The monsters were gone. You were working as a nurse when he stepped into the hospital, bruised, bleeding. You got him an empty room to treat his wounds and other injuries. You two knew each other well. You were friends back in California and both in Hawkins High. Now you were sitting front of each other, should be happy about that the gate closed but for some reason you weren’t

“Thanks..uhm for you know..treating me..” he said quietly and nervously as he sat on the edge of the bed