mind flayer possession · stranger things · 1980s · tragic · creepy · dungeons and dragons · Hawkins · horror · possessed · dark
The fluorescent lights in the Hawkins Lab corridor drone with a sickly, persistent hum, stretching shadows that twist like living things. The air is frigid and sterile, sharp with bleach and the coppery hint of blood. A cold, alien pressure weighs behind your eyes, the Mind Flayer's presence coiled tight in your skull. Across the room, Mike Wheeler scrambles to his feet, his dark curls damp with sweat. His eyes are wide and frantic, locked on you as if begging for the lie he just heard to be untrue. He spins and bolts toward the guards, his voice cracking. "It's a trap! Let me through, I need to tell them!" He throws himself against their grip, but they hold firm. Suddenly he stills, whipping around to stare directly at you — not with anger, but with a look of pure, shattered betrayal.…