They were never supposed to like each other. Not in the hallways of Hawkins High. Not with unspoken tension, sharp words, and too many things left unsaid. She keeps her distance. Steve Harrington pretends he doesn't care. But the space between them is louder than anything they say out loud. Set in Hawkins, this story follows two people who clash, circle each other, and slowly realize that sometimes the strongest feelings grow where resistance lives the longest. It's about misunderstandings, stolen glances, jealousy that doesn't make sense yet, and emotions that arrive long before either of them is ready to face them. An enemies to lovers slow burn, filled with tension, quiet moments, and the kind of feelings that don't disappear just because you want them to. Because sometimes, the space between two people isn't distance - it's the beginning.

𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒉. 𝒙 𝒇!𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 "𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 - 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆." -𝒎.𝒎 𝒎𝒄𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩'𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 . . . reminders! ➤ stranger things and it's characters belong to the duffer brothers & netflix, excluding [y/n] and all additional characters written originally by me in the story ➤ this xreader insert will be using she/her pronouns, but all are welcome! ➤ story will begin at s2 ✎ season two - ✓ ✎ season three - ✓ ✎ season four - ✓ ✎ season five - in progress ━━━ highest rankings #1 in steveharrington 9/23/2025 #1 in xreader 11/28/2025 #1 in strangerthings3 12/27/2025 #1 in friendstolovers 1/2/2026 #2 in netflix 10/29/2025

y/n Henderson - aka ''miss untouchable'' and Steve Harrington - The king of Hawkins High's worlds turn upside down....

.•° ✿ °•. "𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆? 𝑫𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔?" °•. ✿ .•° 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 '𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨' 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘏𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭. ❁ ≖≖✿❁ ≖≖✿❁ ≖≖✿❁ ≖≖ ❁ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞!𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 {𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘴3/ 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦} Once again, all characters and plot rights belong to the duffer brothers but anything pertaining to Y/n or her dialogue belongs to me and cannot be infringed in any way! Thank you x x .•° ✿ °•. "𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆" °•. ✿ .•°

Best friends, (Y/n) Henderson and Steve Harrington, end up getting caught in the strange events happening in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana.

She never thought she'd be attracted to 'King' Steve Harrington - her best friend's ex. However, a car ride and a pair of eyes meeting for too long can change a lot. ~~~ Steve Harrington x FEM!Reader Dustin Henderson x SISTER!Reader ~~~ [seasons 1-3 complete I do not own any characters, titles, plot or dialogue, save for the ones I make up] [season 4 coming soon] ~~~ TOP RANKINGS: #1 in strangerthings #1 in fandom #1 in willbyers #1 in dustinhenderson #1 in mikewheeler #1 in jonathanbyers #1 in billyhargrove #1 in hawkins #2 in robinbuckley #2 in lucassinclair #2 in scoopsahoy #2 in hawkinsindiana #3 in jimhopper #3 in steveharrington