Hawkins, Indiana, October 1984. They say innocence is easily lost. In Hawkins, it's actively dismantled. The town's surface calm is shattered by the arrival of the Hargrove family and the burgeoning dread felt by James, the kind-hearted new boy. After discovering the dark secret of his new town, James realizes his only chance of survival is to align himself with his stp-sister's strange new friends group who already know too much. Meanwhile, Eleven is running. Her life under Chief Hopper's watch feels less like protection and more like confinement. Driven by a desperate need for context, her quest for truth leads her to two other subjects: the vengeful Kali (Eight) and the compassionate Erin (Thirteen). Eleven and Erin quickly forge a deep, powerful bond over their shared, traumatic origins. But the dark influence of the Mind Flayer is growing, twisting the familiar into the monstrous. As the threat escalates, threatening to turn one of their friends into an enemy agent, Eleven and Erin must trade their precarious freedom for a desperate fight. James, the unsuspecting outsider, and Erin, the forgotten subject, are pulled into the core group's fight. Their reunion marks the final countdown and the confrontation is now inevitable. OC x OC STRANGER THINGS SEASON 2

WHISTLEBLOWER | ❝It only gets stranger.❞ Hawkins has never looked back on the events of November 1983. They know the surface-level story. 'The boy who came back to life.' Will Byers is alive and well, while the futile search for Tonya McCarthy and Barbara Holland continues. But for Cath, Daphne and their friends, their reality is quite different. Hidden under shady confidentiality agreements are secrets of dark human experiments, other dimensions and the lost souls in there. By the November of 1984, a year later, there is barely anything left inside them to be eaten up by guilt. It is only a matter of time before cracks start to show... ( extended summary inside ) stranger things: season 2 | multiple OCs & ships BOOK 2 of THE HAWKINS REJECTS SERIES © starryeyedturtle

ﾐ 𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗳 𝗜'𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻' 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻' 𝗺𝗲 ୧ ‧₊˚ Paighton Sherman has never loved the spotlight. As the daughter of Hollywood actor Tom Sherman and supermodel Angelina Parry, fame has always felt more like a cage than a gift. Her father was too busy chasing roles to watch her grow up, and her mother insisted on dragging her to photo shoots, determined to mold Paighton into her own reflection. Paighton swore she would never live under the same blinding lights. But when her cousin Harlee convinces her to attend a fan signing event, Paighton crosses paths with someone who changes everything. Isaac Ordonez, rising star of the hit series 'Wednesday' and brother to singer Lucía Ordonez, knows too well what it means to be trapped by fame. Ever since his breakout role, he's been hounded by fans, treated differently by classmates, and burdened by expectations he never asked for. When Isaac and Paighton's worlds collide at the signing table, neither of them expects the spark of recognition-the quiet sense that, for once, they aren't alone in their struggles. In a life haunted by fame, this chance encounter could be the beginning of something real.

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