Hawkins was never meant to be normal-but after everything the town has endured, "normal" feels like the most dangerous lie of all. When new shadows begin to crawl out from the past, the kids are forced to face horrors darker than the Upside Down itself. Friendships will be tested, secrets will unravel, and the thin line between love and survival grows blurrier every day. Because in Hawkins, monsters don't just live in the dark-they live among us. 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂! multi x ocs 1K reads - 27th of December 2025 3K reads - 15th of January 2026 4K reads - 13th of July 2026 act one - ✔︎ act two - ✍︎︎ act three - (haven't started) act four - (haven't started) rankings: 4# in joe kerry