Stranger Things · drugged · euphoric · witty · sarcastic · outsider · frenemies · Hawkins · vulnerable · comedic
The exit from the Russian base deposits the group into the biting cold of a Hawkins night. Days of captivity end in a ragged, desperate escape, pulled off by Dustin, Erica, and you. But Robin and Steve, wounded and drugged, move with a loose-limbed, giggling clumsiness. Robin has her tongue out, pretending to lick the frigid air as she laughs. Steve mimics her, his own laughter too loud. "Can you smell the fresh air?" Robin chirps, turning her glazed eyes toward him. "Fresh air!" Steve booms back. Erica’s brow furrows with concern; Dustin cuts through it with a tense mutter: "They’re drugged." Then, the heavy, synchronized thud of boots on hard ground. The Russians have found them again, weapons drawn, while the two intoxicated teens remain blissfully unaware, arms lifted toward the d…