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I've been a bit busy, hence why I haven't posted the latest chapters. But they'll be out very soon 😁

Nail To The Coffin - S4 - Chapter 7

Warnings: a little blood and gore

Pairing: Steve Harrington x f!Byers!Reader

Word Count: 6234

𝐀𝐍: 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮/𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. ^^

𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐟 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐎𝐂 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵! 🖤 🥀

Masterlist || Chapter 6 || Chapter 8

Your heart was thumping loudly and the fear and anxiety were making it harder for you to keep the oxygen trapped in your lungs. It wanted to break free and you knew you had to hurry before you got overwhelmed and hit by a panic attack because if it happened underwater, you were surely going to suffer quite the consequences.

Thankfully, the red glowing portal was getting closer and closer, and before long you were breaking through it and crawling out on the other side, gasping for air.

It took you a moment to gather your bearings as you sputtered and tried to stand up, only for something to tackle you on the ground. You managed to catch it instinctively and keep it at enough distance. It screeched in your face and you could only describe it as a mutated bat.

“Y/N!” yelled Steve as you struggled to keep the creature at bay and you turned your head to look at where the sound had come from, noticing your boyfriend on the ground not too far from you, battling to keep the bats away just like you.

Your eyes widened when you saw that one of the monsters had wrapped its tail around his throat and he couldn’t swat away the others because he was too busy keeping the tail from choking him.

And just like that, something switched in you. It’s like someone snapped their fingers and you were overtaken by hot rage, determination, and protectiveness.

The bat you had been holding with your hands and preventing from biting your face off you decided to tuck closer to your body instead and squash it against your chest in order to immobilize it. You were able to roll around and squish it even more underneath you, putting the whole weight of your body on top of it. Your eyes searched the ground frantically and glimmered with delight when you noticed a big rock nearby. You reached out, arm stretching so much you were surprised it didn’t pop, and grazed it with your fingers, managing to shift it a bit until you were able to grab it. You didn’t hesitate to crack open the head of the wriggling creature with it.

When you made sure it was dead, and you were finally free, getting on all fours and regaining proper movement, you could finally focus on your struggling boyfriend. And when you saw that the bats had managed to tear through his flesh, you saw red.

You leaped forward and grabbed one of them by the tail, pulling it away from Steve as you stood up. Planting your feet on the ground so the monster couldn’t jerk you around too much, you let out an angry shout and whirled, slamming it against a boulder with such force that it fell dead in an instant.

At that very moment, another monster flew towards you with such velocity that it sent you hurtling back on the ground, and much like the one holding Steve down, it wrapped its tail around your wrist and began flying which resulted in you being dragged because it couldn’t lift you off the ground, you were much heavier after all, but you supposed its goal was to prevent you from standing up and fighting so wriggling you around and not allowing you to wrench free or reach it was enough for it. And truthfully, even if you tried reaching with your free hand, the jerking movements were preventing you from properly grabbing its tail or reaching into your back pocket where you held a pocket knife. It didn’t help that a friend of it joined and all but latched itself onto your leg, sinking its claws and teeth in your flesh, causing you to yell in pain, anger, and helplessness.

You didn’t even register Steve calling out your name when you got dragged right past him until you felt something grab your ankle and you looked down, only to see that Steve had grabbed you, his arm stretched painfully. He was going to dislocate his shoulder if he kept his hold on you but you could see in his eyes that he didn’t care. All he wanted was to help you even though it was harming him in the process.

Thanks to him halting the jerking movements, to a point, you were able to finally reach your pocket knife. With a quick press of the small button, the blade sprung out of its lair, and with a swift swing, you sliced through the thinnest part of the tail and cut it off. The bat screeched in pain and flew off, allowing you to move once again.

You completely ignored the one latched onto your thigh, biting you, and stood up, limping your way to your boyfriend and grabbing the bat that had its tail wrapped around his neck. The moment you took hold of the creature, an oar entered your periphery vision and you trailed it as it smashed the other bat that was biting Steve’s side. Your head snapped to look at the person, surprised to see it was Eddie and behind him, Nancy and Robin were standing up after crawling through the portal, looking just as angry and menacing as the boy.

You let out a hiss when the bat bit you on the face and let go instinctively, hand flying to nurse the aching spot on your cheek. The girls immediately took your place as one pinned the tail to the ground and the other began hitting it but just then, more of them came in. One latched onto Nancy’s back and another attacked Eddie. Thankfully, he was able to hit it with the oar and it flew against a boulder, falling dead. But Nancy didn’t have that luck and Robin had to rush to help her get it off her back.

In the meantime, you were about to return to Steve and help him but he somehow managed to find a way to wriggle out of the bat’s tail. He grabbed it and scuffled his way into standing up while the creature tried to fly off and jerked him around, but when he finally did stand up, he let out an angry shout and slammed it against the ground once, twice, thrice, even after it had died.

Meanwhile, Eddie noticed the pocked knife you had dropped and grabbed it, hurrying to your side and stabbing the creature in the head, causing it to finally let go of your thigh and fall dead at your feet.

All five of you wheezed, lungs burning for oxygen, bodies aching all over as every muscle, joint, and ligament stung from overexertion. But God, was it satisfying and worth it after you saw the dead bats on the ground and the others flying away.

“Jesus H. Christ!” exclaimed Eddie as he threw the broken oar and it clattered against the rocks.

“Steve,” you breathed out as you limped towards him and grabbed his face in your hands, looking him over. “Are you alright? Does it hurt? Fuck, of course, it does! My God, we need to patch you up,” you rambled as you saw the scarred tissue on his neck, then your eyes moved down to inspect his torso but he lifted your chin before they could. You looked at him in bewilderment that only doubled when you saw the tender smile he was giving you and the only thought that was running through your head was that you had to treat his wounds and get the hell out of this place.

“Hey,” he spoke softly. “Hey, it’s okay. I’m okay. Take a breath,” he guided you and you listened, inhaling deeply and exhaling slowly. “It’s just a couple of bites. I’ve had worse,” he tried to calm you down and you shut your eyes, head lulling forward, and he mirrored you so your foreheads touched.

“Uh, do you guys think these bats have, like, rabies?” sounded Robin’s concerned voice and you looked at her weirdly, not moving away from Steve’s touch.

“What?”

“It’s just that rabies are, like, my number one greatest fear and I think we should get you two to a doctor really soon, because once symptoms set in, it’s too late. You’re already dead,” she pointed out shakily and there was silence for a moment until it was interrupted by the sound of multiple screeching bats in the distance.

“Guys, we gotta get outta here,” commented Eddie frantically as you turned to look at the coming monsters but before you could even take a step towards the gate, they were already landing around it, creating a barrier between you and it, and screeching defensively.

“Okay, there’s not that many,” said Steve hopefully. “We can take ‘em.”

But just as he spoke, you saw a whole swarm in the distance of what was probably hundreds of bats flying towards you.

“Ooh, I think that plan just crashed and burned,” you whispered.

“The woods,” pointed Nancy. “C’mon!”

Steve grabbed you by the hand and didn’t hesitate to start running, almost making you stumble, and all of you prayed that you’d make it in time to hide.

“C’mon,” gasped your boyfriend as he dragged you behind him and you tried your best to keep up.

Thankfully, you managed to reach Skull Rock before the swarm of bats reached you and used it as shelter, hiding under the looming rocks while the creatures were flying somewhere above your location, unable to come down in the woods and get to you.

In the end, they gave up and left you alone.

“That was close,” commented Eddie after he and Robin left the protectiveness of the rocks and stared off in the distance as if they could spot the retreating creatures.

“Yeah.”

“Shit,” let out your boyfriend as he stumbled right after standing up, his hand flying to use the stone wall as support so he wouldn’t fall down. It was clear he was exhausted and it was more so because he was wounded, not because he fought a demo-bat and ran a long distance. Your boy was tough. But he wasn’t invincible.

“Steve!?” you exclaimed worriedly as you ran to his side and grabbed him by the arms to steady him before slowly lowering him to sit on a rock. “Jesus!”

“I’m fine. I’m fine.”

“Nuh-uh, don’t play this game with me. I know when you’re, in fact, not fine. You’re losing blood,” you spoke shakily as you hurried to take your bag off your back and rummage through it. You always carried your bag and ever since the first incident with the Demogorgon, you always packed it with all necessities like a bottle of clean water, bandages, disinfectant, and more.

“Alright, doc,” he let out a huff and smiled brokenly and you shook your head at him.

“Here, let me clean this,” you murmured as you unclasped the bottle of water and poured some over his wounds, making him hiss when you ran a cloth over them to wipe blood and debris, and he had to grit his teeth when afterward you dabbed some disinfectant onto them. “There, there. We’re almost done,” you spared a moment so he could catch his breath before you began bandaging his lower torso. The bandages were quite damp because some water managed to get in your usually tightly shut leather bag but that wasn’t that big of a problem.

“You were brilliant out there,” he uttered out a compliment and you smiled, hands still working on him. “The way you took down not one but two of these assholes,” he shook his head in amazement and pride. “And you were going to take out a third if you hadn’t gotten distracted.”

“Perhaps,” you let out a breathy chuckle and he watched you with admiration for a while before he lifted his hand, placed it on your cheek, and let his fingers gently stroke your skin and the scratch it now donned thanks to the little monster. “You were just as amazing. You were able to keep three of those sons of bitches at bay and in the end smashed one of them. You even risked asphyxiation and getting more hurt in order to help me which is something I’m deeply thankful for,” you finished tying the bandages and finally looked him in the eyes properly, giving him a proud, grateful smile. “You never cease to amaze me,” you chuckled and his smile grew before you brushed some fallen strands away from his face and leaned to place a long, tender kiss on his forehead. He shut his eyes and savored the feeling, his arms running up and down your back and bringing you closer so he could hug you, his head resting on your shoulder.

“I got so scared when you got pulled under,” you whispered against his hair and he hummed. “My heart almost burst,” you confessed and his hold on you tightened.

“And you jumped right after me. You didn’t waste a second. Silly girl,” he pulled away to look at you, expression full of distress and eyes full of restless concern gazed into yours. “You could’ve gotten in serious trouble. Not like we’re not deep enough in shit already but it could’ve been worse. What if Vecna had-”

“I would never abandon you,” you interrupted him steadfastly. “I don’t care about the possibilities. They are just ‘what-ifs’ that I couldn’t care less about. When it comes to priorities, you’re first. So I’ll risk anything to come to you when you need me most. Besides,” the smile bloomed once again. “It’s always better when we’re together. It’s like…there’s hope in the air. Like we can do anything.”

“Touche,” was the only thing he could say before he motioned for you to give him your bag and you furrowed your eyebrows but did so either way.

“What do you need?”

“I need…to stop you from bleeding out,” he pointed out and you finally looked down at your thigh, noticing the leaking blood.

Only now, when the adrenaline was leaving your system after you got to a shelter and made sure Steve was safe and tended to, did you actually pay attention to the way you were feeling faint. In fact, you’ve been feeling dazed since you finished tying the bandages around Steve and fell into his embrace. You just realized it now because this feeling was increasing by the minute.

“I think it might have punctured the-the, uh, the fermal artery or something,” he rushed to expand the tear in your jeans that the bat had made and pour some water to clean the blood, only for more to come out of the small wound and it was concerning and irritating as hell.

“You mean to say the femoral artery,” you grunted when he began wrapping up your tight and he nodded.

“Y-yeah, that’s what I meant.”

“Oh, leave the name, I’m proud that you know its location and significance,” you chuckled through grit teeth and he let out an awkward smile.

He, in fact, did not know the name or the location. He just knew that the blood wouldn’t stop leaking, followed where it was coming from, and had some vague remnants of biology knowledge run in his brain and alert him. Ever since you began dating he’s been studying some things in his free time for the sole purpose of impressing you but he never seemed to remember stuff accurately and he would often get distracted. Studying and memorizing paragraphs of dry information wasn’t exactly his forte but he still tried his best.

“We should get out of here as fast as possible and get you to a hospital,” intervened Nancy with a worried look and you waved her off.

“It’s okay, Nance. It’s not a big puncture wound or tear. All it needs is some tight bandages to stop the blood loss, some rest to replenish the one I already lost, and I’ll be fine,” you explained. “Although, my leg is sort of numb right now. It’s gonna take a couple of hours before I can use it normally,” you groaned.

“And since when did you become such an expert?” Robin lifted an eyebrow and you shrugged.

“Since all the people in my life and I began getting hurt every year…on more than one occasion.”

“Fair point.”

“I can’t believe that we’re actually here,” wheezed Eddie from the top of a rock. “After everything that I’ve heard about this place. Feels like a fever dream.”

“Enjoying the vacay?” you teased and he rolled his eyes.

“So, uh…this place is like Hawkins, but with monsters and nasty shit?” asked Robin.

“Pretty much,” you groaned as Nancy helped you stand up and steadied you, wrapping an arm around your waist and holding your hand with her free one.

Eddie was about to head down in order to help Steve but when he almost stepped on a vine, you and Nancy shouted out at the same time.

“Watch out for the vines!”

“Uh, right, it’s a hive mind,” the boy shot his hands in the air and smiled wobbly. “If you step on a vine, you step on Vecna, right? Sorry,” he apologized and proceeded to carefully get down before he went to Steve and helped him get up. “I got ya, big boy.”

“Thanks, man. Y/N/N, you good?” asked your boyfriend and you gave him a thumbs up.

“Nance has got me.”

“A-and what do I do? T-to help?” asked Robin and you smiled at her.

“You can be our eyes and help us navigate better so we don’t…step on Vecna,” you turned to send Eddie a look and lift your eyebrow and he stuck his tongue out at you.

“Alright, give me your flashlights. I shall be your lighthouse in this wild sea of monsters,” she proclaimed dramatically and all of you snorted.

“Hold on…we’re all set to go and all…but where are we going… exactly?” questioned Steve.

“Well, uhm, if the Upside Down is the same as Hawkins, that means everything from our world is still here, right? Except people,” pointed out Robin. “So, theoretically, we could go to the police station and steal guns and grenades and whatever we need to blow up those bat things that are guarding the gate,” she waved her hand.

“Yeah, I highly doubt the Hawkins PD has grenades, Robin,” sighed Steve. “But guns, yeah, sure.”

“No, hold on…we don’t have to go all the way downtown for guns,” interfered Nancy. “I have guns in my bedroom and my house isn’t far from here.”

“You,” pointed Eddie. “Nancy Wheeler, have guns, plural…in your bedroom?”

“I had no choice but to learn and start using them since I got dragged into the whole… monster-hunting thing,” she shrugged and you chuckled.

“Ah, we used to call it monster hunting back then, didn’t we? Good old times,” you winked at her and she smiled.

“She-” Steve thrust his finger in her direction. “-almost shot me with one of those.”

“Knowing what you were like back then, you probably deserved it,” you snorted and Steve’s jaw fell to the ground in astoundment.

“Here you go,” interrupted Eddie as he took off his denim vest and handed it to Steve. “For your modesty, dude.”

“Thanks, man,” they high-fived casually and you smiled warmly at the way they were getting along. Their bond has strengthened so much since their first meeting and you were so happy to see them being this close.

But suddenly, sinister growling echoed throughout the very atmosphere and the ground beneath shook so badly that all of you lost balance and fell down. You could even hear the sound of stone cracking which was accompanied by the screeching of the mutated bats.

“Yeah, so, guns seem like a pretty good idea to me,” gulped Eddie from his position on the ground, petrified.

“Yeah, me too,” agreed Robin as she and everyone else slowly got back on your feet.

“Well, I gotta say that was quite macabre,” you cleared your throat as you gripped Nancy for support, using her as a crutch. “And not in a good way,” you drawled and the girl hummed in agreement before you began walking.

“Macabre?” echoed Steve and Eddie as they looked at you confoundedly and then at each other.

“It’s just another word for ‘creepy’, dinguses. Enrichen your dictionaries some more,” snorted Robin before she turned on the flashlight and followed after you and Nancy.

“Must’ve skipped that literature class,” groaned Steve quietly, embarrassed, and Eddie patted him on the back.

“But at least you got the ‘biology knowledge’, don’t you, king Stevie,” winked Eddie mischievously and Steve gave him an ‘are you serious right now?’ look.

Needless to say, you eventually found your way out of the woods and reached the Wheelers’ house.

“Well, this looks cozy,” commented Robin. “But you really need a maid, Wheeler.”

“C’mon…I don’t wanna stay here longer than I have to,” she said before she turned to face you, her arms still holding you and helping you walk, or rather hobble, due to you still being unable to fully use your leg because of the blood loss and circulation that needed to get better. “Will you be okay if I let go?” she asked and you nodded.

“I’ll be fine, no problem.”

“Hey, I can take over. It’s okay,” intervened Steve as he came to your side and took Nancy’s place. “I’m feeling much better, don’t worry about it,” he reassured you once he saw your concerned, questioning stare and you sighed, accepting his help.

But while the others began climbing the stairs quickly, you and Steve took it a bit slower, causing you to linger more in the room which in turn allowed you to hear a faint, familiar voice.

“Do you hear what I’m hearing?” asked the boy and you nodded.

“I think I do…I can only hope it’s what I think it is but we’ll come back to check on it later. Now let’s go to the others.”

Steve quickly grabbed you by the waist and lifted you slightly off the ground, making you let out a soft squeal before he hurriedly climbed the stairs and let you down again.

“Well, that took me off guard,” you huffed and he chuckled before you entered Nancy’s room, only to find her and the others staring dumbly at a shoebox. “What is it?” you asked and the girl turned to face you, full of confusion.

“I don’t understand…”

“Maybe you left them somewhere else?” offered Eddie while you and Steve got closer to the trio and peeked over Robin’s shoulder, noticing that the box was occupied by a pair of pointy heels and there were no guns in sight.

“There’s a six-year-old in the house,” she snapped. “I know where I keep my guns. And also…I threw these away years ago.”

“Uh, Nance,” Steve drew her attention and she looked at him, only to see him stare at something in utter bewilderment and unrest, making her follow his gaze and notice a couple of oddly familiar papers that weren’t supposed to be here.

“These are from sophomore chemistry,” she whispered as she read through them and your eyes widened while hers looked around the room frantically. “This…This wallpaper, this is old wallpaper and old posters,” she pointed at the wall in front of her and your breath hitched as you began putting two and two together. “And this mirror!? This went to a yard sale. And you…you’re not supposed to be here,” she muttered as she grabbed a stuffed animal from her bed. “No, I gave you to cousin Johanna two years ago!”

You let out a shaky sigh, hands running over your face. You began forming a theory the moment Nancy began spouting about the heels and the chemistry papers but you didn’t want it to be true because if it was, it would make the situation much more complicated. Maybe not for now but in the near future.

And then your eyes landed on a small calendar with a pinned date - November 6, 1983.

The papers, the mirror, the stuffed animal, the posters - they were all supposed to be here. They were all exactly where they belonged.

You weren’t.

“Great, so not only do we not have guns now, but we’re stuck in a world that’s not even on the same timeline as ours,” rambled Robin with a slight tremble to her tone and you sighed as you held onto Steve who had lifted you once again so you could climb down the stairs faster.

“Add that to the list of things we have yet to figure out about The Upside Down and its lovely residents,” you quipped as you motioned for Steve to set you down and once he did, you looked around and tried to concentrate on the faint voice you had heard. “But for now, can we focus on something else? I think that someone is speaking.”

“Someone is speaking?”

“Yeah, before we joined you guys in the room, we heard the echo of voices-”

“It’s Dustin!” exclaimed Steve and you did a double-take at how fast he was at recognizing the voice. “Dustin! Can you hear me!?” screamed the boy as he paced around the room. “Dustin!? Hello? He-Hello!?”

“Steve,” you called out with a deadpanned expression and he halted. “He’s not going to hear you,” you shook your head and everyone furrowed their eyebrows.

“I am soo lost right now,” drawled Eddie.

“Look, when you’re in the Upside Down, you can hear the people on the other side but they can’t hear you,” you explained as you limped towards the big chandelier. “Will used to communicate with Mom through the lights and that one time when I came here to look for him, I found out how he did it and used it to communicate with Nancy and Jonathan…only they weren’t there to see it.”

“I’m sorry,” mouthed Nancy and you gave her an ‘it’s ok’ look.

“So, we can hear Dustin and the others now? Because they’re in the house in our world?” asked Eddie and you nodded. “But we can only communicate through…lights?”

“Do you see those particles?” you asked as you outstretched your arm, wishing to make contact with the amber current. “I think that this is an electric charge.”

“A what?” interrupted Eddie and you sighed, hands dropping down to your side.

“Electric charge is a physical characteristic of matter that causes a force to develop when it is in close proximity to other electrically charged matter,” you gesticulated as you explained. “Electric charge can be positive or negative. Objects with the same charge are subject to a force that repels them from each other, and those with a different charge - to a force that attracts them to each other. An electric charge creates an electromagnetic field and the electromagnetic field can be defined as light since it propagates at the speed of light,” you crossed your arms as your gaze shifted from the baffled expressions of your friends to the particles floating around the chandelier and every other source of light. “I believe that the electromagnetic field of our world has formed a connection to the one of this world. Perhaps they collided and intertwined when Eleven opened the gate and this world began bleeding into ours. Perhaps the force of the field grew and it became more corporeal,” you reached out once again. “In fact, it became tangible enough that you’re able to touch and manipulate it,” your hand finally made the contact you wished for and the whole chandelier began glowing.

“Whoa!” exclaimed Eddie and Robin at once and Nancy shook her head with an amazed smile.

“Have I ever said that you’re absolutely brilliant!?” proclaimed Steve as he rushed to your side and grabbed you by the arms, shaking you just a tad bit. He was so giddy he reminded you of an excited puppy. “You’re brilliant, baby! Amazing!” he planted a bit too-aggressive kiss on your temple and you chuckled.

“Thank you, but now back on track,” you focused your attention back on the chandelier and everyone joined you, surrounding it. “Let’s send them a signal,” you suggested and everyone cautiously raised their arms and made contact with the field, making the chandelier beam even stronger. It was a rather pleasant tingling sensation.

“It…tickles,” commented Steve with a smile and you hummed.

“It kinda feels good,” added Robin and Eddie shot her a teasing look.

“Hey, you said you followed Vecna through lights, right?” you heard Erica’s voice and concluded that she most probably had seen the flickering lights you were causing. “‘Cause I think he’s here.”

“Oh, no, they’re gonna think we’re Vecna or-or some other monster,” groaned Steve, and Nancy bit her lip.

“Does anyone know Morse Code?” she asked and you nodded.

“A bit, yes. I began learning after Will got flayed.”

“Then let’s send them a message.”

After you sent a confirmation to Dustin and the others, they told you to meet them back in Nancy’s room and that they’d bring something through which you could talk normally.

“What is it gonna be? An Ouija board?” snorted Robin and everyone shared a short laugh while making your way to the room.

True to Dustin’s word, not long after you saw glowy particles appear over Nancy’s bed that were sort of lined in a way that represented a square.

“That must be Holly’s Lite-Brite,” let out Nancy in amazement and you smiled.

“Of course, he’ll always think of a way.”

“Write something,” urged you Steve and you traced your finger over the light.

“Hi!”

“Hey!” greeted Lucas and Erica simultaneously.

“That worked!” exclaimed Dustin and all of you relaxed and filled with joy.

“Yes! Yes!” shouted Eddie and thrust his fist victoriously. “Hi!”

“Okay,” you let out a puff of air as you shifted a bit and made yourself more comfortable. “S…T…U…C…K,” you wrote next.

“Stuck!?”

“Mhm.”

“Yes, yes we are!”

“They’re stuck in the Upside Down!” clarified Lucas.

“Uh, you can’t get back through Watergate?” asked Dustin.

“What the hell’s Watergate?” Steve’s eyebrows furrowed and Robin shot him a look.

“‘Cause it’s in the water and it’s a gate.”

“Oh…that’s cute.”

“I wish we could,” you chirped as you wrote, “GUARDED”.

“Okay, uh, Watergate’s guarded. Listen, we think we have a theory that can help with that!” comforted you the boy and all of you let out sighs of relief.

“Genius child,” uttered Robin.

“We think Watergate isn’t the only gate. That there’s a gate at every murder site!” he disclosed and you shut your eyes as you resisted the urge to smack yourself.

“Fucking hell,” you grit out. “Of course, there’d be a gate at every murder site. Like, the one at Lover’s Lake didn’t just appear out of thin air. It opened right after Patrick died,” you threw your hand in the air before you dropped it back onto the bed. “Dustin is a genius for figuring it out this quick. Back then, the Demogorgon would come into our world to hunt. It opened gates at different sites where it hunted. When creatures from the other world impacted ours they always left traces. The only difference now is that those traces - the gates - aren’t just temporary like the ones made by the Demogorgon, but rather, they linger, and there’s a high chance that they might become permanent if we don’t deal with Vecna soon,” you finished uneasily and the others groaned.

“Great. That’s the only thing Hawkins is missing right now. Gates that monsters can pass through easily,” blurted out Robin and you rubbed your temple.

“Well then, let’s not wait for the grass to grow,” stated Steve. “Let’s go.”

“Go where exactly?” Eddie looked at him questioningly.

“The trailer park is the closest murder site, is it not?”

“Uh, yeah, I think so. Seven miles from here, I think,” nodded the boy.

“Great!”

“Nancy? Uh, I know your house here is, like, weirdly, creepily frozen in time and shit, but haven’t you always had bikes?” inquired Robin, and the girl nodded. “Then let’s go get them.”

“You go prepare the bikes, I’ll just wrap it up here, tell the others where to meet up, and I’ll join you,” you motioned for them to go and they agreed, quickly leaving the room. Steve was the only one who stayed to wait for you. “Okay, so… M…E…E…T… U…S… A…T E…D…D…I…E…’S”

There had only been four bikes at Nancy’s but since you couldn’t use your leg efficiently, you wouldn’t have been able to ride one alone anyways, so you just got on Steve’s and let him do the job.

“Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we have arrived at our final destination. I hope you enjoyed the tour through Upside Down Resort,” proclaimed Eddie dramatically and you couldn’t help but smile at his efforts to diffuse the tension and fear.

“Why thank you,” answered Steve. “We did enjoy the sight-seeing of this jewel of a place, right honey?” he turned to look at you and you snorted, hand rubbing the side of your forehead.

“Oh, absolutely.”

All of you got off the bikes and rushed inside the trailer, bodies chilling to the bone when you saw the gleaming portal.

“This is where Chrissy died,” muttered Eddie, and you gulped, shoulders sagging. “Like, right where she died.” You didn’t even want to imagine her death or how utterly terrified she was, yet your mind pictured everything so vividly that it made you feel nauseous.

“I think there’s something in there,” pointed Robin, and you got a bit closer to the gate, noticing that there was in fact something on the other side, seemingly poking the membrane.

“If that’s not Dustin and the others, it’d be quite concerning,” you cringed when the membrane got pierced and fortunately for everyone, it was indeed Dustin and the others greeting you on the other side.

And they were all upside down too.

“No way,” uttered Steve as you got closer to the hole in the ceiling, and relief washed over you when you saw their grinning faces. You finally had a way out and all you could think about was going home, showering, and sleeping for hours.

“Hi there!” laughed Dustin as he and the others waved and you mirrored them.

“Hi!”

“Hey!”

“Holy shit, this is trippy,” uttered Robin, and you chuckled raspily.

“Indeed.”

After that, Lucas and Max proceeded to bring a mattress and placed it right under the gate.

“Those stains are, uh,” drawled Eddie as he shifted awkwardly. “I don’t know what those stains are.”

“Mhmm,” Robin shot him a knowing look accompanied by a smug smirk and he cleared his throat.

“Not quite sure how these physics work,” sighed Dustin as he fumbled with the sheets in his hands. But, uh…here goes nothing,” he exclaimed as he threw them up and half of them got sucked in by the gate, falling through and dangling in front of you. “And if my theory is correct,” grinned the boy as he let go but they didn’t budge. “Huh. Abracadabra!”

“Holy shit!”

“Alright, pull on it! See if it holds!” instructed Dustin and Robin let out a puff of air before she grabbed it and pulled with all her might.

“This is the craziest shit I’ve ever seen in my life. And I’ve seen some crazy shit,” exclaimed Erica.

Robin was the first to go. She climbed, went through the opening, and fell on the mattress on the other side.

“Ladies first,” Steve motioned with his hand. “Besides, we gotta help Y/N climb, cuz that leg-” he shook his head and tightened his lips instead of finishing the sentence and Nancy nodded before she began climbing, and soon after she was plopping onto the mattress on the other side.

“Well, I suggest we, uh, grab a chair,” described Eddie with mild gesticulation. “Put it here, then one of us climbs on it, and then the other will lift Y/N and hand her over so he can push her through the gate,” he finished with a nod as if he was proud he came up with such an idea.

“Sure,” shrugged Steve. “Sounds like a plan. Get ready, Y/N,” he said as he turned to face you but his eyes widened the moment they landed on you. “Y/N?”

Your own eyes had rolled to the back of your head and had turned pale blue in color. Your body was unmoving and never mind how much he called and shook you, you wouldn’t wake up.

Up until now, you’ve only dealt with vivid hallucinations, lucid dreams, and limbo states that Vecna haunted just for his own sick pleasure. You always ended up snapping out of them, or rather he always let you go.

But now he had taken it all a step further.

Now, he had taken over your mind completely and this time around, only music was going to save your soul.

“Y/N!”

Henry could only chuckle internally at the desperate shouts of Steve and Eddie echoing throughout the Upside Down. It brought him such immense pleasure. They would have to deal with your absence of mind for a while. You were his now.

And he had so much to show you.

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thetargaryenbride · 7 months

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just thinking about how gojo’s undercut looks like and i just really wanna comb my hand through it and kiss his neck too and just take care of him 😩😩😩

credits and inspiration by one of @/artdiseasee tweet 🫶🏻

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thetargaryenbride · 7 months

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Thank you so much!!! It means a lot to me 🥺❤️❤️

Nail To The Coffin - Prologue: Introducing Y/N Byers…

Summary: Y/N Byers wondered what would end up being the death of the small town she lived in. She never expected that the last nail on the coffin would be hammered by monsters from another dimension who would end up hunting down her friends and family one by one…

Warnings: None

Pairing: Steve Harrington x fem!Byers!Reader [potential Steddie x Reader]

Word Count: 4K

AN: I’m not sure what came over me suddenly but I really wanted to write this story. It’s not perfect by all means, a bit chaotic, but I hope you like it. I’d love to hear what you think and I’d be grateful if you leave reviews. Thank you~ <3

➤➤ You can find this story on my Ao3 if tumblr glitches - Pipess G

Masterlist || Chapter 1

It was just another dull day for everyone in Hawkins, Indiana. A day filled with your typical daily routines.

A dull day in a dull, small town where nothing ever happened…Right?

Hawkins School was bustling with students, the hallways filled to the brim as everyone gathered in groups for a chit chat before the beginning of the next period, exchanging notes, makeup, whatever you can think of that teenagers of the 80’s do during recess.

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thetargaryenbride · 8 months

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I'm glad you liked it! ❤️ I will try to include more moments between these two and strengthen their relationship 😁

Thank you for the support! Glad you liked the chapter. Means a lot❤️‍🔥