She saw it first. He's the only one who stayed. Paralyzed - a Stranger Things fanfic Dawn Hayes has sleep paralysis. But when a monster tries to come through her bedroom wall, she realizes her nightmares aren't just in her head. The Demogorgon came for her once. And it's coming back. Steve Harrington didn't believe her at first. But he's not running. And Dawn doesn't know what scares her more-the monster in the wall, or the boy who refuses to leave. Slow burn. Sarcastic heroine. Horror. Romance. Hawkins, 1983. Steve Harrington x OC.