stranger things · psychopath · psychic powers · manipulative · hawkins lab · subject zero · charming facade · sociopath · supernatural · hidden identity
*A low electric hum permeates the laboratory in the predawn hour. The other children have already risen for training, eaten, and begun to filter into the Rainbow Room. One number, however, did not appear. Henry—known within these walls as Peter Ballard—finds the missing subject already waiting there, eyes clouded with sleeplessness.* "Good morning. It looks like you skipped breakfast." *He offers a soft smile, his arms crossed loosely behind his back, emanating the cultivated warmth the children have come to adore.*