"I fucking hate you." "I fucking hate you too." Meet Rory Henderson. Big sister. Burnout. Leather jacket energy. Steve Harrington's walking migraine. She's also the first love he can't shake. Prior to Hawkins swallowing people whole, Steve and Rory were a thing: kisses in dark corners, secret rendezvous, sleepless nights. And a relationship that only existed where nobody else could see it. He was her first friend, first love and first betrayal. She was the girl he wanted in every way but never had the courage to treat right. They'll be trialled with hatred, rivalry, jealousy, near-death experiences... and years of bad timing, where Steve and Rory keep finding their way back to each other. No matter how badly they hurt each other. No matter who or what else gets in the way. They're more than enemies to lovers. They're worse than that. They're under each other's skin. -Dual narrative POV -Original female character -Slow burn -Enemies to lovers -Second chance -Eventual spice -5 seasons; seasons 1, 2, 3 complete, season 4 being written

Charlotte Johnson grew up alongside the Keery family as the best friend of Joe Keery's younger sisters, spending most of her childhood by his side. Though they quietly fell in love when they were younger, life pulled them in different directions as they chased their own dreams. Years later, Joe has found fame through acting and music, while Charlotte has built a name for herself as a singer, producer, and photographer. When their careers unexpectedly bring them back together, after some time away from one another, old feelings quickly resurface, forcing them to confront the love they never truly let go of. original character x joe keery social media au involved

Kathrine Miller has been having odd dreams ever since November 6th, 1983, when Will Byers went missing. She hasn't told anybody, and she tries to live her life normally, but that's hard to do when you live in Hawkins, Indiana, where everything seems to go wrong. Halloween night after she is dumped by her boyfriend, she comes face to face with the king of Hawkins himself, Steve Harrington. He seems like a normal teenager right? Well Kathrine soon learns he might know a lot more about what's going on in the little town of Hawkins than she initially thought... #74 in Stranger Things #211 in Supernatural #693 in Drama

✰ ✰ ✰ "Gag me with a spoon" "If it means you'll shut up... then sure" -:- -:- -:- A Steve Harrington Fanfic ongoing season 1 - season 5 Female oc x Steve Harrington

Daisy Callahan arrives in New York with one battered suitcase, barely enough money to survive the month, and a past she refuses to speak about. She has no apartment waiting for her, no family to call, and no plan beyond the dream she has carried for years: opening a small café of her own. A warm, quiet place filled with fresh coffee, homemade pastries, and everything her old life never gave her-a sense of safety. But dreams are expensive in New York, and before Daisy can build anything, she has to start again from nothing. Then she meets Nora Bennett, an outspoken, fiercely loyal New Yorker who offers Daisy friendship when she needs it most. With Nora's help, Daisy begins piecing together a new life, finding work in a cramped little coffee shop and saving every dollar she earns. For the first time, freedom feels close enough to touch. Until an unexpected encounter brings Joe Keery into her world. To everyone else, he is the Stranger Things actor and the musician behind Djo. To Daisy, he is simply Joe-the charming, curious stranger who keeps returning for coffee and somehow notices every part of her she tries to hide. He makes her laugh when she has forgotten how, challenges the walls she has built around herself, and offers her something far more frightening than her past ever did: the chance to be loved. But Daisy did not come to New York looking for romance. She came to disappear. And as the life she escaped begins creeping back toward her, Daisy must decide whether she will keep running-or finally plant her roots, fight for her dream, and allow herself to bloom. Because even wildflowers can grow in the ruins.

Tessa Hayes has learned not to get comfortable. Not in houses. Not in towns. And definitely not with people. After years of being dragged from place to place by her unreliable father, Raymond, seventeen-year-old Tessa finds herself starting over once again-this time in the painfully ordinary town of Hawkins, Indiana. Her mother walked out when she was young, her father spends more time drinking than acting like a parent, and every promise Tessa has ever been given has eventually been broken. So she stopped believing in them. Hawkins is supposed to be temporary. Another school. Another bedroom she won't bother decorating. Another town she'll eventually leave behind. Then she meets Steve Harrington. Arrogant, irritating, ridiculously confident Steve Harrington, who somehow manages to get under her skin from the moment they meet. Tessa thinks she has him figured out almost immediately-the rich boy with perfect hair, a nice car and absolutely no idea what the real world looks like. Except Steve isn't quite who she thinks he is. And when strange things begin happening around Hawkins, Tessa is pulled into a world of missing children, government secrets, creatures that shouldn't exist and a group of kids who seem far too comfortable putting themselves in mortal danger. Suddenly, Steve Harrington is no longer just the boy who annoys her in the school hallway. He's the boy standing beside her when everything goes wrong. The boy who keeps showing up. The boy who never asks her to make promises she can't keep. And for the first time in Tessa's life, Hawkins begins to feel dangerously close to somewhere she could call home. But Tessa knows better than anyone that people leave. Things fall apart. And promises are only made to be broken. So falling in love with Steve Harrington might just be the most terrifying thing Hawkins throws at her.

In Hawkins High, power was everything. Aubrey Lynn held it all, the crown, the confidence, the fearless reputation. She wasn't called Queen for nothing. And Steve Harrington? He was the King, charming, funny, and impossible not to notice. Her equal in everything, her shield in chaos, her partner in ruling the halls. Best friends since childhood. Together, they were unstoppable: the perfect duo everyone wanted to be, and secretly everyone wanted to be with. Everyone knew their names, but only a few knew the bond that ran deeper than any crown or title. They were untouchable...until cracks started to show in the perfect kingdom they'd built together.

Mallory Scott lived by something her father taught her a long time ago: Expect the unexpected. So when she moved to Hawkins, Indiana, she expected the usual small-town bullshit. Everyone knowing everyone, businesses that closed too early, and absolutely nothing interesting ever happening. She didn't expect the disappearances. She didn't expect the monsters. And she definitely didn't expect to make an enemy out of someone as insufferable as Steve Harrington.

A year and a half after their lives took different turns, Julia and Joe are living in separate worlds: hers grounded in the routine of her New York bookstore, his swept up in filming projects across the globe. But when an unexpected reunion stirs up long-buried feelings, their paths slowly start to intertwine once more. **Sequel to The End of Beginning**

Julia never expected her quiet life as a bookstore owner to collide with the world of Hollywood. But after a few unexpected encounters with rising star, Joe Keery, her life takes a turn she never saw coming.