What We Didn't Report ఌ︎ 001 fic

by cyndertea

Summary:

Hawkins National Laboratory runs on routine: checklists, keycards, fluorescent lights, and the understanding that nothing here is personal.

You learn this quickly, just a few days into the job that was forced onto you.

You also learn that Peter Ballard never walks the same route twice, never stands where the cameras linger too long, and never looks at you unless you're alone.

You are both orderlies-interchangeable, invisible, trained to keep your heads down and your mouths shut. Friendship is discouraged. Attachment is a liability. Affection is a violation.

So you talk in hallways without microphones. You pass notes meant to be destroyed. You pretend not to notice when he positions himself between you and certain doors.

Peter says the lab is watching everyone.

Later, in a voice barely above a whisper, he tells you who you should really be afraid of.

You should report him.
You should keep your distance.
You should never follow him off-camera.

But the spaces between cameras are the only places you ever feel safe-and Peter is the only one who knows how to find them.

Chapter 1: C A S T

Eliza "Lizzy" Locke (29)

played by [???]

"If you keep your head down long enough, they forget to watch you."

Peter Ballard/Henry Creel "001" (35)

played by Jamie Campbell Boward

"I hear everything in this place, your breathing is my favorite."

Dr. Martin "Papa" Brenner (55)

played by Matthew Modine

"The doctor will see you now."

"011" (12)

played by Millie Bobby Brown

"Papa won't like that, Lizzy."

"009" (11)

played by Sophia Lillis

"He's lying to everyone, but not to you."

Dr Evelyn Sharpe (43)

played by Katherine Winnick

"Attachment is just another variable, and variables can be removed."

Dr. Lucas Locke (58)

played by Eion Macken

"You always did need a firmer hand."

Dr. Alice "Ali" Locke (61)

played by Anne Hathaway

"You don't get to decide things for yourself. You've never been good at that."

Evan Pike (20)

played by Hugh Dancy

"They're not supposed to scream during that test, right?"

Samual Crowe (52)

played by Stephan Lang

"You don't just work in a place like this, you survive it."

Notes:

Keep in mind that although Eliza will be described how the image is, I’ve made the story first person so it’s a lot easier to self-insert!!