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♡ "𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚, 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪." ♡
Hawkins was never safe.
It just took hell opening its mouth for everyone else to notice.
Layla Henderson knows something is wrong long before anyone tells her. Her little brother is lying. A boy has gone missing. The town is holding its breath. And whatever is happening in the dark, it's already too close to home.
As Hawkins fractures under secrets, monsters, and a growing body count, Layla is dragged into a war she never asked for and refuses to run from. She fights to protect the kids, to keep the people she loves alive, and to shoulder the weight no one else seems willing to carry. Along the way, she forms bonds that will save her and break her in equal measure.
Steve Harrington never meant to become a hero. But somewhere between broken bat swings, bloodied knuckles, and standing between the dark and the people who matter, he learns the difference between leaving and staying. Between wanting and choosing. Between love that burns out and love that holds fast.
They don't fall in love all at once.
They survive first.
Spanning the events of Stranger Things seasons 1 through 5, Hellbent is a slow-burn story about shared hells, impossible choices, and the quiet, stubborn decision to stay when everything is trying to tear you apart.
Because when the world ends, some people run.
And some people are hellbent on walking straight through it. Together.
Stranger Things and all of its characters, plots, and storylines belong to The Duffer Brothers and Netflix.
Canon timeline progress as of now:
Season 1 - complete
Season 2 - complete
Season 3 - in progress
Season 4 - not yet started
Season 5 - not yet started