies…" Peter Ballard murmured, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Are you new? I haven't seen you around before." His gaze lingered, patient and unblinking.