Every Breath You Take Stranger Things Novels & Stories

“Don’t make a sound.” Eli’s panic spiraled. His hands shook as he pushed against the stranger’s chest. “Let go! Cove! Where’s Cove?” The darkness felt alive. It wrapped around him, choking him. Memories flooded back the locked closet, Marco’s laughter, the smoke from the fire, the feeling of being completely alone. “I can’t breathe,” Eli gasped. “Please… turn on the lights. Someone turn on the lights!” The stranger’s grip didn’t loosen. “Quiet. They’re still shooting.”

“Making you fix what you broke.” The pressure between us snapped suddenly— Like an invisible thread tightening. Pain shot through my chest. I gasped. The stranger flinched at the exact same moment. Our eyes widened simultaneously. The connection vanished just as quickly. But the echo of it remained. Sharp. Burning. Impossible. Caelum looked between us, alarm flashing across his face. “No,” he said under his breath. I stared at the stranger. “What was that?” For the first time since arriving He looked unsettled.

My throat tightens, and I gasp for air. As my vision blurs, my mother pops up off the chair. “Bethany! What’s wrong? Breathe, baby girl! Just breathe!” The room spins, and in the far distance, Trinity screams, “BETHANY!!!” The emptiness in my heart grows while my chest tightens. A strange scent fills my nose, while another unfamiliar voice in my head grunts, “Mate.” I struggle to grasp what is going on, but nothing makes any sense.

“It’s so hot, and this is an outdoor party. She’s suffering from heatstroke, yet she lies on the ground and continues to pretend. A cold drink will fix her right up!” Suddenly, I felt like I was about to die. My heart pounded violently, and my shoulders started shaking. I gasped for air, but nothing reached my lungs. My throat let out harsh, ragged breaths. The guests saw that something was wrong with me and stepped back in fear. “She… she’s not actually dying, is she?” Ethan’s eyes widened. His whole body trembled as he froze in place.

Love can hit you when you least expect it. It could be a soft easy wind that caresses you and gets stronger over time till it absorbs into your body and heart. Other times it can hit you like a gale-force wind and take every breath you will ever have, and breathe life into the person who took it in the first place. Laken stole my breath. She was my gale-force wind, and I will gladly give her every breath I have just to keep her safe, alive, and mine. If I have to live without her then I don’t want my breath. I don’t want anything but her. I will go to hell and back to get her from the grips of death.

I suck in a breath. I slowly take out my ear buds. Holding my ribs, I take a couple steps. I let out the shaky breath I was holding. The air around me is thick. I’m nervous as fuck. I take more steps looking around the trees. I’m afraid to breath, but I do. “Strawberries.” I whisper. I hear leaves crunch. I turn my head in the direction of the sound. I slowly walk toward it. Her scent is everywhere. Filling me to the brim. My heart aches.

My back hits the wall hard, all the breath escapes my lungs. It hurts. It hurts like hell. I struggle to get to my feet while trying to reclaim the air that escaped my lungs. It’s hard. Takahashi walks towards me, picks me up by the throat, and holds me against the wall. He adds his second hand, and his grip on my throat tightens. It takes me no time at all to understand that I’m being strangled. “You think he’s all that don’t you?”. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe!.

Two heads roll across the concrete like bowling balls . The third vampire snarls and lunges . The stranger catches him midair , slams him against the wall , drives something silver straight through his . He drops like a puppet with cut strings . Silence. Except my ragged breathing and the wet drip of blood hitting concrete . The stranger turns. Tall, black hoodie , silver eyes that seem to cut straight through me . Blood splattered across his jaw like war paint . “You okay ?” His voice is low, rough , like he’s not used to speaking .

I fall on my knees, tears plopping on the tiled floor. "Who knows what he's doing to her! The horror of what she's going through right now? All because of me!" My throat. I can't breathe. My throat. Someone is strangling me. I'm trying so hard to breathe but I just can't. Someone has a tight hold of my neck. " Terra! Terra! Christ! Terra? " CJ's panicked voice gets me back to reality. "Terra breathe! Breathe! Yes you can do it baby! Breathe."

He froze there while feeling a little lost and only hopped on the car when both sisters had eventually disappeared. He did not leave immediately and decided to have a smoke instead. He lit up a cigarette from the box and took a few puffs of it. He was aware of his feelings despite no one knowing about them. His heart did skip a beat for Natasya! What was going on with him? Why would he catch such a bizarre feeling towards Natasya? Raelyn heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing Natasya and Talitha coming back home together. She hugged Natasya and asked, "Why don't you answer my calls? Are you planning to make me absolutely worried?"