ashes between us - steve harrington

For Fallon Hopper, being Jim Hopper's daughter means living with a curfew, a reputation, and a town that watches your every move. It means knowing how to handle a shotgun before you can drive.

Enter Steve "The Hair" Harrington - King of Hawkins High, becomes a babysitter-in-chief, and professional pain in her ass.

Fallon grew up on war stories and loaded weapons. She knows the woods don't whisper - they warn. She knows the Upside Down never really closes. And she knows better than to trust Steve Harrington.

Steve Harrington, who smiles like nothing haunts him.
Steve Harrington, who almost died saving the town.
Steve Harrington, who looks at her like he sees something worth fighting for.

They've never agreed on anything. Not on strategy. Not on loyalty. Not on what it means to survive Hawkins. He thinks she's reckless. She thinks he's reckless with his heart. And every argument between them feels like striking a match in a room filled with gasoline.

But when a new horror tears its way into Hawkins - something that doesn't just hunt bodies but feeds on guilt, grief, and buried secrets - it chooses it's targets carefully.

It chooses her.

As the town fractures and the line between this world and the next thins, Steve refuses to let her face it alone. Even if she pushes him away. Even if her father would rather lock Steve in a cell than let him stand at her side.

Because this time, the monster doesn't want the world.

It wants her mind.
Her memories.
Her pain.

But what the monster doesn't know, is Steve Harrington wanted it from her first.