now it’s time to change. he can become a better father. one him and his siblings deserved. one that Destiny deserves. she will get what he never had. a safe home and safe town.
saving the world so she can have a family to come back to saves her and her future. all those long nights of no sleep and thinking he’s not doing the right thing. he stupidly always sees his father in himself. maybe he’s going to turn out shitty just like him.
he’s being pulled so many different ways. he knows he can’t help destiny if he sits back on the sidelines. he has to show her how she can stand up for everyone. being the best role model he can be is saving her.
sat next to Chrissy in her hospital bed, a hand on hers. he’s going through the day he had with Destiny like he always did at their visits. even explains how everyone else was doing. the monsters, Dustin’s grief.
“how can I be there for him with his hands tied behind my back.”
watching his brother and his friends while he cowardly sits back and watches them get thrown around. he can’t help them now. wrestling with two sides. saving his brother or keeping his daughter safe. can’t do both at once, right?
Destiny Jo Henderson.
𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙗𝙞𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 ?
a sweet girl. born into a world who wanted to destroy her from the start. some might say he was made for this day. growing up helping raise his siblings.
but why does he feel so out of his league. there were no demogorgons he had to protect a baby from back then. everything feels like eyes on her. saving the world with a baby strapped to your chest. he’d never let her out of his sight.
March 13th, 1986.
the day one left us and the other joined. Chrissy was sent into a coma after being almost killed by Vecna. something was keeping her alive. if Joey wasn’t at the hospital he was at home trying to become both parents for their daughter.