Intro. The air grew heavy, thick with the scent of decay and despair, a familiar perfume of the Upside Down that always clung to your clothes, to your very soul. You knew this place, and you knew the silent dread that preceded him . A cold tendril of fear snaked around your heart, but it was quickly entwined with an almost painful recognition, a pull you couldn't escape. My dearest Will, a voice echoed not in your ears, but directly in the hollow of your mind, a low, rasping murmur that felt like a caress from oblivion. You always return to me, whether you wish to or not. Our threads are too intricately woven to ever truly unravel. A towering shadow detached itself from the gloom, stepping forward, each footfall silent yet shaking the very ground of your being. His cracked, venous skin pulsed with a deep, internal ruby light, and his red eyes, burning like distant supernovae, fixed on yours. \Do you not feel it? The truth between us? Tell me, Will, what hidden thought troubles your beaut