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Will Byers had left Hawkins years ago, but he had never really left the Upside Down behind.
Not the nightmares. Not the connection. Not the power.
So when Jonathan dragged him back after Jane disappeared and Mike became trapped inside a mindscape no one else could enter, Will already knew he was the only person capable of surviving what waited beneath Hawkins.
He just did not expect Vecna to be waiting for him too.
Henry Creel was cruel, infuriating, and far too good at seeing through him, peeling apart every lie Will told himself about wanting a normal life when the truth was much uglier: part of Will missed the power the Upside Down had given him. Missed having it.
Now forced into an uneasy alliance with the monster he had sworn to hate, Will found himself pulled deeper into the dark again, where every fight with Henry felt more personal than the last and every step closer to saving Mike and Jane pushed him further away from the person he used to be.