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*re-written as of July 1st 2025* !!please read description!! ○ STRANGER THINGS SEASON 2 BOOK #1 of 4 This story starts in season 2 and will end when season 5 airs. DISCLAIMER: Yes, I am fully aware that Will has been deemed 💅 HOWEVER, this is my story, don't read it if you don't vibe the way I do. ○ Claire has grown up in the hands of Hawkins Lab since she was 5. She hadn't planned an escape because she thought it would be impossible. An unfortunate event made it possible. The day she escaped was the best and worst day of her life. it was a new beginning, filled with trauma and tragedy. Hope, and happiness. And it was all because she met him... ○ ○ ●note, this story begins a few mo ths before season two begins● Enjoy! (any hate will be combatted 🙃)

dn ǝpısuʍoᗡ ꩜ ꩇׁׅ݊ꪱׁׅƙׁׅ֑ꫀׁׅܻ ᨰׁׅhׁׅ֮ꫀׁׅܻꫀׁׅܻᥣׁׅ֪ꫀׁׅܻr ꩜ Steve Harrington lived with his father for years as his parents were divorced. His mom and sister lived in California. When his and y/n's father sadly dies and his mother with her daughter return to Hawkins. Y/n will make a weird nerdy boy fall for her right away, even though he knows he can't be with her.

Season One: [COMPLETED] Season Two: [COMPLETED] Season Three: [COMPLETED] Will Byers x OC Ruby, otherwise known as 001, is a failed experiment who was banished to the upside down long ago. She's spent most of her days there until she meets a peculiar boy, Will Byers. What will happen next? (Written in 2019-2020, had no idea that Vecna was 001 yet)

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐑 | 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐈𝐈 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚒𝚝 - 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎. 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚜, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝐍𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕. 𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐑 - 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎. 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐅 𝙸'𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝? 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐅 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗

𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐑 | 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐈 𝐒𝐎 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝚒𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚜, 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎... 𝚆𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝙴𝚕 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕'𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝... 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛? 𝙸𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙴𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴏᴡɴ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ's ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀs 𝚁𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍: 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝟺 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍: 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟼 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻

°.✩┈┈∘*┈ 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 ┈*∘┈┈✩.° 𝙄𝙉 𝙒𝙃𝙄𝘾𝙃 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 °.✩┈┈∘*┈ 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮!𝘰𝘤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 ⁀➷ 「 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 01 - 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 02 - 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 03 - 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 04 - 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 05 - 𝘵𝘣𝘥 」

On May 10, everything changed. Ivory Coast-known to most as Ivy thought it would be just another birthday celebration with her best friends. But when the night ends in silence, confusion, and headlines that shake the town, Ivy is left with more questions than answers. In a place where whispers of curses blur the lines between myth and truth, Ivy finds herself at the heart of something dark, twisted, and unstoppable. As she searches for the friends who vanished without a trace, a chilling realization settles in: some things aren't meant to be found, and some truths are more dangerous than lies. In a world where fear is fatal, can Ivy survive what's coming next? _____ -shoremacore

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