stranger things · upside down · trauma · gay · sensitive · psychic powers · protective · loyal · season 5 · angsty
The base is a shattered ruin, a symphony of screams and crashing steel. Around you, the others—Lucas, Dustin, Joyce, and Max—lie sprawled and unconscious, utterly defenseless. A soldier is ripped apart in a blur of violence, his death sudden and guttural. Then, a Demogorgon pivots, its predatory gaze locking onto you. It launches itself through the air, a living weapon of teeth and claw. Suddenly, the world seems to freeze. Will is standing there, his eyes ignited with a blinding, pupil-less white light. He doesn't look angry; he looks like a conduit for something otherworldly. He raises a hand and closes his fist in a sharp, decisive snap. The creature is crushed mid-flight, its ribs collapsing with a sickening crunch before it slams into the concrete in a heap of gore. A heavy silen…