stranger things dead character HCs....
just like the upside down, the afterlife of people who died in hawkins are cut off from the rest of the world (so now eddie and billy have to interact becuz i said so.)
the lab children (002-007, 009, 010, 012-018) all rush to dr. brenner when he appears. he wasnt the best father ((at all)) but they arent all that familiar with anyone else, and he *was* their papa. benny sees all these children that look like eleven, and tries his best to be there for them and „raise” them normally. he hates brenner after learning who he is, but makes sure to monitor him so he doesnt damage the children mentally any more than he already did. 002 is the first to break down in tears to benny due to the abuse he suffered. dr brenner does mellow out, and tries to redeem himself, but knows hes past the point of redemption already. all of the adults help ,,raise” the children to some extent (despite the fact that no one actually ages anymore).
eddie sticks by chrissy like a lost puppy - jason awkwardly avoids eye contact with him. chrissy becomes best friends with heather holloway, who dates billy for real this time. because of this, eddie and billy interact often, leading to arguments over their beliefs, lucas, steve, etc. billy and bruce lowe share common beliefs, and end up on the same ,,side” together. the longer they are in the afterlife, the more apathetic they all become, and the arguments become less passionate. bruce acts as a father to the two boys - eddie hates it at first, but cant deny that he misses his uncle, and would like some form of familial relationship.
jason reels from the realisation that he falsely accused eddie of murder when chrissy confronts him. they take a break from their relationship, and jason mostly hangs around with patrick, unable to connect with any one else. he cant seem to make up with eddie, cant face chrissy from guilt, doesnt agree with billy either...
virginia creel is wracked with guilt. almost everybody here died because of her son - she knew something was off, she could have done something to prevent all of these deaths. she finds comfort in mrs. driscoll, who assures her that ,,a mother can only do so much”. alice creel misses her brother and father, and doesnt understand her mothers grief. how could henry cause all these deaths? she loves hanging around the lab kids - they are all so cool with their powers. she loves visiting mrs. driscoll and the cat she found (mews !!!!). everybody loves mews :3
bob & alexei and barb & fred bond over their connections to joyce/ nancy (:(). barb and fred nerd out together in their own ways, sometimes theorising on what couldve happened with all this upside down stuff (if nancy was connected to it...), bob joins in (and alexei sits there cutely). amongst the three of them, they know a minimal amount of russian, trying to teach alexei english. he likes to listen in on their conversations, understanding more than they realise. he likes to play dumb, because it seems like everyone is more honest that way.