A year and a half after their lives took different turns, Julia and Joe are living in separate worlds: hers grounded in the routine of her New York bookstore, his swept up in filming projects across the globe. But when an unexpected reunion stirs up long-buried feelings, their paths slowly start to intertwine once more. **Sequel to The End of Beginning**

❝ will you be mine? ❞ when musician joe keery visits a manhattan classroom for an episode of 'celebrity substitute,' second grade art teacher josie hartman accidentally splatters him with paint which is the start of an artsy love. 🏅#1 in joekeery fem!oc x joe keery social media x irl lowercase intended november 11 - january 9

'ᴅɪʀᴛʏ ᴅᴇᴇᴅꜱ ᴅᴏɴᴇ ᴅɪʀᴛ ᴄʜᴇᴀᴘ' in which judith larosa, faces the very worst of it all, with a smirk and a punch or, in which steve harrington, learns that the 'freak' of hawkins high may not be as bad as he thought he just had to have a little patience --------- steve harrington x fem¡oc season 1 - season 5 stranger things --------- season one: published season two: publishing season three: writing

Jaime Miller had one job this summer, to relax. Having earned a fragile spot in the popular crowd by doing homework for Jessica and Ruby, the genuine nerd was determined to enjoy the perfect, effortless summer she'd bought before leaving for college. Her façade shatters the moment she runs into Steve Harrington. The once untouchable King of Hawkins is now a disgraced, college-rejected ice cream scooper. When her friends launch into merciless mocking, Jaime snaps. She chooses kindness over popularity and steps forward to defend him. That single, courageous act costs Jaime everything: her friends walk away, and her social life collapses once again. But her choice also plunges her directly into Steve's terrifying reality-a bizarre world of secretive missions and creatures she only knows from the sci-fi books she never stopped reading. The easy life is over. To survive Hawkins, Jaime Miller must abandon her disguise and finally embrace the nerd she fought so hard to hide. • • • This fanfiction is set within the world of the popular Netflix series Stranger Things. The narrative primarily follows the plot arcs of Seasons 1 and 2, but certain themes and character elements from Season 3 have been adjusted or altered to better integrate with this specific story.

━━━━━━ ❝ 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆. ❞ i think i hate you, you know that? 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗈𝗇 𝗑 𝖿𝖾𝗆 𝖮𝖢 ( 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 2 )

She didn't know any better. Years of being raised by the evil entity that was once Henry Creel skewed her view of the world she once lived in. When Y/N is sent by him from the Upside Down to infiltrate those that so tediously continue to thwart his plans, she ends up finding something with someone that she never could have expected. Will she betray the one who raised her, who helped her escape that horrific lab? Or will she help him burn it all to the ground? One thing was for sure. There was only one thing that might change her mind... She just doesn't doesn't even know he exists... Yet. ( Set from the beginning of S4 once flashbacks cease but reader has been part of prior Vecna plans. Reader is over 18/older than El to fit with Steve without it being weird and has powers; is 002 in this story so assume the bullies in the show were 003 upwards. Long-ish intro with flashbacks to try and make it make sense lmfao but only a few chapters. Please read TW's before reading and let me know if there's anything I missed. TW: Violence, brainwashing, death, both mental and physical abuse, manipulation, smut in later chapters, fem!Reader, angst )