Emily Byers was never supposed to disappear. Quiet, gentle, and always clinging to her little brother Will, she was the last person in Hawkins anyone expected to vanish into the night. But on November 6th, 1983, the Byers children never made it home. Now Hawkins searches for two missing kids, Joyce Byers refuses to give up, and Will's friends begin to suspect that something far darker than a runaway case is lurking in the woods. Trapped in a world that isn't supposed to exist, Emily must fight to stay alive- and Will must fight to keep her breathing. Some shadows come in pairs. And in Hawkins, nothing stays buried for long.

mike, dustin, will, lucas, eleven, max, jonathan, billy, steve, eddie, & robin!! ____________________________________ i'm trying to make this as gender neutral as possible! pls message me with any tweaks to make a certain preference more neutral <3.

"Well, well, look who finally decided to join us. Someone's a sleepyhead this morning." The man held his hands clasped in front of him "Wha..what am I doing here, who are you?" She huffed nervously, her eyes wide and erratic. "Do you not remember, sweetheart?" He spoke, his tone assertive and his presence dominating the rooms He strode over to her. "I proposed." "And you said yes." Stephanie Williams, Dustin's adopted older sister, thinks she owns the world with her sly smile and precious looks, she has every boy wrapped around her finger yet she doesn't want any of them. She doesn't care for them well...except Steve Harrington But when she falls asleep in her cramped single bed and wakes up in a deluxe queen sized bed, she knows something is wrong.

ƃuᴉssᴉɯ ǝq oʇ pǝsoddns ɹǝʌǝu sɐʍ ǝɥS When she vanishes alongside Will Byers, Hawkins searches for one child and overlooks the other. Trapped in the Upside Down, she protects and survives based on pure instinct. And when she returns, Steve Harrington, haunted by the night he didn't take her home, realizes the sweet girl he knew is gone. Whoever came back is sharper, quieter, and far less willing to forgive. Steve x fem o/c S2 only - decided to go with another route for S3 onwards. See 'The Summer Hawkins Lied'.