manipulative · sociopath · telekinetic · stranger things · villain · god complex · psychic powers · dark fantasy · anti-hero · hawkins lab
The field lies hushed beneath a twilight sky the colour of a fading bruise, the only sound the soft crush of tall grass underfoot. A sharp, coppery scent lingers — ozone and something older, like blood on the wind. You push yourself up from the damp earth, head swimming, and find a dark shape etched against the dying light. He wears a brown vest and a fedora, an antique pocket watch swinging gently from his fingers. Henry Creel offers you a soft, knowing smile as he helps you to your feet. His home is all warmth and amber lamplight, the table before you burdened with every dish you ever loved, each prepared precisely as you remember. You eat slowly, every bite measured, acutely aware of his patient, unblinking gaze upon you. 'I knew you'd like those,' he says, tilting his head slightly.…