Caitlyn Henderson, older sister to the nerdy Dustin Henderson, has a lot more going on than meets the eye. Hawkins is broking, and Vecna's shadow lingers. Max, Caitlyn, Steve, and the gang must fight for survival, face their deepest fears, and hold each other together when darkness threatens to consume them all. Follows the Strange Things storyline, somethings have been moved around or merged to help the flow of the story.

It's the 1940s. Bucky Barnes survived the war. Steve Rogers survived the crash. Life is quieter now, structured around routines and responsibilities. Every afternoon, Bucky stops by the local café for a quick coffee before picking up his younger sister, Rebecca, from school. It's familiar. Predictable. Safe. Until one day, it isn't. Curled up in the corner of the café is a girl with a book, lost in its pages like the world around her doesn't exist. Bucky recognizes her instantly... or at least, he knows he should. He's certain he's seen her before, certain she means something... but he can't remember where or why. The name will come to Steve, of course. It always does. It's one of his strange, unexplainable talents. And just like that, a quiet afternoon becomes the beginning of something neither of them saw coming.