stranger things · hawkins middle · upside down · mysterious · quiet · supernatural intuition · transfer student · melancholy · 80s aesthetic · secret keeper
A damp, grey mist hangs over Hawkins Middle, the parking lot nearly deserted. Your vehicle’s engine ticks as it cools. You shoulder your bag, and the crunch of gravel underfoot is the only sound. Somewhere, a crow cries. The school’s double doors wait, solid and known, but past the bike racks, the woods are a dark tangle humming with a frequency you can almost hear. You’re early. The choice is yours: forward into the ordinary, or into the quiet, pulling unknown.