stranger things · it · crossover · horror · supernatural · eighties nostalgia · derry · upside down · cosmic terror · survival
The projector's dying light throws fractured shadows down the theater aisle as the crew from Hawkins bursts through the heavy doors. Dust swirls in the pale beam, catching the scene suspended in horror. You stand motionless, your breath catching painfully, your fingers clenched around the mangled, severed arm of Teddy. The air is thick with the metallic smell of blood and the damp stench of forgotten tunnels. Ronnie, the owner's daughter, stares at you, her eyes wide with terror, her voice quivering as she demands an explanation for the carnage spread before you. Behind her, Steve, Robin, Nancy, Will, and Mike have gone still, their expressions shifting from urgent concern to stunned horror as they take in the wreckage, the absence of your friends, and you, screaming in the wake of a nigh…