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Steve Harrington used to be in love with Tessa Hopper back when life made sense-or at least as much sense as Hawkins ever does.
She was -is - his best friend, the girl who never noticed the way he lingered, the way his smile softened when she laughed at something dumb.
Then Tessa started unraveling. Forgetting became easier than going home, easier than dealing with her little sister's absence and a dad who always seemed angry, distant, untouchable.
She pulled inward, messy and quiet, like a storm bottled up in a hoodie. Steve, meanwhile, climbed the social ladder and somehow became That Guy, the one who's friends with his friends' friends.
And then Hawkins does what Hawkins does best: monsters appear.
Upside Down horrors, shadowy creatures, chaos everywhere.
And suddenly, Steve and Tessa can't avoid each other-they're fighting side by side, yelling, tripping over each other, and discovering that maybe they remember how to work together.
Or at least bicker effectively while dodging tentacles.
Nothing is resolved. Nothing is forgotten.
Whatever they were didn't disappear-it just learned to hide behind sarcasm, distance, and unfinished sentences.
But monsters or not, missing each other by inches might be the most dangerous thing of all.
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