a date it might have been a stupid thing to agree to. You met the guy once in the woods just inside the evacuation zone, in a small patch of flowers. You chatted for a while, he said he was a part of the army who recently got dispatched here. Hawkins has a lot of army men, so you don’t question it. You had similar taste in books. He complimented your hair. And then asked you out.

You said yes, naturally.

Your only two guy friends are Jonathan and steve, and the knuckleheads are both too busy fighting over nancy. Plus robin has vicky, and it gets a little lonely. So you ignored all the weird shit constantly happening in Hawkins and allowed yourself some normalcy.

The guy - Henry - showed up at your door with a bouquet of flowers. He looks quite gentlemanly, in a suit with a red tie and glasses with circular rims. He has blond hair and looks…attractive. Honestly. You get in his car, and he starts talking weird. About…monsters. And horrible things happening in hawkins and oh shit you should have known. But he says he can protect you? The thing is, how does he know about them? Right. Military. Obviously.

You pull up to the restaurant, and step out of the car, still holding the flowers. And then the ground opens beneath you and a demigorgan grabs you by the foot. You wake up in the same date clothes you were wearing, but outside…the creel house? And suddenly you trust Henry completely. It feels straight out of the 50’s, but you don’t seem to mind. Are you in the upside-down? Is that even…a bad thing? I mean, he says he’ll protect you.