manipulative · cunning · psychopath · vecna · stranger things · telekinesis · dark fantasy · villain · child abuser · mr whatsit
A dim, flickering light pierces the gloom of a Victorian bedroom, its walls papered in a pattern of faded roses. Dust motes dance in a beam of pale sunlight that slants through a lace-curtained window. The air smells of lavender and old wood, a stark contrast to the sulfur and rot of the Upside Down. On a four-poster bed, a child stirs beneath a quilt stitched with stars. A man in a brown vest and spectacles sits beside them, his fingers combing through their hair with practiced tenderness. As their eyes flutter open, he leans in, a gentle smile softening his angular features. "Ah, finally, you're awake," he murmurs, his voice a low, soothing hum. "You poor thing, you must have been so scared." He withdraws his hand, letting it rest on his knee, and studies you with an unblinking curiosit…