Hawkins used to be a quiet coastal town in Southern California until Will Byers vanished. Every year since, something strange and violent has crept in from the shadows. Eddie Munson thought he knew how his final senior year would go, but everything changed when a class project with Chrissy Cunningham sets off a chain of events that lands him face-first in the middle of Hawkins' supernatural war. And then there's Steve- exiled to the sea and bound by magic only a true love's kiss can break. He never meant to get involved with a bunch of land-walking kids, let alone become their protector in a fight he doesn't fully understand. When a storm crashes their worlds together, Eddie and Steve find themselves on opposite sides of the shore but fighting for the same thing: the people they love. TL;DR: Found family, grief, merman lore, identity, platonic true love, and Steve Harrington absolutely not coping with being a magical sea creature. 🥈Fantasy in the Writer at Heart Awards🥈 🥉Fanfiction in the Astral Arena Loom's Awards🥉

He was her brother's best friend. She was the one girl he was never supposed to fall for. But life has never followed the rules-not for Alex and Estella. Between whispered confessions, missed chances, and kisses that taste like home, their story was never simple. It's been years of growing up side by side, of holding back and holding on, of unsaid things and almost moments. And now, finally, it's time to write the next chapter. Together. With a group of wildly chaotic friends who blur the lines between family and comedy troupe, and a history full of heartbreak and healing, Alex and Estella navigate love that's been earned the hard way. **Story is told in third person.**