/ "and i have to speculate that god himself did make us into corresponding shapes like puzzle pieces from the clay" / Michelle "Mickey" Hopper has a lot of problems. An alcoholic father ignoring the loss of his youngest daughter, her sister, Sarah. A manipulative boyfriend who keeps convincing her to come back to him. A drug addiction she's keeping from nearly everyone in her life. And now, her friend Barb is missing and she's being drawn into a world of vanished children and mysterious monsters. The one constant in her life is her best friend. To everyone else, he's King Steve "the Hair" Harrington, the cold and popular playboy. But to Mickey, he is the shoulder she can always cry on, the ear always willing to listen, and the skip in her step always there to make her try new things. But can they ignore their growing feelings? Could they ever be more than friends? *i'm so sorry. i'm so bad at writing synopsises, but i swear i actually like this fic lol *tw: drug abuse, suicidal thoughts, toxic relationship, panic attacks and all around anxiety, etc (extreme tws will be marked on specific chapters) named after "such great heights" by the postal service (a great song that you should listen to asap if you haven't already) rights for major plotlines and characters go to stranger things, netflix, and the duffer brothers, however mickey and brad and their plotlines belong to me. please do not steal them as i worked very hard to create them takes places: season 1 - present #2 in Hopper [05/26/2022] note: since learning of the zionism rooted in stranger things cast and crew, i wanted to state that i will continue to love this show for what it is and continue to write this story and these characters which i have come to love however i am in favor of a free palestine so please remember to support the cause all that you can and boycott zionist insitutions <3