19 parts Ongoing Dorothea "Teddy" Hopper hasn't always had the greatest life. After her sister died her parents fought over full custody for her for years, until her mom decided to move away and Dorothea chose to stay at Hawkins for school and would visit her mom during summer break and every other Christmas. However, as rough as her home life was, she always had her two best friends Cleo Harrington and Lane Henderson to lean on. At home, Dorothea was the perfect daughter, had good grades, and always helped her dad around the house because she knew if she didn't things would never get done. However, at school, that's when she was herself: the punk nerd who spent all of her time behind bleachers with her friend as they tried to forget their crappy lives.
After one night of partying with Cleo's twin brother Steve, Dorothea finds herself wrapped up in Hawkins's dark secrets. Taking the chance to skip school, Dorothea takes a ride with Nancy and Jonathan to figure out what is truly going on with the sudden disappearance of Will Byers and Barbara Holland. And all along the way, she gets swept up into the crazy high school love drama.
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This is a Steve Harrington x OC shipfic!