my spin on conformitygate
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Back To The Old House (Part Two - The Hand) by catsinhats7
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
15 Feb 2026
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“I- where are we?” Max said, turning about in the basement again.
“We’re in my basement?” Mike asked, watching Max as she surveyed the room with his arms crossed.
“It’s not… right though. Are we still in Henry’s mind?” she asked, turning back to Mike who was looking at her like she grew a second head. That concern was still shining in his eyes.
“Henry?” he asked quietly. “Max, he’s been dead for over a year.”
That gave Max a pause, because what the actual fuck was Mike on? Did he stumble into Jonathan’s old weed collection?
“What?” she asked, her hand stilled on the doorknob as she turned back to face Mike. “He’s not dead. We never even got the chance to try to kill him.”
Mike let out a stiff laugh in disbelief.
“Never had a chance to try? I watched Mrs. Byers chop his head from his body with an axe. Seems pretty fucking dead to me.”
This time it was Max looking at Mike like he had grown a second, third and fourth head. She narrowed her eyes, her mouth hanging agape for a moment before realization crashed into her.—---
Part Two of I Would Rather Not Go (Part One: The Eye)
I would definitely recommend reading that before this one since it’s quite canon divergent!Series
- Part 2 of The Eye and The Hand