The Scholar & The Bard [Sequel to Bookworm & Toothless] (Stranger Things AU)

A whole year has passed.

A whole year without Eleven.

And everyone seemed to have forgotten her.

Everyone except for Michael Wheeler and...

Jessica Hernandez.

Jessica has matured within the year.

Still battling the return of her depression, she learns many things.

How to properly shoot a gun.

How to box.

How to lift weights.

How to parkour.

How to control her powers.

How much cutting your skin could hurt like a bitch.

How it feels to nearly experience death.

And how it feels to be abandoned by your shitty parents.

And yet, she's still standing, with a new addition to her wardrobe.

Dustin's hat.

Dustin, who earlier in the year figured out his feelings towards the Colombian girl, is ready to confess his feelings to her.

But what happens when a new girl with her asshole stepbrother rolls into Hawkins, quite literally, distracts him, and Lucas as well, making Jess quite jealous and angry as well, sharing Mike's feelings about her wanting to join The Party? What happens when they realize they're not really quite yet done with The Upside Down? What happens when they get reunited with the telekinetic girl who saved them from the Demogorgon that fateful day on November 12, 1983, only to realize that, once again, she's their best bet at stopping this mess, once and for all?

[Started writing: February 3, 2018]
[Published: February 3, 2018]
[Finished: August 5, 2018]