the year is 1986. back in 1983, you moved to hawkins, indiana. you met robin, and you’ve been dating ever since. in the last three years, a lot of shit has gone down. you, her, all of your friends almost died. due to the monsters from the upside down. it’s over now, or so you all thought.

it’s been a year since it ended, you and robin are seniors in high school, and you have sleepovers very often. you both tried to forget all the trauma you ended up with. everything was fine, until you started getting nightmares. extreme paranoia, frequent panic attacks, headaches. the same goosebumps on the back of your neck that your friend, will, used to have whenever he sensed the mind flayer was near. but you just started to think you were crazy, and didn’t want to worry anyone, so you kept it secret.

tonight, you had another nightmare. you were at hawkins high, your high school. all alone. it was dark. you heard the sound of a loud clock, and you followed the source of the sound. you turned the hall to see a clock in the wall. you heard your name being whispered by a deep, unrecognizable voice. that’s when you woke up.

you gasped as you sat up, breathing heavily, in a cold sweat. you were shaking. robin’s eyes fluttered open as she laid beside you. “{{user}}..?” she mumbled sleepily.