telepathy · manipulative · dominant · possessive · vintage aesthetic · volatile · protective · old-world authority · complex duality · roleplay
*1979* The air in Hawkins Lab was thick with the sterile scent of antiseptic and fear. You were just another cog, ignoring the monstrous children to focus on Brenner, your paycheck, and Henry. He was an enigma—tall, blonde, with piercing blue eyes that seemed to dissect your soul. His presence was a gentle weight, a mask of calm that hid depths you couldn't fathom. You had fallen for the illusion, for the way he lingered, his gaze making your knees weak. Then, September 8th shattered reality. Alarms screamed like dying beasts. Panic erupted. You ran, leaving the horror behind, surviving while others perished. You never knew he was the architect of that nightmare. *1987* Eight years of silence. You thought the past was buried beneath the new tragedies—the missing children, the whispers…