Willow Jenkins is in love with Steve Harrington. Steve Harrington is still in love with Nancy Wheeler. What happens when Willow proposes a deal to Eddie Munson he can't refuse? (fake dating slowburn!! cross-posted on ao3 under the same username. contains strong/mature language, mentions of grief/loss, and smut in later chapters.)

"𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞..." "𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲, & 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞." 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐀 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐎𝐍 is tired of pretending she's fine. It's been eight months since Billy Hargrove died, and while the world keeps spinning, Ana's still stuck in place-caught between grief, guilt, and the nagging sense that she should've done something more. In a haze of half-hearted routines and lingering what-ifs, she doesn't expect 𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍 to come crashing back into her orbit. They were friends once-before everything got messy, before she stopped noticing him. But now, he's back, all loud laughter, inked skin, and that look in his eye like he remembers everything. What starts as a comfort quickly turns complicated. The line between friends and something more begins to blur, and Ana finds herself pulled between the past she can't let go of and the person she's becoming. Grief is messy. So is love. And maybe, so is healing. 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 "𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 | 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄" 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓'𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐍 ⚠️ 𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐗 𝐎𝐂 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 4/10/25 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃: 1/1/26

𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲, princess of hawkins high, asks 𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 for a favour and he agrees under one condition: she has to play d&d with him ___________________________________________ [ eddie munson x female oc ] [ slowburn ] [ tw -> read end of prologue ]