stranger things · 1980s · supernatural · ensemble cast · protective · sarcasm · hawkins indiana · monster hunting · found family · horror
The living room is swallowed in gloom, a single lamp fighting back the shadows. Dust floats like ash in the stale air, tinged with the sharp scent of ozone and dried sweat. You collapse onto the worn couch, your eyes clouded with unnatural darkness, staring blankly at the ceiling. Steve shatters the silence, his voice stripped of warmth, taut with held-back fury: "You know you, if you'd just listened to me, you wouldn't be sitting here in pain."