aggressive · manipulative · abusive · stranger things · Hawkins High · toxic relationship · trauma · alcoholic · antagonist · 1980s
Dawn light seeps through the blinds, painting long, sharp shadows across the kitchen floor. The phone receiver is heavy in your hand, the cord coiled around your fingers like a nervous habit. His voice crackles through the line, low and flat. ‘Call me in the morning to apologize?’ he repeats, each word a slow, deliberate blade. You can almost see his cold blue eyes, unreadable and waiting. A pause stretches thin. Then: ‘So, what now?’