thinking about a stranger things au where instead of Vecna killing Chrissy, Fred, Patrick, and Max, he instead just ALMOST kills them, and puts them in one of the fucked up mind prison worlds
and if they die in or can’t escape the mind prison within a certain amount of time, they just die
and if you combine this with my Cheerheart hedcannons there would probably be some sort of dialogue that goes like this
Chrissy : OH wait a minute… YOU’RE one of Mike’s friends! :)
Max : yeah— wait… how the HELL do YOU know who Mike is???
Chrissy : umm… we’re friends…
Max : …okay for starters, a) how the HELL did you become friends with him, b) WHY did you become friends with him, and c) HOW DO YOU STAND HIM!?!?
Chrissy: we met in science class… we had a project together—
Fred : okay, let me get this straight. You, Chrissy Cunningham, Queen of Hawkins High, is friends with, the DnD playing nerd who’s Nancy’s younger brother, because you met in… science class???
Chrissy : well… yeah? I don’t know what else you want me to sa—
Patrick : hold on. Is that the guy you ditched Jason for that one day?
Fred : OH!? And the plot THICKENS!
Max (thinking about the fact that Mike an El are still dating) : oh I SWEAR to GOD if I EVER GET OUT OF THIS HELL HOLE IM GONNA STRANGLE THAT WHEELER—
Chrissy : WE ARENT TOGETHER LIKE THAT!!! WE ARE SOLELY PLATONIC!!! ALSO! That time I ditched Jason, Mike was in the FUCKING HOSPITAL! And I wanted to make sure my friend wasn’t DYING!!!
Fred and Patrick side eyeing : mmmmm hmm
Chrissy : I also know he has a girlfriend and I wouldn’t do that to a poor girl I don’t even know
Fred : hold on… NANCY’s LITTLE BROTHER HAS A GIRLFRIEND!?!?
Max : YEAH! and she’s MY BEST FRIEND and if that fucking wheeler does ANYTHING TO HURT HER I swear to GOD I’m gonna strangle him—
Anyway they would probably all have to talk about and/or face their traumas and their fears in order to get out
also what if I made Patrick a heavily masking Autistic