In Hawkins, everyone knows Calliope Carmichael. The girl with the perfect smile. The big white house. The polished manners and effortless grace. She's kind, popular, and exactly who she's expected to be. What no one sees is how hard she works to stay that way. When strange things begin happening in Hawkins, Callie does what she's always done best-she helps. She notices. She stays. Armed with quiet intelligence, unexpected bravery, and a pair of antique swords hanging in her family's foyer, Callie finds herself drawn into a fight she never asked for... and a friendship she never planned. Steve Harrington has always been the guy everyone relies on-the protector, the babysitter, the one who takes the hits and keeps going. But as monsters close in and the people around him move on, it's Callie who sees the cracks he hides behind a smile. And somehow, without meaning to, they become each other's safe place. This is a slow-burn love story set against the chaos of the Upside Down-about being seen, choosing who you want to be, and finding home in the person who stays. Because sometimes, the quietest hearts change everything. Season One....completed Season Two....completed Season Three.... completed Season Four.... completed Season Five....ongoing

"Before Dawn, I didn't know what love felt like. Before Dawn I felt alone..." - Steve Book is currently in Season 4 Stranger Things Season 1 - 5 Slow burn • Before Dawn is a Steve Harrington fanfic but it is also a rewrite of Stranger Things. Dawn Henderson is the main character, and it will be focused on her. There will be scenes Dawn will not be in. I added them in to create a detailed story lines that builds to certain parts. I will be filling in parts in between episodes, and will be going along episode for episode. This will definitely be a long story with multiple parts each season • •New Chapters Every Sunday, and Wednesday• This story contains inappropriate language, mature themes, mental health, sexual content, and violence Season 1: 01/02/26 - 01/19/26 Season 2: 01/20/26 - 02/25/26 Season 3 Filler: 02/25/26 - 03/08/26 Season 3: 03/08/26 - 04/12/26 Season 4 Filler: 04/15/26 - 04/19/26 Season 4: 04/20/25 Disclaimer: I do not own stranger thing, or songs, or any of the characters besides Dawn Henderson. All photos and gifs are from Pinterest

𓆩𓆪 Stand By Me / Steve Harrington Written By -giulsx 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚃𝙾: 𝙸𝙽 𝙲𝙾𝚁𝚂𝙾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 ❪ 𝖿𝖾𝗆!𝗈𝖼 𝗑 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗍𝗈𝗇 ❫

ˋ°•*⁀➷ "you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you" Katarina Henderson knows many things, but there's something she just can't figure out...what Nancy Wheeler sees in Steve Harrington 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 two teens hate each other in the quaint town of hawkins, indiana. 𝐨𝐫, 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 two teens must team up with their friends and fight monsters from alternate dimensions NUMBER 1 IN KATARINA NUMBER 1 IN ST4 NUMBER 1 IN ST3 NUMBER 1 IN STRANGERTHINGS1 NUMBER 1 IN ST2 NUMBER 1 IN ST5 NUMBER 1 IN GATENMATARAZZO NUMBER 1 IN ST1 NUMBER 1 IN HARRINGTON NUMBER 1 IN LILYCOLLINS NUMBER 1 IN JONATHANBYERS NUMBER 1 IN NATALIADYER NUMBER 1 IN CHARLIEHEATON 📸s1: 6/8/24 - 7/20/24 🎃s2: 7/20/24 - 9/2/24 🇺🇸s3: 9/3/24 - 11/6/24 📼s4: 11/10/24 - 2/9/25 📻s5: 11/28/25 - 1/12/26 **spanish translation available!

"𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐖𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞?" 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 the Pogue princess and Kook prince fall for one another 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 Emery Dawson is Rafe Cameron's strangest addiction female oc x rafe cameron seasons 1 - 4 #1 in Kooks (15/12/24) #1 in Treasurehunt (19/4/25)

❝Ain't it a gentle sound, the rolling in the graves?❞ (BOOK ONE) ( joel miller x fem! oc) (age gap!) (mature themes!) (follows the HBO show and game the last of us part i) (word count: 190.000 k) #1 thelastofus (03-09-2024) #1 elliewilliams (28-11-2024) ☢︎ kaynothanks, 2024 I do not own anything regarding The Last of Us. If it be characters, plot, or even some of the dialogue, and so on-it's all owned by HBO and Sony Computer Entertainment. The only thing I own is my character and the storylines I'll add. (completed 29. Dec. 2024)

She sat watching him intently, trying to find any change in his face. It is hard to see anyone who has become like your own body to you. - Willa Cather, from "Neighbour Rosicky," Collected Stories (Vintage, 1992)

In a world where teenagers are kept inside a maze with the goal of developing a cure...

"Don't you dare scare me like that again!" "Wouldn't dream of it" In which Victoria Marshall and Steve Harrington find their way through loss, love, and the aftermath of survival

Genevieve Henderson is known throughout Hawkins, Indiana as the girl who vanished for four years and then mysteriously returned one crisp autumn day. She told the police she had been kidnapped, but the truth was far darker. Genevieve was abducted by Dr. Martin Brenner and confined at Hawkins National Laboratory, subjected to experiments she can barely remember. When her powers were deemed "not strong enough," she was released-threatened never to speak of what happened, or her family would pay the price. For years, Genevieve tried to bury the memories, to live a normal life. Almost successfully-until a strange young girl named Eleven stumbled out of the woods, dragging the horrors of Hawkins Lab back into her world. With the secrets of the Lab resurfacing, the disappearance of Will Byers, and Eleven returning to her life, Genevieve's carefully constructed world begins to unravel. That is, until Steve Harrington steps in-charismatic, bold, and utterly infuriating. The spark between them is undeniable, but as their bond grows, dark forces from the Lab and beyond threaten to tear them apart. In a town where monsters-both human and otherwise-linger in the shadows, can Genevieve survive her past... and her heart?