"Mice are skittish," he whispers, cool, daunting breath fanning over her paling face, "always running. But in the end?" He steps closer, hand outstretched, "They get caught in the trap." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Barbara had a sister. Eleanor survived Hawkins. Barely. Something watches her. Not hunting. Not saving. Just... learning. He offers quiet. Control. Safety that feels wrong the second it works. And she lets it. Trapped, trembling, alive. And somehow, for reasons she can't explain, she's not running.

"I could see you being my addiction, you can see me as a secret mission" Rory Buckley gets thrown into the chaos of the upside down, but along the way she meets a new friend. A friend who seems to appear out of thin air and someone Rory can't seem to get out of her head. Henry Creel x OC

When Bella decides to bring Estelle along to Italy to save Edward from revealing himself to humans, little does she know it will forever change their lives. In the enchanting city of Volterra, Estelle accidentally locks eyes with Caius Volturi, a Vampire King whose gaze etches into her very soul. As Estelle's heart becomes entangled with Caius, the once inseparable bond between sisters begins to unravel. Bella, consumed by jealousy, struggles to comprehend her sister's deep connection with a vampire who feeds on human blood. A rift forms, and Estelle finds herself torn between her universal obligations and the consuming love she shares with Caius. Estelle must make an agonizing decision. (CURRENTLY REWRITING AND EDITING)

He doesn't take you by force. He takes you because he can't stop thinking about you. In the mind-world of the Creel House, Henry Creel does not collect people at random. He chooses you - older, aware, inconveniently perceptive - and keeps you close in ways that feel deliberate, long before they feel frightening. The children come later. They are easier. They believe what they're told. You don't. That's the problem. Henry calls it interest. Curiosity. A necessary fixation. But the truth is simpler and far more dangerous: you make him feel exposed. Seen. Real. And he resents you for it almost as much as he wants you there. He doesn't need your help with the children. He needs you to stay. This is a story about obsession that breeds control, about vulnerability used as leverage, about a monster who does not want to love - but does not know how to stop choosing you. This is a psychological descent where protection becomes possession, tenderness becomes strategy, and the most terrifying question is not how do you escape - but why haven't you tried.

"Like the Dead Sea You told me I was like the Dead Sea You'll never sink when you are with me Oh Lord, I'm your Dead Sea" Branded as Subject 015, eighteen-year-old Cassidy is a storm trapped in concrete. In a lab full of silent children, she finds a dangerous ally in Peter Ballard-an orderly who sees the darkness in her and calls it beautiful. From the blood-stained halls of 1979 to the final war of Season 5, their connection is the spark that will either save Hawkins or end it. Peter Ballard/Henry Creel x oc season 4 - ongoing season 5 - coming soon

"𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭-𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞." 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐨𝐟 𝟐 In which Eve Marlowe and Henry Creel meet in the one place love is forbidden - Hawkins Lab. But once she discovers his plan to destroy humanity, she is given two options: 1. Fight alongside her lover and betray humankind or 2. Join the children of Hawkins and try to destroy the man she loves. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫.

Hawkins Lab raised me to be quiet, compliant, and forgettable, and for years that's exactly what I became. After three years on the run, being brought back feels less like capture and more like fate catching up. Henry creel still walks these halls, carrying secrets of his own, and every flickering light feels like a warning. Nothing here is what it seems-not the experiments, not the people, and certainly not me. Some subjects survive by being seen. Others survive by being overlooked.

Hawkins National Laboratory runs on routine: checklists, keycards, fluorescent lights, and the understanding that nothing here is personal. You learn this quickly, just a few days into the job that was forced onto you. You also learn that Peter Ballard never walks the same route twice, never stands where the cameras linger too long, and never looks at you unless you're alone. You are both orderlies-interchangeable, invisible, trained to keep your heads down and your mouths shut. Friendship is discouraged. Attachment is a liability. Affection is a violation. So you talk in hallways without microphones. You pass notes meant to be destroyed. You pretend not to notice when he positions himself between you and certain doors. Peter says the lab is watching everyone. Later, in a voice barely above a whisper, he tells you who you should really be afraid of. You should report him. You should keep your distance. You should never follow him off-camera. But the spaces between cameras are the only places you ever feel safe-and Peter is the only one who knows how to find them. Before the blood. Before the fire. Before he stops hesitating- you make a choice that was never cleared.

Y/N Byers is a typical popular teenager about to graduate from high school but has her flaws. The lack of attention paid to her when she was a kid distorted her way of thinking. She was always judging herself negatively and being independent. This caused her to yearn for attention and fall for the manipulations of Mr. Whatsit. This is the first story I have published so if there are any rookie mistakes, I apologize! TikTok: vhs.sage

A girl whose memories were erased and who was forced into a lab experiment falls in love with Peter who is actually Henry, the first and original experiment of the lab. When she loses him, her world shatters; love is gone, and only guilt remains. She runs away, learning to live from scratch... but something draws her back to Hawkins. And she can't shake the feeling... he might still be alive. Started- 2026/01/01 Published-2026/01/02 Ended- ???