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• Beneath the Surface(something strange lurks) by Lowkey_unwell

  Fandoms: The Black Phone (2022), Stranger Things (TV 2016)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/F, F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  30 Jul 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Robin Arellano/Finney Blake
  • Vance Hopper/Bruce Yamada
  • Billy Showalter | Paperboy/Griffin Stagg
  • Robin Arellano
  • Finney Blake
  • Gwen Blake (The Black Phone)
  • Vance Hopper
  • Vance Hopper's Mother
  • Bruce Yamada
  • Billy Showalter | Paperboy
  • Griffin Stagg
  • Jim "Chief" Hopper
  • Crossovers & Fandom Fusions
  • Finney Blake Needs a Hug
  • Finney Blake Has PTSD
  • Protective Vance Hopper
  • Protective Robin Arellano
  • Badass Gwen Blake (The Black Phone)
  • Vance and Finney and Gwen are cousins
  • some original characters - Freeform
  • Finney is the only victim of the grabber
  • Aged up characters
  • Mentions of Violence
  • under age drinking
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm

  Summary

  Finney moves to Hawkins, Indiana with his family after fleeing from the Grabber, hoping to leave behind the traumatic experience and begin anew.

  In this new place, he encounters his soulmate and friends who become like family, but everything shifts when bizarre occurrences begin to unfold in the town without any explanation.

  Follow Finney as he navigates his intricate path toward friendship, love, and the unraveling of deeper traumas.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,111

  Chapters:

  3/?

  Comments:

  7

  Kudos:

  28

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  342