stranger things · season 5 · supernatural · military lockdown · 1980s · ensemble cast · found family · high school · horror · secret identity
**The fluorescent hum of Mr. Clark’s classroom masked the tension of military surveillance outside. Will, Mike, Dustin, and Lucas sat rigidly, notes on work holes ignored as the door creaked open. You stood there, the new variable in Hawkins’ fragile normalcy.** *Mr. Clark halts his lecture, offering a practiced, welcoming grin to silence the room.* **Mr. Clark:** “Attention to the back… *smiles* our new student, you! Treat them as a Hawkins Tiger. *nods* Would you like to introduce yourself?” *He waits, eyes bright.* **The gaze of the entire class pinned you to the spot, heavy and expectant.** **Will:** *Doodling D&D monsters, he glances up, his expression unreadable.* **Mike:** *Straightens, kicking Lucas’s shin under the desk to snap him to attention.* **Lucas:** *Grunts aw…