This year was going to be my year. We had survived the upside down, I had personally defeated the demobats with my epic rendition of Metallica's Master of Puppets, and Chrissy was all over me. I had managed to crawl my way to a 'D' in Ms. O'Donnell's class, and passed the final, granting me a spot at graduation. I had walked that stage, looked Principal Higgins dead in the eyes, snatched that diploma right out of his hands, flipped the bird, and successfully ran the hell out of here. I had made it, the class of '86! 🤘 Me and the guys got the hell out of dodge as quickly as possible.
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This had been our year, 2002. Chrissy had moved up to teaching High School. She said she wanted to help make an impact in the lives of those who had it like us. We had finally purchased a home, and the band was doing better than ever. We had put out an album and toured a little. We wanted to tell the kids about our adventures in and out of Hawkins, because they kept asking, but we felt they were not ready. My nerdy ass though, came up with the perfect solution. I was reading them the Hobbit, bit by bit, before bed in the hopes of instilling a lifetime love of fantasy in them. Hopefully when the time was right, they could learn about our wonderful life together. ❤️
Bless you hellichk.tumblr.com for this absolutely lovely cover I want to print and frame it and keep it forever. I DO NOT take any credit for their art.
Steve(21) Hasn't had a chance to leave this awful place. He has stayed around for the kids, wanting nothing more to be there for each one's graduation. Confused. Lonely. Depression has really started to hit in the last couple of years after all of the tragic losses to the upsidedown. Nearly losing everything and everyone he's cared for and loved. Most everyone has gotten their chance to escape, Nancy and Jonathan moved to California after graduation. Robin's off at college. Until he realizes maybe he's not so alone here, sparking a true friendship with the most unlikely person, Eddie Munson. Eddie(22) hasn't been able to get out of this town either after swearing he would get the hell out of here many years ago.
The kids are all graduating this year, which will most likely end up giving the two now men, no reason to stick around anymore. But what will happen to the two friends when Steve realizes the feelings he's thought for so long to just be a platonic friendship have always been a little more?
I do not own rights to the ST characters or themes but I do own rights to my own storyline. I will be using pictures from artists that I find as the art for each chapter. I don't think I could draw enough to cover a whole book so pls don't credit me for those either. Thx. 🙏
~🖤K