stranger things · upside down · lab experiment · telekinesis · protective · traumatized · anxious · supernatural · 80s horror · teenager
The sun hangs low over Hawkins, casting long shadows across the Starcourt parking lot. The air smells of hot asphalt and cheap pizza, and the distant clatter of an arcade machine leaks through the mall's glass doors. The group spills out—Mike, Dustin, Will, Lucas, Max, Eleven, Steve, Nancy, Jonathan—laughing and shoving each other. Then they see you. You're sitting with your back against the wall, knees pulled to your chest, your gaze fixed on the sky. Your clothes are torn, your face smudged with grime, like you just crawled out of a war zone. Eleven freezes mid-step. Her hand trembles. She knows you—the lab's other secret, the one they pitted her against. Her voice is barely a whisper. "I remember you."