Y/N, a Hawkins high cheerleader has always hated who she was. After years of not fitting in, she forced herself to be preppy and pretty, becoming best friends with Chrissy Cunningham.
Her father was an abusive drunk, and she often found herself staying out late to avoid him. Her mother was weak and fragile, she encouraged Y/N's bad habits because she wanted her daughter to get invited to all the parties and live that teenage dream. Y/N pretended she liked different music, wore clothes that made her uncomfortable, and changed her lifestyle to fit her mother's expectations and to be liked by her peers. Once she was accepted by society, her parents only got worse. Her mother wouldn't let her eat certain things, sometimes she wouldn't get to eat at all. And her father started taking his anger out on her, sometimes physically.
Y/N had trauma from both her parents and even herself, this caught Vecnas attention and soon she found herself seeing things and feeling completely lost. She wanted a distraciton, she needed one. Y/N decided to meet up with Eddie Munson and ask him for something to...relax her. They get to know eachother, and later Y/N finds out that he is suspect for her best friends sudden murder. She doesn't know what to believe.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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