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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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"Why did you do it?"
"Because she was sending me away. To you."
"Wrong." Papa turned up the voltage of the shock collar until Henry was writhing on the floor. Blood trickling down his nose, his ears.
"Why did you do it?"
"Because... I'm a monster," Henry corrected himself when he could, between his panting and trying to catch his breath, when the juice wasn't currently sending him into violent waves of convulsion.
"Good boy," Papa knelt down, running his fingers through Henry's hair, as Henry lied half conscious on the ground.
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Growing up, Henry kept telling himself; instead of a victim, he was a predator. Maybe if he told himself that often enough, he could finally believe it one day.
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03 Jan 2026