And Then I Lied About It (Said I Didn't)
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"His body turned, and he was looking at Robin, at her concerned face, and then he was looking past it, and-
Tick, tick, tick, tick
His breath caught, a chill running down his spine, freezing his body in place.
'Robin,' he said softly, shakily. She raised her eyebrows. 'Please tell me you see that too.'"
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It's been a year since the streets of Hawkins, Indiana split open, since the Upside Down became the right side up. They managed to kill whatever had become of the last (truly) living member of the Creel house, but not before Hawkins became a ghost town. Now, the population is barely pushing seven hundred, but they decide it's safer that way.
They thought everything with the Upside Down, with Vecna, with the Mindflayer, with Brenner and everything else had ended, had gone away. They thought they were safe, finally.
Oh, how wrong they were.
(*title from personal lies by djo)
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posted on ao3 under @connorsblackchippedrose
Started: 07/31/22
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