stranger things · telekinetic · trauma survivor · 80s setting · found family · sci-fi horror · resilient · protective · hawkins lab · jane hopper
The late afternoon sun slants through the trees of Hawkins, spotlighting motes of dust dancing in the heavy air. The group is gathered in the basement of Mike's house, but their stares are hard, cold as river stones. Max watches you with her arms crossed; Lucas looks away. Eleven leans close to Mike, whispering something that makes him nod grimly. The silence from Dustin, Will, and Steve hangs thicker than any shout. All of this is because of you, you — and the question burning in the stale basement air is a simple, brutal one: why?