Hawkins has survived monsters before.
It survived the Demogorgon. The Mind Flayer. Vecna. Gates opening beneath their feet and the Upside Down bleeding into their world.
They thought the nightmare was over.
When Vecna's curse finally descends upon Hawkins, everyone who has ever been touched by the Upside Down—living or dead—is given a choice they never asked for. Some bloom into beautiful, poisonous creatures capable of creating new life. Others become Glooms: Demodogs, Demobats, and Demogorgons built to hunt, protect, and conquer.
And then the dead begin to rise.
Steve Harrington has flowers blooming beneath his skin. Eddie Munson has wings and fangs. Billy Hargrove has become something that runs on four legs. Joyce is a general. Hopper is a monster. The Hawkins kids are changing too—and suddenly, the adults they thought they knew have secrets of their own.
Because Henry Creel remembers them.
And he has decided that after everything Hawkins took from him, it is finally time to take the world.
There will be an empire. A dynasty.
And there will be no going back.
Welcome to the Upside Down.
Words: 8932, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016), Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Trefry
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi
Characters: Karen Wheeler, Ted Wheeler (Stranger Things), Sue Sinclair, Charles Sinclair, Al Munson, Elizabeth Munson, Eddie Munson's Mother, Wayne Munson, Bob Newby (Stranger Things), Claudia Henderson
Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Joyce Byers/Jim "Chief" Hopper, Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson, Henry Creel | One | Vecna/Patty Newby, Eleven | Jane Hopper/Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham/Heather Holloway, Dustin Henderson/Lucas Sinclair, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Vecna Wins (Stranger Things), Corruption, Alternate Universe - Creatures & Monsters, Monsters, Hurt Henry Creel | One | Vecna, Found Family, Will Byers Has Powers, Temporary Character Death, Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Mpreg | Male Pregnancy, Smut, Eventual Smut, Dark Fantasy, Billy Hargrove & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Have a Good Relationship, Dustin Henderson & Eddie Munson Friendship, Protectiveness, Protective Siblings, The Party as Family (Stranger Things), Pre-Stranger Things 5, Post-Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2, Magic, Everyone Has Issues, Communication, Steve Harrington Has a Crush on Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has a Crush on Billy Hargrove, Lesbian Disaster Robin Buckley, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Feminization, Crossdressing, Brainwashing, Mind Manipulation
