UNDER EDITING (SOME CHAPTERS MAY BE MISSING DUE TO IT - CURRENT MISSING CHAPTER IS THE BATHTUB - SEASON 1. WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON.) ⋆˙⟡ ⋆.˚ ⊹₊⟡ ⋆ ──────── " I don't want to lose them. I don't want to lose anyone else. And I don't want to lose you. " " You won't lose me. " She looked up at him. " Not tonight. Not ever. " ──────── s0 finished. s1 UNDER EDITING. s2 finished. s3 finished. s4 finished. s5 vol one finished. MY OTHER BOOK HAS ONE SHOTS FOR THIS STORY! <3 reader is also a replacement for 004 (this was added because this was made a long time ago when i was in middle school lol and chose some random ass number)

[COMPLETED] *set AFTER the events of season three!* an unexpected guest arrives in hawkins, making mike wheeler reconsider his entire life. he starts to question his long-distance relationship with el, but that turns out to be dangerous.

(UNDER EDITING) in which they could never get their timing right slowburn love story started: 07.08.22 finished: 07.21.22

"𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱," 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸. 𝗛𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝘂𝘇𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲. "𝗕𝘂𝘁, 𝗜'𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲," 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲... 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘅 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟬𝟲/𝟬𝟰/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮

Hidden behind locked doors and iron rules, Henry Creel has spent his life inside Hawkins Lab - not by choice, but by design. Once the first child molded by Dr. Brenner's experiments, he grew into a silent protector for the generations of gifted children who came after him, bearing the weight of a life he never chose. He thought he understood the world: pain, obedience, isolation. Until Marlena Brenner, the daughter of the man who made him, returned to the lab - and changed everything. Where others saw a weapon, Marlena saw a man. She offered him kindness with no demands, love with no conditions. Slowly, Henry began to believe he could be something more than what the lab made him. Their stolen kisses, lingering touches, and tentative confessions grew into something fierce and real. But freedom always has a price. When a tragedy rips through the lab, taking Marlena's father and nearly Marlena herself, Henry is faced with the unimaginable terror of losing the only light in his dark world. As Marlena fights her way back from the brink, she refuses to rebuild what was broken. Instead, she dreams bigger: creating a place where gifted children can live without fear - a real home, filled with laughter, learning, and choice. A future Henry never dared to imagine. Now, surrounded by the children they vow to protect, Henry and Marlena must navigate first love, aching grief, and a healing neither of them thought possible. Together, they will build not just a sanctuary - but a family. A story of survival, redemption, and an extraordinary love born in the most unlikely of places, Brenners daughter is a heart-wrenching, breathtaking journey toward freedom, hope, and the simple, saving power of being seen.