She was the Ravenclaw Princess - brilliant, proud, untouchable. He was the boy who never stopped surprising her.

࣪ 💿 - 𝐋𝐔𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐄 ❜ ֺ ਏਓ 𓂂 portami dov'è buio dove l'unica luce sei tu 𓈒 ❪ 🎧 ❫ tredici pietro x fem ! oc

In Figure Eight, power comes with rules. And the Blakes never break them. Halston Blake was raised on loyalty and legacy. She speaks when it's safe, smiles when it's expected, and never - ever - crosses to the other side of the island. The Blakes were raised to hate all Pogues. Especially boys like JJ Maybank - impulsive, unrefined, dangerous. But JJ doesn't care who she is. Doesn't care what her last name means. And that's what makes him so dangerous. To her. To her family. To everything she was raised to protect. Because once you touch fire, you don't walk away unburned. Follows the events of Outer Banks Seasons 1-4 with a sharper queen, a slower fall, and a few twists. #1 in JJ Maybank (6/27/26)

In 1982 the world of Hawkins was small, and for Will Byers, it was mostly viewed from the edges. He spent his days in the back of a math class, sketching monsters and being quiet. But his eyes always caught Matthew Buckley. Matt wasn't a friend-they barely spoke-but he was an icon of everything Will felt he lacked. Matt was the kid who didn't flinch when bullies talked to him, he was the boy with the cool clothes and the confidence that seemed to belong in his skin in a way Will never did. Then 1983 arrived, and the world broke. While Will was fighting for his breath in a dimension of vines and cold, Matt Buckley was just another face in a grieving gymnasium. To Matt, Will was the quiet kid who had vanished into the woods-a tragedy that didn't feel real until the funeral. Matt didn't know about the Demogorgons, the Upside Down, or the super power girl who lived in Mike's basement. He lived in the world of the living, while Will was suffering. Now, it is 1984. Will is back, but he's "Zombie Boy" now, haunted by a shadow that won't leave him alone. The gap between him and the "normal" kids like Matt has never felt wider. That is, until Max Mayfield moves to town. Max is the firecracker that Hawkins didn't see coming, and she doesn't care about the labels everyone has been assigned. She's the mutual friend who finally forces Matt and Will into the same orbit. Finally.

ANASTASIA IVANOV Her name stroke fear in some, while others questioned whether she was even human. A trained red room assassin, forged in silence and sharpened by betrayal, Anastasia Ivanov was more legend than woman. She moved like a shadow- unseen, unheard, unstoppable. Mercy was a language she was never taught, and trust was a weakness she could not afford. Blood Serpent, they called her, said she had no heart. They were wrong. She simply buried it long ago. STEVE ROGERS never questioned her character- he embraced it. Where others saw danger, he saw depth. Where they feared the darkness in her, he recognised the battles she had survived. Steve Rogers did not flinch at her sharp edges; he understood that they were forged by pain, not cruelty. And in a world that doubted her humanity, he believed in it. ISADORA EDISON She was never meant to be extraordinary- only obedient. Inside the cold grip of HYDRA, Isadora Edison wasn't given powers. She was given conditioning. Training. Control. They didn't enhance her body- they tried to erase her will. She learned languages before she learned laughter. Combat before comfort. Strategy before softness. They didn't need her to fly. They needed her to follow orders. And she did- until she didn't. When she finally pulled from the system that shaped her, she expected another handler. Another command. Another cage. Instead she found TONY STARK. He didn't see a weapon. He saw a kid. And for the first time, Isadora Edison was allowed to choose who she wanted to be.