When Riley Carter and her younger sister Cassie are forced to move to Hawkins and live with their mother's best friend and her son, the Henderson's. Riley believed all hope in finding happines would be lost forever after her mother's death but little did she know that in her moving to Hawkins she would meet a boy who ends up teaching her what it is liked to be loved again. He teaches her that she's worth something, even if it takes a while for her to believe it. STEVE HARRINGTON x FEMOC FRIENDS TO LOVERS SLOWISH BURN [unedited]

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ "Crazy to think you could've been my step-brother." 　☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ "Not a chance, Dixon." Steve Harrington x fem oc

"I fucking hate you." "I fucking hate you too." Meet Rory Henderson. Big sister. Burnout. Leather jacket energy. Steve Harrington's walking migraine. She's also the first love he can't shake. Prior to Hawkins swallowing people whole, Steve and Rory were a thing: kisses in dark corners, secret rendezvous, sleepless nights. And a relationship that only existed where nobody else could see it. He was her first friend, first love and first betrayal. She was the girl he wanted in every way but never had the courage to treat right. They'll be trialled with hatred, rivalry, jealousy, near-death experiences... and years of bad timing, where Steve and Rory keep finding their way back to each other. No matter how badly they hurt each other. No matter who or what else gets in the way. They're more than enemies to lovers. They're worse than that. They're under each other's skin. -Dual narrative POV -Original female character -Slow burn -Enemies to lovers -Second chance -Eventual spice -5 seasons; seasons 1, 2, 3 complete, season 4 being written

• From the disappearance of her little brother, to fighting interdimensional creatures, to finding her way back to the one person she never thought she would. Hawkins, Indiana, the town that was once filled with peace, now filled with chaos. Joanna suffered in silence mostly, until her seal slowly cracked, letting others see what she was dealing with. She didn't expect to fall back into the arms of Steve Harrington, from childhood best friends, to sworn enemies, to an "unbreakable" bond. The once light and happy town, the one with secrets, darker than anyone had ever considered. One being haunting the small town, causing heartbreak and horror all over. Friendships formed, relationships solved, love grew, they had a group, a family. And they all fought together. 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙. "It was always you, Steve Harrington." - 𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 ~ "You're the best thing that's happened to me." - 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 { steve harrington x fem oc }

For Fallon Hopper, being Jim Hopper's daughter means living with a curfew, a reputation, and a town that watches your every move. It means knowing how to handle a shotgun before you can drive. Enter Steve "The Hair" Harrington - King of Hawkins High, becomes a babysitter-in-chief, and professional pain in her ass. Fallon grew up on war stories and loaded weapons. She knows the woods don't whisper - they warn. She knows the Upside Down never really closes. And she knows better than to trust Steve Harrington. Steve Harrington, who smiles like nothing haunts him. Steve Harrington, who almost died saving the town. Steve Harrington, who looks at her like he sees something worth fighting for. They've never agreed on anything. Not on strategy. Not on loyalty. Not on what it means to survive Hawkins. He thinks she's reckless. She thinks he's reckless with his heart. And every argument between them feels like striking a match in a room filled with gasoline. But when a new horror tears its way into Hawkins - something that doesn't just hunt bodies but feeds on guilt, grief, and buried secrets - it chooses it's targets carefully. It chooses her. As the town fractures and the line between this world and the next thins, Steve refuses to let her face it alone. Even if she pushes him away. Even if her father would rather lock Steve in a cell than let him stand at her side. Because this time, the monster doesn't want the world. It wants her mind. Her memories. Her pain. But what the monster doesn't know, is Steve Harrington wanted it from her first.

Everything falls apart when Valerie Hopper is in a car crash, with her abusive step father, Phil, and mother, Angie Williams. After waking up from her week long coma, she finds she has to move in with her birth father, Jim Hopper. She packs all of her things and with her little step brother Wyatt, they move to Hawkins Indiana, a town where nothing happens. Upon arriving in Hawkins she is met with nightmares, survivors guilt, and PTSD, but also a boy who won't seem to leave her alone, no matter how hard she tries to get rid of him, he just keeps showing up for her right when she needs him. Steve Harrington, the popular king of the school, someone Valerie never saw herself getting along with. She's just starting to enjoy her new life in Hawkins when one night one of her brother's friends goes missing. Valerie teams up with Wyatt and his friends to solve the new mystery of the once quiet town. What happens when she finds a girl in the woods, what happens when she discovers her feelings for her best friends boyfriend, and what will happen when she has to put everything on the line to keep Wyatt and his friends safe granting them a life long babysitter.

Steve Harrington, strangerthings, st, edit, fanfic, slowburn, angst, fluff, Joe keery

"You promise?" Steve Harrington decided Tessa Hopper was worth knowing the moment he met her in seventh grade. Fifteen minutes later, after she made Tommy Hagan cry with a few mean words and a deadly glare, he decided she was his new best friend. Four years later, and that hasn't changed. Except, unfortunately for Tessa, friendship stopped being enough somewhere along the way. Steve is her best friend, her safe place, and the one person who could break her heart without even meaning to. But having already lost enough people to last her a lifetime, Tessa's learned to hold onto the people who stay, even if that means settling for whatever scraps of Steve she can get. But when Will Byers goes missing, and Hawkins begins unraveling into a town of monsters, secrets, and things no one was ever supposed to see, everything changes. Including Steve. Suddenly, the feelings Tessa spent years trying to bury are not so easy to hide anymore, especially when Steve starts looking at her like he's finally seeing what's been right in front of him all along. ⚠️ All em dashes, Oxford commas, and semicolons in this fic are HUMAN-generated, babes! I'm an English major. You and AI can pry them from my cold, dead hands! ⚠️ Steve Harrington x OC Stranger Things Fanfic [Seasons 1-5] Started: 01/18/25 Season 1: ✅ Season 2: ✅ Season 3: ✅ Season 4: ✍️ Season 5: Completed: TBD ©manic_mandy

Magnolia Hopper has always preferred silence, it's safer that way. But when she crosses paths with Steve Harrington, the boy who hides his loneliness behind a grin, the quiet starts to shift. In a town haunted by more than monsters, two people who don't quite fit learn that sometimes, connection begins in the spaces where words run out. Because in Hawkins, even silence has echoes. Stranger things season 1-4 (Season 5 editing)

ꜱᴏʟᴀᴄᴇ: "Finding comfort during a hard time." ɢʀᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴꜱᴇʟʟ once the rich, pretty, popular girl, fell from grace after her little sister vanished two years ago. Branded the town's newest freak for chasing the truth, she refuses to stop searching. But when another teen disappears under the same strange circumstances, Grace must decide, will she help the boy that once broke her hart just to find out what really happened? ꜱᴛᴇᴠᴇ ʜᴀʀʀɪɴɢᴛᴏɴ Hawkins High's golden boy. He's got the looks, the charm, and zero interest in drama. But when a group of terrified kids turns to him for help, Steve realizes the only person who can truly save them is the girl he shattered two years ago.