ℂ𝕒𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖..... Where Steve so desperately wanted someone to love him; he just didn't expect to get dragged into a make-believe-turned-real-world for you to come running. ... ⇝ stranger things, its characters, and its plots belong to the duffer brothers and Netflix. Anything and anyone that is to the main story line belong to me. ⇝ this is an xreader story. the reader uses she/her pronouns, but anyone is welcome to read and enjoy! ⇝ the story begins with season 1 ✎season 1 - complete ✔ ✎season 2 - complete ✔ ✎season 3 - complete ✔ ✎season 4 - complete ✔ ✎season 5 - in progress _____ ★Most Impressive Rankings: #1 in lucassinclair (03/02/26) #1 in readerxcharacter (01/28/26) #1 in Ynxcharacter (01/26/26)

a kicked out twin, an unsuspecting family, a small town in Indiana where nothing bad ever happens. except everything bad happens in 1983. the life of every Hawkins resident was turned upside down in that year, and Julie was no exception. as much as everyone wanted them to, the bad things didn't stop in 1983. they kept coming month after month, year after year. no one was sure if they would ever stop. | stranger things seasons one - four | started: may 31st, 2022 finished: [ third place in the 2022 Fanatic Awards!!! ]

Hidden behind locked doors and iron rules, Henry Creel has spent his life inside Hawkins Lab - not by choice, but by design. Once the first child molded by Dr. Brenner's experiments, he grew into a silent protector for the generations of gifted children who came after him, bearing the weight of a life he never chose. He thought he understood the world: pain, obedience, isolation. Until Marlena Brenner, the daughter of the man who made him, returned to the lab - and changed everything. Where others saw a weapon, Marlena saw a man. She offered him kindness with no demands, love with no conditions. Slowly, Henry began to believe he could be something more than what the lab made him. Their stolen kisses, lingering touches, and tentative confessions grew into something fierce and real. But freedom always has a price. When a tragedy rips through the lab, taking Marlena's father and nearly Marlena herself, Henry is faced with the unimaginable terror of losing the only light in his dark world. As Marlena fights her way back from the brink, she refuses to rebuild what was broken. Instead, she dreams bigger: creating a place where gifted children can live without fear - a real home, filled with laughter, learning, and choice. A future Henry never dared to imagine. Now, surrounded by the children they vow to protect, Henry and Marlena must navigate first love, aching grief, and a healing neither of them thought possible. Together, they will build not just a sanctuary - but a family. A story of survival, redemption, and an extraordinary love born in the most unlikely of places, Brenners daughter is a heart-wrenching, breathtaking journey toward freedom, hope, and the simple, saving power of being seen.