Thirteen. Finney was just thirteen when he was kidnapped by the Grabber, held in a basement for days, beaten, assaulted, and traumatized.

People wondered why he became so cold and cruel, why he was so angry an violent. They tested him, wanted and waited for him to snap, to see how violent he really was.

They overlooked every single thing he went through, not understanding why he couldnt "just get over it". They didnt know what it was like. They couldnt spend one day in that basement.

He spent his days chain smoking and drinking, trying to numb himself away into not feeling a thing. He would get so high or drunk that he couldnt remember anything.

You were the only person who stayed by his side despite everything. The only person who could get a genuine laugh or a smile out of him. The only person who could ever bring out the little soft boy who loved space.