No one knows why, but the dead have returned to Hawkins. Two years after Vecna's defeat, those who were lost have been found, and miraculously healed of all injury. But just how far did those wounds heal? In discovering this, Eddie Munson must learn what it means to be loved and Billy Hargrove must learn what it means to be human. Both must learn what it means to be alive again. Chapters Edited to Reflect Style and Inconsistencies: Prologue NOTE: This work was started before the series finale, and so some details from the show are not reflected in this work. Cover art credit: @theGhoulBoys_

The infamous sister of Dustin Henderson has returned to Hawkins Indiana to finish out her last year of high school. Although many don't know her or simply don't remember, there is one person besides her brother who is completely enthralled by her homecoming. Will Sadie Henderson come to love the town and all it's entities the same way she did before she left, or will it be completely new and nothing what she expected it to be? The year of 1986 will be full of rumors, drama, intense emotions, secrets, trauma and more.