"You're dreaming, I should think," His breath caressed my skin. It was there and then gone, far too fleeting. "So why am I here, Sixteen?" I didn't have an answer. "I don't know," I muttered. My heart thumped noisily in my chest. I could not think. "Can you make it stop?" His eyes flitted over mine. I could feel him like an infection. Crawling through my veins, warming my blood, shutting down my organs one by one until I was helpless, left with no other option aside from watching as he overtook me. "Do you want me to make it stop?" He gently tilted my head up. I was soundless as this all unfolded, unable to fight it, unsure if I even wanted to. ~ After Sixteen is abducted and taken to Hawkins Lab, she must adjust to life under the oppressive glare of Martin Brenner. Peter Ballard, an orderly who oversees her training, aims to the transition all the more difficult.

'What if it's not meant for me?' Carmen Ramirez is a name familiar to a few tongues in Hawkins, slowly bordering forgotten after her two years of exchange in Spain since '82. She's been neighbours with the Byers and was best-friends with Jonathan Byers since basically birth. Until her absence in the town and Will's disappearance seemed to tear their friendship apart. But Carmen hasn't got a clue why. Spring break was hard enough but when the final weeks of Sophomore year and Junior year are drenched in secrets, a disregarded problem comes to a breaking point. Set in '84 prior to S2+ (Steve Harrington x OC - SLOWBURN/NOT FOR A WHILE) (Jonathan Byers + OC friendship)