For Steve Harrington, the Hoppers have become the family he never had, and Sophie is the one girl he just can't get out of his head. But what happens when two best friends start playing the "falling in love" game and end up risking the only real family they've ever known? Caught between investigating a town that's literally falling apart and a tension that burns with every look, Sophie and Steve have to make a choice: play it safe to save their friendship, or risk it all for one kiss that'll change everything? In Hawkins, secrets don't stay buried for long... and theirs is about to blow up. ⊹₊˚‧︵‿₊୨ᰔ୧₊‿︵‧˚₊⊹

What happens when Steve Harrington starts getting notifications from a stalker who knows his every move? Nothing in the boring hallways of Hawkins High prepared the former King for the psychological game he's about to fall into. Spicy texts in the middle of a game, picked locks, and the distinct scent of lilies left behind on his own bedsheets. Y/N refuses to be like the rest of the girls begging him for a glance; she prefers to dominate him from the shadows. Steve is losing his mind-completely paranoid and secretly turned on by the strings his stalker is pulling. But when the real monsters of Hawkins leave Y/N's messages on a terrifying "Delivered," Steve will realize that the only way to save his favorite ghost is by becoming way more obsessive than she ever was. The chase has officially begun.

𝑰𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑰𝑪𝑯 Steve Harrington and Jade Grady's jarring relationship is urged to become more as a serious threat arises in Hawkins. ♫ stranger things S1-S5 season 1: completed season 2: completed season 3: currently writing steve harrington x fem!oc enemies to lovers third person pov i only own my characters and their plot lines please do not steal or translate my work

Hawkins National Laboratory runs on routine: checklists, keycards, fluorescent lights, and the understanding that nothing here is personal. You learn this quickly, just a few days into the job that was forced onto you. You also learn that Peter Ballard never walks the same route twice, never stands where the cameras linger too long, and never looks at you unless you're alone. You are both orderlies-interchangeable, invisible, trained to keep your heads down and your mouths shut. Friendship is discouraged. Attachment is a liability. Affection is a violation. So you talk in hallways without microphones. You pass notes meant to be destroyed. You pretend not to notice when he positions himself between you and certain doors. Peter says the lab is watching everyone. Later, in a voice barely above a whisper, he tells you who you should really be afraid of. You should report him. You should keep your distance. You should never follow him off-camera. But the spaces between cameras are the only places you ever feel safe-and Peter is the only one who knows how to find them. Before the blood. Before the fire. Before he stops hesitating- you make a choice that was never cleared.