｡ﾟﾟ･｡･ﾟﾟ｡ ﾟ。001 & 013 　ﾟ･｡･ Thirteen was practically raised in Hawkins Lab. For most of her life, she has never known anything outside its sterile, unwelcoming walls. She's a shy girl, afraid of her powers and what she could do with them. As Dr. Brenner's favorite daughter, she's had it arguably easier than most of her siblings, but that does not mean that growing up in the lab has been easy for her. Peter Ballard has always been her favorite Orderly. He's never mean, never shouts, and always has a reassuring smile on his face. He's one of her only comfort sources, even though she's barely spoken five sentences to him in the last eighteen years. She has no idea yet, how important he will be in her life. ------- Henry Creel x Fem!OC ⚠️ Mature, check content warnings! Pre season 1 - post season 5 Started: December 29th 2025 Finished: tbd Previously called 'Forbidden Fruit'

~ SEQUEL TO *NONCONFORMITY* ~ "You know, sometimes I start to like you and then you open your mouth and I'm reminded why I don't," I turned away from him and smiled into my pillow. I wanted to sit here with him in the dark until my eyes couldn't stand the light anymore. We could be nocturnal, wake with the moon and live our lives wrapped in bed sheets. "You say the loveliest things," He whispered in my ear. He gathered me in his arms, warm as could be and horrifically inviting. I melted against him until everything ran slow and saccharine. Lips pressed against my temple, and then I felt the weight of his head as it dipped onto my pillow. "Peter?" "Yes, sweetheart?" "Why can't I shake the feeling something bad is going to happen?" ~ After being taken from her home, Sixteen needs to fight not to lose her mind after returning to the arms of Martin Brenner. Hallucinations and nightmarish visions seem to follow her everywhere she goes, as does a man she thought she'd killed five years before.