"What's wrong, Min? You-You look like you're about to cry." "Because you're going to leave me. Everyone always leaves." "I-I wouldn't worry t-too much about it. I'm not that good of a friend." "Don't say that." ~~~ Sam Min was finally able to relax. After having to repeatedly help save the world with his cousins, Mike and Nancy, he's glad that he can finally relax. Or at least he thought he would be able to. But of course, nothing ever goes as planned for the Min boy and his friends. It's his last year of school and all he wants to do is graduate with his friend Eddie Munson. The kid had been held back about three times. But he claimed that this was his year. Well it was, until he was accused of murdering Chrissy Cunningham. Which, by the way, he did not do. Sam believes more then anyone that he's innocent. Eddie's ecstatic that Sam Min, his crush by the way, believe's him. But their's only so much belief can do.

"I know that you have this scary tough guy act you put on, but for once, just let me protect you." "Fine. Only if you don't tell anyone." "We already know." "Fuck off, Mayfield." ~~~ Rocky Hopper was definitely not the kid you wanted to mess with. When Rocky was in the fourth grade, his dad passed after an unfortunate accident. Rocky was already a big asshole, but once his dad passed, there's no stopping him. He has one friend, and that's Will Byers, surprisingly. Soon, he meets Mike, Lucas and Dustin, but tries not to get too attached. When Will goes missing, Rocky loses his shit. Getting into more fights, and sneaking off to go find Will, leads to Rocky and the party to meet Eleven, the girl from the woods. So now, Rocky has to deal with anger issues, trust issues, fear of loosing Will for good and some psycho psychic girl. Isn't Rocky's life just lovely?

"I wonder what Nick's doing right now." "You mean Nancy, don't you?" "That's what I said." "No you didn't, you said Nick." "I did not." "You like him." "I do not, you say that again I will kill you." "You like him a lot!" ~~~ Nick Wheeler was in love with his sisters boyfriend, to put it bluntly. Well, in love might be a bit of a stretch, but he had a massive crush on him. Of course it's hard to watch his sister make love eyes at him, and even harder when he walks by them in the halls and they kiss. But what can you do, right? Nick finally begins to come to terms with the fact that he's never gonna get the man of his dreams, when his best friends little brother, Will Byers, goes missing. The disappearance of the young boy marks the day Hawkins changed forever. It also changes the life of Nick Wheeler and Steve Harrington. One boy who's hopelessly in love and another who's too oblivious to realize. They seem to make a great pair, don't they?