Shared Trauma (Stranger Things AU)

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OCTOBER 30TH 1984

Ve was reading IT, laying on Billy's bed with a pillow propped under her head.

He and Max had gone to school and for the first time since he found her...

She was alone.

She yawned, closing the book, getting tired of reading.

She considers going to the Arcade, but decides against it, not wanting to waste any more coins.

She sighed, looking around till she found a bandanna, hesitating.

It's not going to work.

You've tried it before.

Your connection to her is broken.

She thinks for a moment before grabbing it, switching the channels of Billy's radio till it reached a static one, tying the bandanna around her eyes.

She closed her eyes, letting a deep breath out, focusing.

Her sister wearing the flower crown.

Her sister hugging her as they sobbed.

Her sister eating the Eggos Mike gave them.

Her sister...

She let out a sob, ripping the bandanna from covering her eyes.

...that she no longer can contact.

And all thanks to the bad men.

She hugged herself tightly, tears running down as she sobbed, her eyes shut tight.

She felt so lonely.

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Billy entered the house, cursing quietly about Max and her being annoying.

He furrows his eyebrows when he hears quiet sobs.

"Ve?" He called, walking towards his room, opening the door.

He paused as he hears the static from the radio and the discarded bandanna and a crying Ve, her hand gripping her hair tightly.

"Ve?"

She looks up, wiping her tears.

"Billy. You're back." She says, forcing a smile on.

Now, he's still new at this whole, 'he's hiding a superpowered kid from the government' thing, but he knows about this.

That Ve and El could somehow communicate telekinetically, through something called 'The Void'.

They used to be able to communicate through their heads, not needing The Void, but something happened that caused it not to work anymore (he suspects it's tied to Gabby but, Gabby was a subject he was NOT allowed to bring up so...).

But...apparently on the day where they were operated from each other and their friends, something happened that severed their connection completely.