#dr.brenner

[strangerthings-fanfics1301]

Chapter one: The Lab

1975

Hawkins lab

Seven never understood why Papa would always keep him from the others. Papa would only allow him to see 011 when he had gotten to the age of 8. Eleven she was fairly young to be at the lab. She looked around 5-6 years old which always surprised me because no one was able to see her since birth. Papa would explain that she was not in the condition to be tested or do experiments. And would tell the others they were too dangerous for visitation.

Papa always said he was "dangerous" and wasn't allowed to be with others but he wasn't dangerous he wanted to play with somebody just one time just once!

Ever since birth at the lab I was always told that I just don't understand why I don't mean to be "dangerous" I just want somebody to play with.

I tried to tell Papa I wasn't "DANGEROUS" and that I am NICE! seven didn't want to hurt anyone but why was everyone always hurting him? everyone not even Papa cares about how I feel

I thought I could trust him.

Papa would always say things like

"you'll get better"

"try harder next time and maybe you'll see the others."

"you're too DANGEROUS for the other seven"

"Your too unique seven for the others they won't understand you"

And one-time Papa got so angry at him

"YOU ARE A MONSTER SEVEN YOU'LL KILL THEM ALL!"

Ever since then I always wondered if I was the monster all along.

Am I dangerous?

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1979

The woods

I had finally escaped that living hell of a "home". It was brutal but he did it even though I had finally escaped that horrid place. I had been running for I don't know how long all I know is that my feet were in agony. I had heard people from the lab yelling my name. I didn't look back. This was my only chance to escape. All I know is to run.

They kept saying I needed to get "better" which was never true. I was never going to get better any time soon. So I didn't look even a glance I just kept running I didn't know where I was exactly but that didn't matter

my only goal at the moment was to keep running

RUN FOR DEAR LIFE

apart of me felt bad for not involving that youngest one there eleven she was so nice she only talked to him because they both were both only allowed to see each other but that didn't matter she was the only person that wasn't mad or upset with him it made him feel some sort of want

But deep down inside it hurts so much that I didn't involve her in my plan of mine to escape. I mean it was only me on this escape plan but I also didn't want to leave her in that living hell.

There was only so little I could do, hey I am only 12 years old there was not much I could do. But I know I could do something to save her.

That has always been and will be the biggest regret I made in my life.

[amethyst-crowns]

steddie this…

ronance that…

where is the dr. brenner x dr. owens tattoo parlor/flower shop au???

[edb954]

Never Lose Me (Henry/001 x reader)

(Summary: Where you are unwillingly part of one of Dr. Brenner's project's in the lab, Henry /001 is the one who he pairs you with. But something goes wrong during the pregnancy..)

(Warning: Mentions of murder, Medical stuff, blood, death, dark themes, Dr. Brenner is his own warning)

   It was a cold rainy September night, when you got kidnapped by a old grey haired man named Dr. Martin Brenner. Who was now your 'boss'. He forced you to join one of his projects and he stuck you in a room with a very handsome mysterious guy named Peter Ballard, who you later found out his real name was Henry Creel.

(Flashback)

"W-who are you? Wh-where am I?" You finally got the courage to speak.

"Henry.. Henry Creel." "But I thou-" "Brenner changed my name.. and I'm sure you know why.." Henry said looking at you. He was right you did know, he was supposed to be dead but here he is in the flesh.

"I'm not going to hurt you..."  "Where am I? Why am I here? And don't try anything i know karate.." you said trying to stand your ground. He was not bying it.

"Your at Hawkins Lab, Dr.Brenner is making you become involved in one of his projects.. that's why your in here with me.."

"Wait you knew?" He nodded.

"He told me and showed me who you were. Y/n M/n L/n, 25 years old. Honor Roll in high school, went to one of the best schools for nursing, Single, and a Orphan... Brenner actually let me pick who was going to be apart of this project.." your face went back to a horrified expression. "Don't worry he was planning to get you anyways. He needs a new nurse."

"H-ho-" "He has a file of you.. he has files of everyone.. and I picked you because I can sense theirs something... between us..."

  And Henry was right. There was/is an unspeakable bond between the two of you no one could figure out... not even them. From then on, you both got to know each other he told you more about the lab, himself, how he was/is a number and that he has powers just like the other children. He also told you about the project.. how you and him had to conceive a child. You were mortified and refused.... Until that one night....

"What happened?" You walked towards him seeing him on the ground in pain. Henry refused to break down his wall and shook his head.

"They punished you didn't they?" You asked. He sighed and nodded.

  You got the first aid kit and asked him to take off his shirt. You never knew how toned he actually was until now... you quickly shook the thought away and You started to tend to his wounds.

"What happened this time?"

"Brenner doesn't like how close I am getting to 011."

"I see that.." you said with a frown as you finished tending to his wounds.

    But before you could move away, he grabbed your arm and lifted up your chin, making you look into his eyes and before you knew it, his lips were on yours and you were being pushed back onto his bed.

   Now, You were months into your pregnancy and at first everything was fine until the past few weeks going into the third trimester of your pregnancy. You had been exhausted and coughing like crazy you also looked survirly pale, but you just thought it was just because of being trapped in the lab. During your pregnancy you haven't been able to see Henry as much but, he did grow concern. You missed seeing him everyday, You thought, As you walked with one of the other woman in a different project Lydia, who had became your friend. While she talked to you about the reasoning she was here and her husband.

"I've been missing him like crazy. And the only reason I am doing this is because I need the money or I don't know what will happen to us-" you started to feel faint slowing down your speedy as well as starting to cough slightly, trying not noticing the blood that was coming out as well.

"Y-y/n are you okay?" She asked concerned, looking behind towards you.

"I-im..f-fine." You said in between heeps of breaths and coughing up large amounts of blood, before your eyes rolled back and you clasping to the floor. Lydia dropped her pad running towards you.

"Omg. Y/n? Help! HELP!" She shouted. To see Dr.Brenner and two orderly's running up to them.

"Lydia what happened?" Brenner asked eyes filled with shocked and a little horror.

"I-I don't know... w-we were just walking and she started coughing and slowing down. Before I knew it she clasped." She said with tears streaming down her eyes.

"Jackson take Ms. Rowe back to the project room. Lucas take ms.L/n to the infirmary immediately! And page the infirmary! Hurry!" Brenner ordered. The two men hurriedly went to there tasks.

While Lucas rushed Y/n to the infirmary. He immediately paged the infirmary.

"This is Lucas Soks i have a serious matter ms. L/n clasped in the hall coughing up blood. Dr. Brenner needs to have all hands on deck. I'll be there soon!"

Not occurring to Lucas nor Brenner that Henry over heard everything and is hot on their tracks.

Once, Lucas got her to the infirmary the team took you and placed you on the table placing an oxygen mask on to your mouth and nose, while giving you an IV as they pushed everyone else out of the room.

As Dr.Brenner was going to the infirmary to see what was happening he was stopped in his tracks by an all to familiar voice/person.

"What did you do to her?" A bitter voice said.

"001 we have no idea what happened. I'm on my way to figure it out now and I suggest you let me through or suffer the consequences." Brenner spoke.

Henry opened his mouth to speak then closed it again before letting Brenner pass.

"I will let you know what happens.." Brenner said before continuing to the infirmary.

Once he was gone, henry punched the closest wall near him. Though Brenner used you for his "project" you both actually fell for each other. He never expected to fall in love or have any actual feelings for anyone or anything but, their was something about you that allured him. Now that he has you he's not going to let you go no matter what. He couldn't bare the thought of losing you.

Once, Brenner got to the infirmary.

"What's going on?" Brenner asked one of the nurses.

"Her body is starting to shut down, one of her organs is clasping. We need to get her into surgery now." She explained.

"I don't care what happens to her but, make sure that baby is alive." Brenner stated.

"But sir-" "do as I say! Kill her i don't care but I.want.that.baby.alive!" He ordered.

They looked at him with a horrified expression before following his orders. One of the nurses Katherine was a very good friend of yours even before the lab. She couldn't believe what she had heard. And slipped out of the room to find Peter/Henry. She found him where he usually was working in the Rainbow room.

"Mr. Ballard could I speak with you for a moment.. 011s results came back." She made up a good excuse or well she hoped. Looking at the other orderlies who had actually bought it. Peter got up and followed her.

"I need to tell you something important."

"Ms.Thorn I don-" as he was about to walk back to the rainbow room " It's about Y/n." Henry paused in his tracks slowly turning around walking back towards Katherine.

"What about Y/n." He said in a deep almost concerned voice.

"Br-Brenner wants to kill her..." those four words almost sent him into a rage. "Y/n's condition, is one of her organs are failing. There getting her-she's probably already in surgery now. Brenner never cared about her seems pretty obvious but all he cares is wanting that baby... your baby alive... no matter the costs.." She explained. Henry was frozen in place rage filling him more and more like poison seeping through. He need to do his plan as soon as possible.

"I-I have to get back before Brenner notices.. I wanted you to know.." and with that Katherine went back to the infirmary. While Henry went back to the rainbow room to start his plan.

(Timeskip: past through the mascara and everything also eleven escaped through the tunnel when Henry showed her, also it's a bit different because he was killing everyone who was in the way of getting to you so yeah!)

Once, Henry finished off with the last nurse stopping him from getting to you. While compelling Katherine to tend to their daughter, he saw you laying on the table stitched back up in a gown. His heart dropped while he picked you up in his arms holding you hoping you will wake up and be with him. That he did not lose you and as if the gods were on his side he felt your fingers move against his back pulling your chest to his ear feeling/hearing your heartbeat once again. He picked you up into a bridal style pose. And took you and their daughter home.

Once you woke up, you felt as if you were on a cloud looking around to notice you weren't in the lab but in your house well your room to be exact. You heard footsteps coming towards you, to see Henry.

"H-Henry.." your voice croaked out he neiled down and pulled you into a deep hug you slowly wrapped your arms around him pulling him closer.

"I thought I lost you.." he said. While kissing your head. You pulled away putting your forehead against his.

"You could never lose me.." you said looking into his perfect blue eyes.

Before he could say anything their was a knock on the door frame. Both of you looked over to see Katherine and a baby.. your baby. You sat up as quick as possible.

"I-is she okay.." you asked concerned.

"She's perfect. Here. I'll give you three sometime." Katherine replied handing your daughter over to you. "She still needs a name by the way." She said before leaving.

Your eyes welled up as you looked at your beautiful daughter. As her arms moved and grabbed your hair.

"H-hi." You said as tears of joy streamed down your face. You saw her look over at Henry. "Is that your dada?" You asked lifting her up.

Henry watched mesmerised by just the small interaction between you and their daughter. "She does still need a name.." he spoke up. You looked at her for a moment before smiling.

"Hayley Grace... that's her name.." you looked at Henry for a moment. "Hayley Grace Creel.." Henry looked at you for a moment, before a smile creeped up onto his lips as he brought the both of you in his arms. While whispering "it's perfect.."

    You both stayed like that for a while, you couldn't imagine anything better. Your little family. You didn't regret anything, not even being forced to stay in the lab because if you didn't, you wouldn't be here with Henry and your daughter.

Word count: 2032

(A/n: I hope you all enjoyed this! I know it's kinda rushed but! I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS HAPPENS TO ANYONE ELSE!, Do you ever have a whole BUNCH ideas for writing but you have no idea how to start it?¿ please let me know that I'm not the only one haha.. anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed! :) )

[spideyanakin]

Stranger things: first shadow SPOILERS

No but stranger things first shadow will become my Roman Empire. Like this is a new masterclass from the duffer brothers.

Joyce and Hopper being in love with each other since they were 18!?? Them wanting to leave together to MEXICO!? Their shared dream of wanting to leave this stupid town but then Joyce stays with her idiot boyfriend and Hopper LEAVES to train as a cop.

Joyce, Hopper and Bob basically being Dustin, Mike, Lucas and Will when they start hunting who is killing the animals—knowing that they will reunite YEARS later to solve the CONTINUATION of what they had started YEARS ago.

THEM being the reason they caught Victor Creel.

Ted and Karen Wheeler basically being the Chrissy and Jason of Hawkins?? 😭 knowing that Ted becomes the laziest most bland white bread of a man in 20 years.

CHARLES AND SUE SINCLAIR BEING THE BEST POWERCOUPLE KNOWN TO MAN??!! And in the show STILL BEING AS ICONIC.

Dustin’s mom being so obssed with her cat and so protective over it because years ago her cat was Henry’s first victim!!!!! Like!!! Can we talk about this!!! She’s not crazy, she’s just absolutely traumatised and doesn’t want it to happen again WHICH FUCKING DOES!

EDDIE’S DAD BEING THE MOST SASSY ICON??? SORRY? Was not expecting that. Method actor™️ what has the world done to you Alan Munson 😔 also him going 🤘🏻👹🤘🏻 to Ted Wheeler. AND HIM BEING BLAMED FOR THE MURDER OF THE ANIMALS??? Bc he’s just always him ™️ 😭 but then Jim realising it’s not him xoxo.

THE RAINBOW ROOM BECAUSE WHAT STARTED EVERYTHING WAS THE RAINBOW EXPIRMENT. Now that blew my mind. And Dr.Brenner’s dad being the first real victim of the upside down I’m crying.

This is my Roman Empire,

Thank you.

[strawberrybyers]

found this in my notes app:

the way henry/vecna/001 describes his story about how dr. brenner started the program WITH HIM makes me think that some, if not all the children, are henry’s ?? because henry says “he tried to recreate me”, expresses his gratitude for el being born, and implies the similarities between him and el. WELL doesn’t that sound like dr. brenner would’ve used henry’s dna?? i mean when you think about how dr.brenner came into contact with henry it’s because he killed his own family. i don’t think dr. brenner went out and sought other children like henry. he already had him and if he wanted more of them, then why not just take his DNA, impregnate women without them knowing and then take the children?? this would also explain the usage of dr. brenner being called “papa” because yeah, he was the main male figure in these kids lives but also he truly did help create them therefore indirectly being their “papa”. it’s kind of like the relationship between frankenstein and victor.

[mvtualfuture]

A Angel!Steve Steddie au:

The study of special telekinetic children had Hawkins lab getting a little cocky, they wanted to see just how far you could take the human form.

Thus, they started mixing DNA. Steve wasn't the first successful baby, but he was the only one that lasted longer than a week. He was a beautiful, healthy baby, besides the fact that his bone structure was different from a normal human baby.

There were striking similarities to that of a bird.

Dr.Brenner took in this baby, putting him in a separate branch of the lab from the other kids in order to study him in isolation. He named him, acted as some sick version of a father. When he got old enough he taught him enough about the outside world for him to stop asking questions.

When Steve was 3 years old his wings had started to grow feathers, but he had also started to grow tail feathers. That would be a problem for the lab. They want to study him, but should he ever want to escape they can't have him learning how to fly. So under the guise that it would hurt him in the long run, they cut the feathers at the base, cleaning up the blood that flooded out of the base of the newly forming feathers.

Every year when his tail feathers grew back a substantial amount, they'd take baby Steve into a room where they'd repeat the process. They told Steve, when he was old enough to ask why, that it was because having tail feathers could get him hurt, and they only wanted to protect him. So of course, the darling boy that he is, he went along with it. No matter how much it hurt, or how much he screamed, or how much blood may have bled out of him, he knew it had to be done

Steve has wondered before why he was the only one with wings, he was told he was just special, different. He doesn't know any better that his conditions are awful at best, but at 19 years old, he wants to learn. He wants to see the world outside the lab, and he's getting sick and tired of lies and excuses. He's getting older and the lab workers are having a harder time keeping him put. His wings are very large now, and his tail feathers still continue to be snipped at the base.

One day, alarms go off, there's screams in the distance and lab workers all trying to usher him out, some are trying to help the ruckus. He gets away from the lab workers when he notices blood coating the walls. They don't care enough about him to try and get him to safety, save for Brenner, but Steve hasn't seen Brenner in a several hours. The scientists start running, and Steve hides. They don't make it out, but because Henry didn't know about his existence, as it was kept a well hidden secret from the telekinetic kid's handlers. Steve is safe. When everything dies down he leaves his hiding spot to find that almost all of the scientists are dead, he takes this opportunity to find an escape from the lab.

Once he makes it out he feels like he's in a whole separate world. The air actually smells fresh. He makes a great break for it. Now if you know the map of Hawkins you'd know that the lab is near loch Nora, which is just under the trailer park. Steve follows the lining of the woods, which leads him just outside a bunch of trailers.

He feels like a newborn, new to an unknown world. Sure he was taught things by papa but seeing pictures and being told stories is nothing like seeing it in person.

But people are hunting him now, of course they are. He's scared because he knows his family will find him, they always do, and he doesn't wanna go back yet. So he hides out by a little pond in the woods.

Enter Eddie, who usually goes to a pond in the woods to relax, get high, or write music at night. School was getting pretty stressful, 3rd senior year you'd think it gets easier, so he was heading towards the pond to get his mind off off things.

That is, until he sees a beautiful sleeping angel. He can't wrap his mind around it. But he always said he'd need to see it to believe it and there he was.

His uncle always told him not to worry too much and just be a good person, so damn it that's what he's gonna do.

He doesn't bother to wake the angel, he simply sits down by the pond and looks at his gorgeous folded wings, white but a little dirty from trudging the forest. Wavy brown hair and beautiful freckles and moles on his skin. He was quite the sight to behold.

When the angel wakes up Eddie introduces himself, putting his hands up when the Angel startles. When they get more acquainted Steve tells Eddie about how he escaped and why he was trying to see more of the world. Eddie offered him to stay at his trailer, knowing the government would try and hunt him down. He's not sure why he cares so much, but he feels like he needs to watch out for him.

So Steve stays with Eddie, Eddie teaches Steve the things papa didn't, shows him things he never got to see in the confinement of the lab. He deals with all the messes and mistakes patiently, noticing how scared Steve gets anticipating Eddie's reaction to an accident. He teaches Steve what love is, and in turn, revives Eddie's hope for the world. If only to show this angel something beautiful, and not another place to fear.

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

FUCK ME FOR WRITING ALL OF THIS AND HITTING INSTANT POST AFTER MAXXING POST LIMIT

Based loosely on this post by @aemiron-main

The part I'm focusing on is that the presentation of possession as a form of abuse extends to paralleling stolen memories and repressed ones.

For whatever reason, my mind accepted this and went "what about birthdaygate?"

Birthdaygate so far as I know entails Vecna stealing Mike's memory of Will's birthday because Mike having that memory either strengthened their relationship or impeded Vecna's plan.

So how could such a memory be something that Mike would also repress?

Then I remembered that El had two flashbacks in the Rink-O-Mania.

The first flashback is when Angela and her friends are on the rink. They form a circle around El and reach their hands out. This scene is reminiscent of 002 and his friends forming a circle around El and making the same motion- to use their peers to physically injure her and inflict pain while threatening to kill her. It even features a camera POV like some of the lab scenes. El doesn't know what memory she is reminded of at the time, because it is repressed, the type of flashback she has is an emotional flashback which causes intense fear for her life and likely much confusion, causing her to run away (and later schmack Angela but that's a Different Analysis).

This flashback is the one directly associated with Will's birthday because of the date on the camera.

The second flashback is a visual one triggered by Mike's words. The flashback I'd of Dr.Brenner emotionally manipulating El following yet another powers fight.

Given the direct association and ST's tendency to parallel events to connect our compare them(which they may do when the memory is revealed), I infer that Mike's or Will's or whoever's missing memory is connected to

A physical fight

Bullying

A manipulative person

On one of Will's birthdays. And I believe that Will was the target of whichever event and that Mike witnessed it and was there for him afterwards. I know it may seem like a jump, but think about Will when they were in the Rink-O-Mania. He was mad at Mike for not being there for him emotionally. And Mike's response is to act as if nothing had changed. So it might make sense if Will had a memory, and therefore somewhat of an expectation, of Mike being there for him in a hard time and believing that Mike truly didn't understand the importance when he didn't seem to care about that at all.

I don't know if the rest of y'all knew this already or not, but here's just my thoughts.

[jennay]

Don’t Leave me

The request:

Hi love 😍 can you write (in your free time!) fluff with Peter and Y/n when they're both secretly in love with each other and he kisses her for the first time? 🥰

When you graduated nursing school, you expected to work at a hospital or maybe even for a family that needed help with their elderly relative. However, you never wished to work for a man experimenting on children.

It wasn't explained this way when you signed the contract. You were told you'd care for young, sick children ranging from 7-18 years old.

They didn't say that you would be living there or that these children had unexplainable powers; you were sworn to secrecy, and if you didn't follow along, you'd be another body in the ground, and nobody would know.

You've been here for six months now, and the things you've seen will horrify you for the rest of your life.

You spent more time with the children than any of the adults. To be honest, it frightened you how none of the other adults seemed to care how wrong this was.

"Ms. (L/N), you're needed in room 22."

You smile at Peter; he might be the only person who genuinely cares for the children outside of yourself. "Thank you, Peter." you start down the hallway.

Peter stops you by resting his hand on your shoulder. His blue eyes hold sympathy as they wander your face. "It's not good." Admits. "Should I go with you?"

You swallow hard; this was the worst part of this job. The electroshock therapy would leave burns on the children, and they'd often come to find you when they were injured by the orderly or by Dr.Brenner himself.

Peter's hand drops back to his side. You pinch the bridge of your nose and close your eyes, "I could use the assistance if it's as bad as you say."

Peter didn't necessarily want to help, but he enjoyed your company and slowly learned how to mimic your normal human emotions. He watched how you would smile and congratulate the children when they succeeded and how you'd pour your sympathy onto them while they were troubled or give them your love and affection. He didn't know why you did it. It's not like the kids ever did anything for you. Why would you reward them?

Peter didn't want to admit that he was jealous, but he was. He wished he had someone like you when he first arrived. Things could have been different if someone had shown him the kindness that you showed them.

When you entered the room, rage filled you as you looked at the teenage boy lying on the metal surface. They didn't give him a blanket, not a pillow. They left him to freeze in this tiny room that was soundproofed.

His collar was still around his neck, and burn marks appeared on his neck and face. You shudder at the sight, "Peter, can you grab a blanket out of the hall closet and maybe something he can rest his head on?" You sit next to the young boy; his eyes are closed, but he is breathing. You hold his hand and whisper, "I'm going to find a way to get you all out of here. I don't know how but I'm going to."

You didn't know that Peter was standing in the doorway listening to every word you said. He felt something strange like someone was pulling on his heart string. 'This isn't right.' He thinks to himself. 'I'm not allowed to feel these things.' Peter didn't know what love was, but he knew he felt different when you were around and when he watched you care for the children. Part of him wondered if someday you could show him love, and maybe the two of you could have children-

"Peter, can you help me for a second?"

He snaps out of his future plans and hands you the blankets that he found. After carefully adjusting the boy, you listen for his heartbeat and count his respirations. "It's going to take some time, but I think he'll be ok."

This image of your patient was engraved in your mind and would haunt you in your sleep. Not many people in this building knew that you were incredibly sensitive.

You feel tears pool in your vision, but you quickly blink them away and wipe your cheeks, hoping that Peter didn't see. You knew he wouldn't tell anyone, but you didn't need him thinking you were weak; you didn't know that he admired every emotion you showed.

"Hey," He sticks his hand out to you. "He's going to be ok. Let's get you back to your room. I think you need a break." Excitement pulsates through his body when you hold his hand. He felt you were the only person who treated him like a human. The others knew who he used to be and wanted nothing to do with him.

You'd heard stories and rumors about him, but you didn't care about the stories; Peter had always been gentle and kind to you. There was no reason for you to fear him; as a matter of fact, you found yourself wanting to be around him more and more. How could people be cruel to him when he was nothing but kind to everyone?

It amazes you that he showed respect for Dr. Brenner even after being punished for 'Fratinizing' with you. It seemed everyone else was allowed to talk to one another without judgment or repercussions, but when it came to Peter, he had a different set of rules to abide by.

Peter stops at your doorway, "I'll see you tomorrow." His voice is soft and shy; his eyes roam around the floor nervously.

Smiling, you ask, "Would you like to come in?" You take your long white jacket off, revealing your thin frame. "Come sit." You pat the bed next to you, and he makes his way over. Both of your backs leaned against the wall.

You don't know why but you rest your head on his shoulder, looping your arm with his and lacing your fingers together. "Your hands are cold." You bring his hand to your face and cup your free hand around your entangled fingers; you blow hot air to warm his hand.

What are you doing? Why do you always mistake kindness for flirtation?

Peter can't hide his smile. You were incredibly thoughtful; it was second nature to you, and he adored you. "That's better." He chuckles.

He cautiously leans his head on yours. "Why are you so good to me?"

He feels you shrug, "Why not?" You questioned.

"I've never had anyone want to be my friend before." He sadly admits.

You pull your head away from him. Your eyes locked with his, "I find that hard to believe." You cringe when the lights in the hallway shut off. The only light is now the lamp on the shelf by your bed.

He softly laughs at your reaction. "Are you afraid of the dark?"

You stand and walk over to your dresser. You know it's a bold move, but you shimmy out of your work pants and put them away. "I'm more so afraid of this place in general." You bounce to your bed and crawl under the blankets. "Will you stay with me?"

He curiously raises his brow. "You want me to stay here with you? In your bed?"

You sit up, pulling the blankets closer to your face. He smirks at how innocent you look as you nod your head. Your big doe eyes could charm him into doing just about anything. "I'll stay with you."

You watch as he removes his shoes and unbuttons his shirt; you try not to stare at him when his pants come off, but you can't help yourself. "Are you going to scoot over?"

"I guess," You tease him.

He takes no time getting under the covers next to you. He turns on his side, and you two stare at each other with smiles, taking in every freckle, wrinkle, and scar. He brings his hand to your face, gently cupping your cheek. You inch your face closer to his, your eyes shut, and you feel the most gentle kiss placed against your lips; just the smallest peck, but you knew he wasn’t as experienced as a normal adult would be. You knew he'd lived here most of his life and was also sworn to secrecy and contracted to stay here, at least that's what he told you.

He shyly pulls away from you and swallows hard, "I think I love you." He rubs his thumb against your cheek, "And I want to do that again."

A smile drapes your lips; you kiss him again, adding a little more passion, showing him you're happy with his words. When you start running out of breath, you pull away from him and say, "Good, 'cause I think I've always loved you." You kiss the tip of his nose and brush his hair out of his face. "Please don't ever leave me." You whisper.

He pulls you close to his chest and holds you tightly, "I'll never leave you. You're mine now, and I promise to keep you safe, always."

[strangerthingfanfic]

Title: Magic and Pain

Fandom: Stranger Things

Pairing: harringrove

Rating: teen and up

Summary: Billy Hargrove gained powers from his mom who abandoned him and left him with his abusive father.

After a four-year reprieve working with Dr. Brenner at the Lab of San Diego Billy was sent back with his father.

But he gained a sister in which he protects dearly.

Suddenly they are moved to Hawkins, Indiana and Billy might be the only hope in stopping an impending doom

Chapter 1: Family

magic. Super powers.

It's something we all wish we had right. The ability to make things the way we want them. You call the elements, to travel anywhere whenever we want. Sounds nice right?

Well, Billy Hargrove would tell you differently. Magic and superpowers aren't always a gift they can also be a curse.

This is his story.

San Diego, California 1973

Neil dragged his six-year-old son up the stairs that led to San Diego's leading lab.

The lab had approached Neil a week before and offered to pay him a large sum of money if he let them test on his son.

Neil, who loved money more than anything, agreed. He didn't even question them how they knew of his son's “abilities”.

His son's whore of a mother as Neil called her, was a witch. A real witch and those abilities passed down to their pussy of a son.

The welts on the little boy's arms should've been a sign to any adult he was being hurt but of course, it was just taken as boys will be boys and hurt themselves.

A man awaited them at the top of the stairs. He got down to the kid's level and said “Billy, are you ready to learn who you can truly be”.

Billy's eyes filled with tears as he begged his dad not to leave him. Neal just groaned and slapped the kid upside the head and said “stop it crybaby you're embarrassing both of us. I'm so glad you're taking him off my hands, Dr.Brenner”.

Billy rubbed the back of his head and continued to cry. His dad grabbed the envelope of money from Brenner and walked off leaving the crying kid being held back without even a goodbye.

“Come on Billy, you will like it here,” Brenner said and led the scared little boy into the building.

San Diego, California 1977

“That's it, Billy, that's perfect” Brenner exclaimed as Billy broke a steel block with just his fist.

The ten-year-old had come a long way from being that scared six-year-old to breaking steel blocks.

His magic was stronger than ever and the strength he possessed was beyond amazing.

For being as strong as he was, he was also quiet. He could slip in and out of anywhere without being noticed. He could also sneak up on a person and kill them with no sound whatsoever. His hand-to-hand combat was spectacular and all of this with little to no training.

They both were in solemn moods because he had to return back to his father today. First, the lab was being shut down for misconduct and two Neil had gotten remarried and decided that his new wife and six-year-old daughter should know him plus his lie about boarding school would be found out sooner or later.

Billy sat in Brenner's office fidgeting with paper clips when Brenner said “you can't tell anyone about our work or what you are. The world out there won't understand”.

Nodding Billy went back to his paperclips which were now floating in front of him. The minute he heard Neil’s voice the clips flew into the wall straight in front of him.

Neil came into the room, Brenner handed him an envelope with his final payment and with money in hand Neil said “come on boy let's go. And remember none of that creepy ass stuff in the house or you know what will happen”.

Billy glanced at Brenner who nodded and Billy said “yes father it won't happen”.

Neil just groaned and Brenner watched as he pushed the boy out of the door.

“Oh my dear Neil, one day you will push him too far and you will die. But until I find Billy again I will focus on my other project, 11. Her and Billy will help guide my dear Henry back to me” Brenner thought to himself as he vanished slowly from the room.

The Hargrove House

Billy started feeling anxious as his dad pulled up to the old house. It had been four years since he was here and he didn't miss it.

They got out of the car and headed inside. In the living room sat a cute little redheaded girl playing with some blocks.

“Hi my name is Max, what's yours?” she asked when she caught sight of Billy. “My name is Billy I'm your older brother”.

Max got up and ran over and gave Billy a big hug. “It's fun having an older brother,” she said and pulled him over to the blocks.

Smiling Billy started helping Max build the castle on the box ignoring the snide remarks from Neil.

Billy became Max's protector. No one would ever hurt her and he made sure of it. Whenever she did something that he knew would anger Neil he would take the fall and the beating.

But just like he would take the beating, Max would always make sure he had lots of hugs and kisses after. She would even bring him her favorite bear.

Five years later, March 18, 1983

Billy was in his room allowing fire to play across his fingertips when Max unexpectedly came into his room.

She gasped and closed the door quickly so Neal wouldn't see. She was the only one who knew his secret. He told her when she turned ten and he knew she wouldn't accidentally tell someone.

Billy was about to show Max a new trick he learned when his father came through the door and he quickly stopped.

“Get your shit packed, we are leaving California and heading to Indiana. Billy make sure Max gets everything she needs to be packed before getting your useless shit. You have one week.” and with that Neil went out slamming the door behind him.

Billy pulled Max close and the two of them went and got Max all packed up except some clothes for the week.

The move itself didn't bother Billy but he knew Neil did it so close to his 16th birthday to spite him since his friends had planned a party for him.

The next day Max fell asleep on Billy's bed as he packed. Covering her up Billy's head started to hurt and he was somewhere else. A gruesome-looking place.

Shaking off the vision as best as he could he continued packing. He hated having those. Another gift granted by his runaway mother.

The week went by too fast and before Billy and Max knew it they were in the car heading to a place called Hawkins, Indiana.

[silver-blooded-synthetics]

@puppetoffthehook asked:

9: Name something they have to do every so often that they really dread (covering for their friend, doing dishes, etc)

12: Is there a person or group of people your character envies? What do they have that your character desires so badly?

13: Your character does or avoids _ _ _ _ because they associate it with having a good/bad day.

15: Are there any childhood habits your character never outgrew?

(I forgot to specify Errol on those)

Name something that Errol has to do every so often that he really dreads.

Being alone. He tries to spend as much time around other people as possible, but at the end of the day, he still has to go home to an empty apartment (unless he has a SO) and deal with the fact that he has no distractions from his own morbid, cynical thoughts. He hates being alone, and knows that it's not good for his mental health.

Is there a person or group of people that Errol envies? What do they have that Errol desires so badly?

Anyone with a good family. Doesn't matter if it's by blood or found family. Errol has never had a family that loved him for who he was, unconditionally. He wants that desperately.

Errol does or avoids _ _ _ _ because they associate it with having a good/bad day.

It's not quite the same but very similar and the closest thing I could think of. Errol avoids coffee when ever possible and prefers tea or energy drinks. This is because he was forced to make coffee for his abuser(s) every day and associates it with them. (Abusers being the family that owned him in his main verse, Dr.Brenner in his Stranger Things verse, his human parents in his faerie verse, etc...)

Are there any childhood habits Errol never outgrew?

He still sleeps with stuffed animals because he needs something to cuddle at night.

[sofiiel]

DORIS: There & Back Again | x Reader Edition

Doris 'Dodo' is a supporting character to Myrtle/Reader in my Eddie Munson fanfiction(s) "There & Back Again." This will be an image dump of all the moodboards I have to help me write for her. Doris is a radio personality in Hawkins Indiana. A former experiment of both Loxion Corp & Dr.Brenner. Dodo is now a vigilante trying to take both entities down, acting as a double agent for a time. She has history with Kali (008) & Pete Angel (010). Known as the Mosquito for her double agent work. Doris lives with deep-rooted guilt over the lives she ruined in hopes of the greater good. Inspiration: Dodo's character is in spidered by characters such as: Legs (Foxfire), Clear Rivers (Final Destination), Tabitha (Gotham), Lorna (The Gifted), and Sasha (The Walking Dead).

[dixongrimesgirl]

Let’s Play would you rather Stranger Things Edition

would you rather...

be best friends with Nancy or Robin

fight a demogorgan or a demobat

date steve or eddie

date lucas or dustin

date max or eleven

have on your side of a fight dustin or robin

take care of you joyce or hopper

kiss mike or will

stand up to Larry Kline or Dr.Brenner

be friends with Muarry or Euri

Last One and It’s a Tough One:

fight max or joyce

[g-00-m]

I don't know how correct this theory/timeline is but my idea is that Kali survived the Hawkins labs' massacre and escaped AFTER that, we don't *see* her in the flashbacks in season 4 simply because they don't mention her although they call many number just never 008 (she also doesn't appear in the credits while all the other numbers do). Sorry for the quality of the pics but with Netflix not letting us take screenshots this was the best I could do. Going back to season 2 I saw some Kali flashbacks when she was little and I figured the girl standing next to Eleven in 4x06 is Kali. Back in season 2 Kali says she remembers the day she went into the rainbow Room and Eleven was gone so that would be when she was put in solitary after the massacre so she's one of the few survivors actually (I don't know if 006 survived as he was in the room with Brenner so maybe Kali was in another room too?)

If anybody remembers any other details please add to this, I just want to know more about the Kali timeline

[ghostfilesbish]

I AM LOSING MY SHIT RN THERE'S LEGIT SO MANY THINGS HAPPENING TODAY IN THE STRANGER THINGS UNIVERSE AND I CAN'T KEEP CALM

IS BRENNER ALIVE? IS BYLER FINALLY CANON? LIKE WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN OMGS AAHAHHHAHAHHA

[shippingfangirl013]

Something else that’s been bugging me is the scene where they have the reunion after finding El at NINA.

Brenner is on the ground, dying, and Will looks like he recognizes Brenner - in an almost fearful way… Mike is just kind of confused, but Will has this vague look of recognition and dread cross his face ever so slightly, before his focus shifts.

Yes, maybe it could be the connection from Henry/001/Vecna, but would that connection really be enough to make Will seemingly recognize and fear Dr.Brenner?

So far, we really only know that Will has seen the Mind Flayer in his ‘now memories’.

And by the end of S4 he says (and I’m paraphrasing here) “It’s weird to know that he [Vecna] was the one behind it the whole time,”

This sort of threw me off, because by that point, we’re assuming that Will knows of Vecna, but hasn’t dealt with 001/Henry’s memories. We know that there’s a connection, but we don’t know if Will has actually seen any of those memories. But Nancy has seen 001/Henry’s memories, but I still haven’t figured out why… is it similar to someone toying with their victim(s)? Targeting one member of the horror movie and then going after another person as a distraction? As a baseline, this is a tactic to show the viewers what is going on, but there has to be something more at hand for Vecna/001/Henry to willingly show Nancy his backstory.

Nancy with Vecna telling Nancy his backstory parallels El and Henry while El is going through her repressed memories at NINA.

And yet, to our knowledge, Will is still in the dark about Henry’s backstory. We don’t know how his connection to Vecna works on all levels, we just know that Will can feel Vecna/ is connected to Vecna but not the hive mind of the Upside Down.

So, we know that Will was able to spy on the Mind Flayer in S2, but we aren’t sure whether he can still do this. Vecna’s connection to Will is - presumably- a two way street, where Will could look in and Vecna could also look in, but Vecna would know if there was a presence, the same way he would be able to tell if El was there.

So… if Will hasn’t seen 001/Henry’s memories, why does he seem to recognize Brenner in these scenes?

Here Brenner hits the remote and it’s a close up shot. Right after we see El taking off the collar, but for some reason, instead of focusing on just El, the scene is blocked with El and Will next to each other with Brenner in the middle.

There’s other scenes that we see in S4 that are blocked this way, like the van confession. But I always thought this shot was both intentional, and foreshadowing something that we don’t know. Maybe that Will has powers (something we assume from S1 with the lights) but maybe this has something to do with Will, El, and the lab.

Then, right after there’s that focus on El, we get the part that makes me think Will knows more about Brenner than he lets on. To our knowledge as an audience, Will has only ever dealt with Dr. Owens in person. So, why does he look scared in this scene if he doesn’t know who Brenner is, if he doesn’t recognize him?

One could argue that he realizes the Government and Brenner & co. knew where El was all along, but the fact that the camera pans to Will and his reaction first, then it pans to Mike, and then El?

Here’s the scene in order of the screenshots:

This split couple of seconds are what really get me.

You can see the subtle shift of recognition in Will’s face, most notably in his eyes.

Yes, he’s probably feeling fearful because they just got El back. Maybe it’s recognition that the government and Brenner possibly knew where El was the entire time, but I don’t think that’s it.

Will looks scared. And I mean, yes, they are dealing with end of the world shit, but he looks like he’s afraid of Brenner. He kind of looks like he’s in shock too.

But… if Will has never interacted with Brenner, and we assume that Will and El haven’t talked about her time in the lab, why does Will look like he both recognizes Brenner and wants to leave?

Mike reacts to seeing Brenner with confusion, presumably because he’s never met him. Mike has no reason to look at Brenner in the way that El is, because he’s never met the guy. For all we know, Mike doesn’t know what happened to El in the lab. Will might know what happened to El in the lab- if they talked about it while living in California, but as the audience, we don’t know that. If Will didn’t know about Brenner, has no connection to Brenner through 001/Henry, and has never met Brenner in person- only Owens? Why is Will not showing confusion in the same way that Mike is?

(Might mark this scene down to look at for possesiongate later - to study Mike a bit, because he looks confused and a little shocked - idk)

On the other hand, El looks (rightfully) angry with Brenner. He was an abuser, and maybe it’s not so black and white, but nothing ever is, and Brenner wasn’t a good person. El has years of trauma because of Brenner, and she’s finally moving on and leaving her life at the lab, as Eleven in the past. Brenner is dead and she can (hopefully) finally have a good & happy life. For El’s character arc to be complete, Eleven needs to die, and Jane needs to take Eleven’s place. She needs to be her own person and she needs to take back her agency from Brenner and Henry/001, and she needs to be supported by her family- the very people that El had taken away from her from the start of her life. El’s arc is going to be independent, but it will also give her the love that makes her feel like she isn’t a monster, like she isn’t just a superhero, that she’s a person worthy of being loved and capable of so much more than just being a number. (And in a similar vein, Will needs to face Lonnie and Vecna/The Mind Flayer, who have abused him for a majority of his life. Will needs to take back his agency from Lonnie and Vecna/The Mind Flayer. Will has always been independent, and he has always had deep rooted familial love, and yet, because of his abusers, he feels like a mistake. Will needs to find the love that doesn’t make him feel like a mistake, love that doesn’t make him feel different for being himself.

Anyways back to the scene analysis…

I have continuously been coming back to this scene above. The shot set up and blocking for this scene has been bugging me for months.

Why does Jonathan stand right in the line of Will and Brenner?

This is a question I’ve been asking myself for a while now.

Jonathan is directly in line with Will, almost as if he’s trying to hide Will from Brenner’s sight. El is in the middle, walking towards Brenner, and Mike and Argyle are way off to the side, observing the interaction.

The Byers-Hopper sibling trio is also kind of triangulated here with the blocking, with Will and Jonathan making two points, and El making the third point.

The scene has an emphasis on El walking towards Brenner, but the viewer’s eyes are also very directly drawn to Jonathan blocking Will.

This is another scene that feels very intentional and deliberate with the blocking here. But, I’m not sure why… unless something about Will is being kept in the dark and it has to do with Brenner/the lab/powers. I haven’t cracked the code on this one yet because we don’t have enough information, and I’m just speculating.

In short, I just really want to know why Will looked like he recognized Brenner and I hope I’m not the only one having this line of thought 😅

late March, 1979.

Someone gets off work at Hawkins Lab and stops off at the store on their way home to buy a pack of cigarettes.

"My son drew that," the cashier volunteers, pointing to a crayon drawing taped up by the register.

They smile politely and barely glance at the drawing, but when they do, they double take.

"Your son?" they hold out their hand for the change without looking. "Quite an imagination."

"He's only eight," she beams proudly.

Lighting up a cigarette, they rush the rest of the way home to make an urgent phonecall.

"Does someone wanna tell me how some elementary school kid from town drew a picture of something Top Fucking Secret?"

By April, HNL is surveilling young William Byers, son of the Melvald's cashier. They wiretap, they film, they learn routines, they pose as school officials to monitor his academic and creative output. He may be exactly the sort of talent they scout for across the world, quite literally in their own backyard.

Acquiring a new subject is always tricky, so they can't be hasty. They need evidence that this wasn't merely a coincidence, a fluke. They watch to see if the boy exhibits any other strange behavior.

They're still waiting in September of that year, when the HNL program... hits a snag. Its focus narrows to its lone survivor and most promising subject. Funding can't be secured for any new subjects at this time, however the Byers boy still poses a potential security risk, and continues to be monitored.

He is last observed the morning of November 6, 1983, travelling on Maple Street by bicycle, on the day when finally he does do something else strange. He vanishes.

A kid going missing isn't the strangest thing that happens on November 6 - curiously, there is another major incident at the Lab the same day.

When it becomes apparent that the two events are in fact connected, damage control is necessary. If local law enforcement is allowed to continue to search for the boy, the investigation could lead back to the Lab, attracting an undesirable level of public attention.

A fake body is created with very convincing attention to detail using surveillance obtained the morning of the boy's disappearance.

With the search over, the Lab should now be at its leisure to investigate Will Byers' whereabouts on its own terms. If the boy merely dies, irretrievable, at least the security threat is neutralized; if he can be privately recovered for study, all the better.

Unfortunately not visible in those surveillance photos of a long-sleeved Will Byers on a November morning: the birthmark on his right arm.

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ok I'm not entirely seriously proposing that this happened, but hear me out anyway about a few things

That fake body.

to know what Will was wearing on the day he went missing, they had to have seen him wearing it. how then, unless they were already watching him? why would the Lab be watching some random child?

Some lab kids are wild-caught, like Kali.

In order to merit being taken for the program, must they not first do something to attract the Lab's interest - display some curious behavior, some sign of potential psychic ability?

Will loves medieval fantasy.

DnD and Lord of the Rings. he's always drawing things like battles and knights and dragons and wizards. his life, his friends, but through a lens of medieval type fantasy. so when Joyce tells the story of little Will drawing a spaceship, it bothers me. a spaceship, even a whimsical one, is such a conspicuous break from Will's usual genre.

Kids draw from a variety of inspirations.

Sometimes they draw from their imagination or their feelings.

Sometimes they draw exactly what they see in reality.

And sometimes they draw what they see somewhere in between. Without really even knowing what it is they're drawing.

What if little Will saw the rainbow spaceship in his mind, but not in his imagination.

So, what am I saying, Will had a vision of a spaceship? The upside down is another planet and the demogorgon is an alien? No.

(Haha,)

But really, no, Stranger Things isn't that genre.

So whose spaceship is it? Is Hawkins Lab building a spaceship? No. The lab's interest is in the human mind, not the space race.

I don't think there is a spaceship. But there could be something within Hawkins Lab (or somewhere similarly top secret) that a kid with a vague vision and a box of crayons might interpret as looking like a spaceship.

Just, I don't know, some kind of big metal Thing.

I'm not saying it would have been NINA or equivalent, but I'm saying there could be a Thing that could look like a spaceship out of context. In perhaps a vision, an accidental remote-view, a now-memory.

why would a Thing at Hawkins Lab have a rainbow on it? idk, it's not like they have a history of that.

Plot twists require hints.

Big reveals are no fun if there wasn't a clue in plain view the whole time. We have few flashbacks and anecdotes about Will's past, and if we're due some revelation in s5 about him either having powers or having more of a history with HNL or Henry than we thought, that is where a clue would be.

Joyce's rainbow ship story is littered with details that bother me.

Do you know what March 22nd is? It's your birthday. Your birthday. When you turned eight, I gave you that huge box of crayons. Do you remember that? It was 120 colors. And all your friends, they got you Star Wars toys, but all you wanted to do was draw with all your new colors. And you drew this big spaceship, but it wasn't from a movie. It was your spaceship. A rainbow ship is what you called it. And you must have used every color in the box. I took that with me to Melvald's and I put it up and I told everyone who came in, "My son drew this." And you were so embarrassed. But I was so proud. I was so, so proud.

Will being 8 may matter because he turned 8 in 1979. idk, of all ages to attach to this story why the one in the landmark year of 1979? his eighth would be his last birthday before the lab massacre (Sept 8, 1979). this scenario might not work with Will any older - perhaps whatever the "spaceship" was was eliminated post-massacre. or there's something to Will being the same age as El. I'll get back to you on this one

drawing with crayons on ST is so often associated with something not simply seen or imagined, but perceived in some strange way:

Will drawing his vision of the Mind Flayer in black/red crayon

Will scribbling the nowmemory tunnels feverishly with whole crayons

these aren't the only times he uses crayon, but contrast some of his noteworthy "normal imagination" drawings - Will the Wise, Zombie Boy - done in pencil instead, as are a lot of his other misc filler drawings. (when Will's fireball/cabbage drawing where crayons are prominently mentioned turns out to be a vision of season 5 I'll get back to you)

Joyce grabs crayons to trace the Mind Flayer off the TV

Nancy writes the decoded CLOSEGATE in crayon

Ten's lessons at the lab consist of remotely viewing Brenner's bad crayon drawings

Henry's drawing of the spider is in pencil, and the Mind Flayer in charcoal, but when he's drawing with crayons I don't know what he's drawing but the lights flicker

when Max draws her vision of the Creel house, she calls attention in the dialogue to Holly letting her borrow her crayons

Will lacking interest in his new Star Wars toys makes sure we know, in case we don't remember all the Will art we've seen, that he isn't especially interested in space.

Joyce even says it with this little eyeroll like "these punk ass kids think MY son is a space nerd? please. I know the Castle Byers password and it's a LOTR reference"

which is what makes this so conspicuous - why in the same breath as establishing Will isn't very interested in space stuff does she say Will drew a spaceship and emphasize that it isn't something he saw in a movie. that it came from his imagination. like.. yeah, isn't everything he draws? why was a spaceship on Will's mind if he isn't interested in space? am I wrong that we've never seen one single other drawing of space stuff among all his artwork?

finally, Joyce not only put this drawing up in public but told all her customers about it. this is the only anecdote of Will's pre-vanishing history I can think of that could suggest any adult outsiders (so potentially the Lab) taking notice of something he did.

in conclusion I'm kidding, unless it turns out I'm right in which case you heard rainbowshipgate here first

[strangerthingfanfic]

Posting for my brother not on tumblr

Survival Strain

Fandoms:

Stranger things

Expanse

Killjoys

Rating: Mature

Summary:

Billy Hargrove takes custody of his four-year-old sister Max along with his fiance Argyle. And the three live with Argyle’s mom and grandma.

They find out Billy has the protomolecule in him and his body accepts it and they go to help in Hawkins along with other friends.

Chapter 1:

New Years Eve

California

Argyle held onto a squirming Max as Billy set down a blanket on the beach and two chairs. Argyle sat Max down on the blanket and set down the baby bag. Billy then pulled out a couple of of toys and ear muffs incase the fire works got to much.

Even though they had chairs they both sat down next to Max. It didn’t take long for the four-year-old to climb onto Argyle’s lap.

Billy smiled, he never thought he would have a family. Especially since his dad never gave him room to meet anyone. And he was abusive.

But he had managed to meet someone, and that someone was Argyle. He helped him get through his dads abuse by giving him a safe place to go.

Argyles family would even take him on vacation with them.

But that changed four years ago when Max was born. His dad became more restrictive. But that was his fatal mistake because it made Billy attached to her.

The days he was stuck watching her, made him feel more like a dad than a brother.

And so earlier this year when Billy turned 18, he gave his dad an ultimatum, either he gave custody of Max to him or he would report the money laundering he found out his dad was a part of.

The sad thing is that neither of his parents even fought it, they were almost eager to give up both their children.

Once everything was finalized, he moved in with Argyle who’s parents were more than happy to help.

His reverie was broken by the sound of the busy beach counting down. Argyle laced his fingers through his as the clock hit midnight, the fireworks went off and he kissed Argyle though it was quick due to Max first starting to cry then deciding it wasn’t scary and pointing each firework out to them.

Billy kissed their daughter on the head making her giggle. He could never remember a happier time in his life.

This year was going to be his and his family’s year.

As they held Max, neither noticed Neil and Dr.Brenner standing not to far away.

“We will get them” Brenner said smiling before they both walked off leaving the couple to enjoy the time they had together.

Feeling the hairs on his neck stand up, Argyle leaned over to Billy telling him he wanted to move out of California because something felt off.

Billy looked at him, and saw real worry in his eyes. He nodded. It would be a chore getting the funds together but unlike Neil he did what was best for his family and he felt it too.

He also felt little feet climbing on him as Max got onto his shoulders.

They both laughed as she hugged Billy’s head before getting down and snuggling close between them.

The little girl didn’t know why but she also felt the darkness. But here between her dads she felt no fear.

Chapter 2:

After the fireworks were done, Billy felt the hair on his neck stand up again. He looked around trying to find a source, and when he did, he didn’t like it.

There stood Neil and Brenner with two other men he didn’t know. Realizing they could lose them in the crowd, Billy as calm as he could started packing their stuff. Luckily Argyle felt it to and already had Max in his arms and her baby bag flung over his shoulder.

Just like he hoped by the time they got to his car their was no sight of any of the men. But he wasn’t going to just stand around. Putting Max in her car seat, Him and Argyle threw the stuff in the trunk and sped off towards Argyle’s house.

Brenner, Neil, and the two other men, Strickland, and Mao watched as Billy and Argyle wove through the crowd. They could’ve caught them easily but decided with this many people it’s best to just get them another day.

Anyway the four of them had to keep a low profile and there was a lot of security around, so before anyone could notice them, the four men got into their car and headed towards their underground lab in the desert.

Three months later

Argyles family home

Argyle sat on the floor with Max and brushed her hair as Billy who was sitting across from him was teaching her how to put shapes in the right places on the toy.

He smiled, he loved how patient he was with her, Even as she started to become a little fussy, it didn’t make his demeanor change at all.

Argyle managed to keep his cool, even as she got bored of the entire thing and started crawling away.

Max pulled the hairbrush with her which made her cry. As Billy untangled the brush Argyle soothed her with a toy.

Argyle’s grandmother who was watching from the kitchen couldn’t be more proud of her grandsons.

“Mama i know what your thinking and you are a great mother” said Argyle’s mom coming into the kitchen and giving her mother a peck on the cheek.

As she started a pot of coffee a knock came at the door. That made Max scurry behind Argyle, hiding in his hair.

The knock also made Billy get up and take a protective stance behind Argyle.

Argyle's grandmother just shook her head as she had witnessed this a million times before. “it’s just the door” she said as she went to answer it herself.

She sighed and opened the door groaning soberly when she saw Chrisjen Avasarala, Turin, and dr. Sam Owens

“It’s Tia Chrisjen” Argyle exclaimed happily, that made Max crawl our from under Argyles’s hair, she waved shyly still holding onto her moms hair.

“Aww mijo you have gotten so big” Avasarala said waving back

“What do we owe the pleasure” Argyle’s grandmother asks her trying to feel the situation out.

“We have something’s we need to talk about in private” she said “don’t worry though it’s nothing bad” she said to the room mostly to Billy who tensed up. She didn’t even need to look to feel it.

Argyle's grandma gave him the look, and with that, he picked up Max “come on Maxi your bisabuela needs time with her friends” Billy said directing Argyle to follow.

Max nodded and waved goodbye as the three of them headed to the backyard.

Once they were gone Avasarala pulled out a file and gave it to Argyle’s grandmother. The side panel reading “Billy Hargrove”

“We obviously have much to talk about, let’s sit” she told Avasarala and they all went and sat down.