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- Bacaan 63
- Undian 5
- Bahagian 4
Hawkins was never supposed to survive what came after Vecna.
Neither were the people in it.
You're Dustin Henderson's older sister, the quiet genius who helped save the world more times than anyone cares to count. But after the chaos of March 1986, you did the unthinkable - you left Hawkins behind on a full-ride scholarship to Stanford, determined on building something that didn't revolve around monsters and loss.
Steve Harrington stayed.
Now, eighteen months later, Hawkins is sealed behind military barricades, the Upside Down starts bleeding through reality, and Steve is holding what's left of the town together with a radio station, a beat-up minivan, and sheer stubborn will power. You're two thousand miles away, listening through static and late-night phone calls, pretending distance makes things safe.
It doesn't.
When you finally come back, Steve realizes two things at once - You are not the girl he remembers. And he is absolutely, catastrophically screwed.
You're sharper. More confident. Unapologetically beautiful. And hiding a side of yourself that doesn't fit the image Hawkins has of you. A side that Steve can't stop thinking about, no matter how hard he tries.
As monsters close in and walls finally come down, desire collides with fear, guilt, and everything left unsaid.
Some things are impossible to unsee.
Some fantasies refuse to stay in the margins.
And once you become someone's centerfold, there's no folding you back up again.
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A Steve Harrington x Henderson!Reader slow burn, set parallel to Season 5!