Steve Harrington has made a lot of mistakes. He's said the wrong things at the worst times, has tried to be the one everyone wants him to be. But he's spent too long pretending to be someone he's not: the confident guy, the heartbreaker, the one who has it all together. But nothing has thrown him off balance like Lauren Henderson. She's guarded, unpredictable, and so painfully honest with him that it makes his chest ache. She calls him out when he's trying too hard, sees through every defense he puts up, and somehow manages to make him feel like he's not just the screwup with good hair. For someone who supposedly doesn't care, Lauren Henderson is the biggest people-pleaser. After her father left, she's always wanted to be better, so that maybe one day he'd actually want her. She's friendly, easy to talk to, always saying the right thing to get people to like her. That's all she can do. But deep down, she feels everything too deeply. Every emotion that teens feel on the daily is how Lauren feels, amplified by three thousand. So when she starts catching feelings for the boy who let her in, everything she built herself upon starts to crumble beneath her. They weren't supposed to care. Not like that at least, but feelings have a way of showing up uninvited. Especially in a town like Hawkins. Between parent problems, unsaid things, and the fear of being too much (or not enough), Lauren and Steve find themselves wrapped up in the supernatural chaos that hides between Hawkins' cracks. In this heart racing story, join Lauren and Steve on their adventures with alternate dimensions and monsters they never believed they'd ever have to face. Watch how even in the midst of it all, they find themselves doing exactly what they promised themselves they would never do. Falling head over heels for one another.

"𝔸𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕠𝕟𝕟𝕒 𝕓𝕖 𝕒 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕫𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕜𝕚𝕕𝕤." ☆☆ steve harrington x ronnie covey (oc) (seasons 3-5 spoilers) #1 in 'steveharrington' #1 in 'harrington' #2 in 'joekeery' #6 in 'strangerthings'

Evelyn Summers attends Hawkins High School five times a week and works at the Palace Arcade the remaining two. The last time she spoke to Steve Harrington was a time prior to Nancy Wheeler - until he drops Dustin Henderson off for an A.V Club meeting and they find a Demogorgon in his backyard. SET DURING SEASON 2 - 5 A STEVE HARRINGTON & STRANGER THINGS FANFICTION 18+ HIGHEST RANKINGS [#1 IN STEVEHARRINGTON] [#1 IN JONATHAN BYERS] [#1 IN NANCYWHEELER] [#1 IN JOYCEBYERS] [#1WILLBYERS] [#1 IN DUSTIN HENDERSON] [#3 IN STRANGER THINGS] [#4 IN HARRINGTON]

Jenna Henderson and Steve Harrington have been best friends since they met back in elementary school. What happens when their tight knit bond is tested to the ultimate extreme by popularity wars and some supernatural shit going on in their once safe town? Will they be able to escape, or will they be dragged down into a rabbit hole that they never knew existed? Season 1-5: Completed Steve Harrington x OC Robin Buckley x OC Written Nov 3, 2022-Feb 5, 2026 (First edit completed on June 9, 2024. Second edit completed on November 13, 2025. Final edit starting soon.) Disclaimer: I own none of the Stranger Things characters except for the ones I've created myself (Jenna and Alice) Cover Photo Made By Me :) Best Rankings: #1 in Steveharrington <3 #1 in Strangerthings <3 #1 in dnd (for over 2 months straight) #1 in Steve #1 in Harrington #1 in Joekeery #1 in Henderson #1 in Gatenmatarazzo #1 in Jonathanbyers #1 in Dustin #1 in Wheeler #1 in Sinclair #1 in Steveharringtonxoc #1 in Jessicabarden #2 in Bestfriendstolovers #2 in 1980's #2 in 001 #3 in Dustinhenderson #4 in Upsidedown #6 in Hawkins #13 in Fanfiction (out of thousands of stories!!!) #14 in Originalcharacter #54 in Drama

Valerie Henderson has always known two things: Monsters aren't real, and Steve Harrington is insufferable. As Dustin's older sister and Nancy Wheeler's closest friend, Valerie has spent years watching Hawkins from the sidelines, sharp-eyed, unimpressed, and dressed in black like she's permanently attending someone else's funeral. She doesn't trust easily. She doesn't fall softly. And she definitely doesn't fall for boys with perfect hair and worse reputations. But when Will Byers disappears and Hawkins begins to crack open, monsters stop being a metaphor, and surviving them means working alongside the one person she swore she'd never stand. Across five seasons of secrets, near-death experiences, late-night arguments, and tension thick enough to rival the Upside Down, hatred slowly turns into something far more dangerous. After all, some things burn fast. And some things burn slow.

🔧 When science meets the supernatural... and really great hair 🔧 Emma Henderson has enough problems without adding "save the world" to her to-do list. Between her shift at Hawkins Library, her endless pile of broken electronics, and making sure her little brother doesn't turn their garage into a crater, she's got no time for anything else. Especially not Steve Harrington and his stupid perfect hair. But something's wrong in Hawkins. Her radios are picking up Russian broadcasts. Her equipment's going haywire. And then Dustin brings home a creature that definitely wasn't covered in AP Biology. Now Emma's trapped in a government conspiracy with only: ➤ A modified Walkman ➤ Some half-broken tools ➤ One Steve "The Hair" Harrington ➤ His nail-covered bat ➤ Way too much cologne She's a science genius with trust issues and a sarcastic streak wider than the Mississippi. He's the former King of Hawkins High who can't tell a circuit board from a cereal box. They're the last people who should be investigating interdimensional monsters together. But as shadow creatures emerge and secret tunnels appear under their tiny town, Emma's starting to realize that some equations need an unexpected variable. Even if that variable uses too much Farrah Fawcett hairspray. ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧ 🔬 Science x Supernatural 💗 Slow Burn Romance 🌟 Found Family 🔪 Horror Elements ⚡ 80s Nostalgia

[REPOSTED] "Alice, thank goodness-why the hell did you bring Mews?" "What? I didn't want the evil government agents to get her!" *** Alice Henderson has always been told she's got her mind in Wonderland. She longs for an adventure in her life like the Alice she pretends she's named after. When her brother Dustin's friend Will goes missing in November 1983, she gets what she wished for-and it's not quite as dreamy as she hoped. Dustin, Mike, and Lucas are running wild with a quiet girl with superpowers, Alice's best friend goes missing, and strange things happen left and right that have Alice questioning her sanity. Alice will do anything to protect her brother, learn about her past, and stay alive to go to the Snow Ball, even if it means fighting monsters and making allies in unexpected places. *** COVER BY: @dash-of-clarity ! Stranger Things S1-4 Steve Harrington x OC (slowburn) Started: 01/01/18 [Re-]Started: 07/17/19 Completed Up through ST3: 03/03/20 Completed Up through ST4: 11/20/22 Republished: 07/30/24-04/06/25 HIGHEST RANKS: ⇒ #5 in "Steve Harrington" ⇒ #2 in "Stranger Things" ⇒ #1 in "Steve Harrington x OC" ⇒ #1 in "Netflix Original" ⇒ #1 in "Will Byers" ⇒ #1 in "Dustin Henderson" ⇒ #1 in "The Upside Down" ⇒ #1 in "Eleven Hopper" ⇒ #1 in "Hawkins Indiana" ⇒ #1 in "Jonathan Byers" ⇒ #1 in "Steve" ⇒ #3 in "Lucas Sinclair" ⇒ #4 in "Barb Holland" ⇒ #4 in "Nancy Wheeler" ⇒ #7 in "Dustin Henderson" ⇒ #85 in "Netflix" ⇒ #470 in "Fanfiction" (out of 1.3 MILLION STORIES with the Fanfic tag. Holy shit how is that possible thank u for reading) *** DISCLAIMER: THE RIGHTS TO ST BELONG TO NETFLIX, UPSIDE DOWN PICTURES, AND THE DUFFER BROS. I JUST OWN ALICE, HER FRIENDS, AND ANY OTHER ORIGINAL PLOTLINES YOU SEE!

Phoebe Davidson's life changes forever the night her father dies. Moving into the Harrington house, she finds herself living with Steve, the boy her mother's new life brought into their home. What begins as an awkward arrangement slowly becomes a bond of trust: Steve becomes her refuge during grief, and Phoebe the only person with whom he can truly be himself. But high school shakes everything. Steve tries to fit in, hangs out with new people, and starts dating Phoebe's close friend Nancy. Phoebe struggles with jealousy, confusion, and the guilt of feelings she shouldn't have. As Hawkins is haunted by disappearances, lab secrets, and the looming threat of the Upside Down, both must navigate their unspoken feelings, the pull of family ties, and the dangers lurking in the shadows. In a world of monsters and chaos, what they feel for each other might be the most dangerous thing of all. Steve Harrington x fem/oc ᝰ Stranger Things started ; february 1st, 2026 published ; february 10th, 2026 finished ; ongoing ©calgarywp

Hawkins, Indiana isn't the kind of town you escape to. It's the kind you get trapped in. At seventeen, Lily Hargrove has already learned how to survive a broken home. When her mother vanished years ago, she and her twin brother Billy were left alone with a father whose anger only grew sharper with time. Then came Susan Mayfield - and her thirteen-year-old daughter, Maxine. They've known Max since she was small. She grew up around them. Grew up watching. Listening. Learning when to stay quiet. But knowing someone doesn't mean understanding them. When Neil Hargrove decides to move the family from California to the sleepy town of Hawkins, Billy is furious. Lily is exhausted. And Max is caught in the middle - old enough now to see the cracks in their family clearly, but still young enough to hope things might get better. They won't. Hawkins feels wrong from the start. The woods stretch too far. The air feels too still. And at night, the darkness hums. Lily is the first to sense it - something watching from the tree line. Something that doesn't belong. A creature that moves like an animal but isn't one. A mouth full of teeth that opens like a nightmare unfolding. A sound that isn't a scream - but close enough. As strange disappearances shake Hawkins and rumors spread through the halls of Hawkins High, Lily and Max are pulled into a secret far bigger than their family drama - a tear in reality that threatens to swallow the town whole. Lily laughs, she cries, she smiles all because of that one specific person, Steve Harrington. In Hawkins, monsters don't just live in another dimension. Sometimes they live in your house. Sometimes they wear your father's face. And sometimes... they're waiting for you in the dark.

Laura Maldonado, Joyce Byers' niece, has known monsters exist long before she ever set foot in Hawkins. For years, she's helped Will cope from afar-late-night phone calls, deciphering his drawings of the Upside Down, and calming him through his moments of panic. Now, reeling from her mother's death, she carries her own invisible ghosts. When she arrives in Hawkins, she expects danger. What she doesn't expect is Steve Harrington-the former high school heartthrob turned reluctant hero. Friendship slowly deepens into something more as they face the threats of the Upside Down, the findings of the Russians basement under Starcourt Mall, and the horrors of Vecna. But in a town where nothing is as it seems, and staying alive may be the hardest thing of all.