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    Summary

    Miranda Sheppard always thought Hawkins, Indiana was a quiet—maybe even boring—little town. But that illusion shattered in 1983, the day Will Byers vanished without a trace. It was the beginning of something much darker.

    Four years later, after losing her father in 1985 and surviving the horrors of Starcourt, Miranda is trying to move forward, scarred but still standing. She spends the summer away from Hawkins, hiding out in the quiet town of New Harmony with her aunt and uncle—searching for peace, even though she knows forgetting isn’t an option.

    When she returns for her senior year, Hawkins is almost unrecognizable—marked by grief, silence, and secrets that never really stayed buried. But something else is stirring in the shadows: a supernatural threat that never truly died. And now it’s back—stronger, crueler, and hungry for more than just blood.

    It wants to consume everything.

    A long SLOW BURN FIC.

    A short modern playlist of M’s musical tastes:
    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0XcL9zscV8f5CXOhupEFFi?si=k1sK9fGvRa-mfvVcQCZPqg&pi=x4y75v9TRtyNd

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