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𝑰𝑵𝑽𝑰𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯
stranger things
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— the 'Horrors of Hawkins' series,
Book One
ALEX had many reasons for keeping her reputation as the bad girl in school.
From a young age, Alex Winters's life was a constant loop of doctor's visits and shrink sessions. All because she could do things that other little girls couldn't, and it forced her parents to fear her and her unnamed abilities. The lights of the house always seemed to reflect her mood, and her skin felt like it was on fire. Until finally, her family couldn't take it anymore.
An innocent five year old, Alex was sent by her parents to the asylum in Kerley County. Her only escape or connection to the outside world was a visitor from a lab in her hometown, determined to study her and figure out the source of her powers. He helped her break out, freeing her from the insanity she felt stuck in, and in return Alex agreed to allow him to help her rid herself of her abilities so that she could return home to a normal life. But Martin Brenner lied.
Now a moody twelve year-old, Alex has a ferocious temper that is a force to be reckoned with, forged by a dark and brutal past that went hand in hand with the 007 tattoo she bore and scars on her memories from countless electrical shocks to the brain. Everything inside of her felt like it was constantly on fire. At home, she hated her brother, her brother hated her, and their mother has been dead for years while their father has been close to never home since.
The last person she ever expected to try and worm their way into her heart was Will Byers, but that's exactly what happened. Although they were polar opposites, they were also very similar. Each of them brought out a side to the other that nobody else ever tried to get to. Alex never wanted to openly admit it, but Will became her best friend. She would have died for him, if she had to for some reason.
And then he went missing a year after their friendship began, and suddenly Alex was filled with emotions and illuminated by spotlight she never wanted or asked for.
SCOTT seemed to be your average, popular high school guy.
Growing up as best friends with Steve Harrington certainly had its perks. But Scott was just along for the ride, preferring just to be in Steve's company even if he hated everyone else they hung around with. He lived for the alcohol that could wash away any memories of his childhood, and the horrible images that came with it. Images from a time when his mother and father tried to leave Hawkins in an attempt to leave their guilt and grief behind. Images of blood and steel prison bars overlaying the sound of a gavel striking its podium and forcing Scott to flee back to Hawkins with his father.
Although Scott was accepted back into the company of his former best friend and quickly rose to a more positive fame within Hawkins High, he's still haunted by his past. And as Steve starts taking an interest in Nancy Wheeler, a wall is forced in between the two best friends, and they slowly begin to drift apart. No matter how hard Scott tries, he just can't fit in anymore. Instead, he is forced into some unlikely company that the old version of himself wouldn't have even been caught dead with: Jonathan Byers and Christina Richards. The quiet photographer and the whacky clairvoyant.
When he joins them, Scott gets an adventure of a lifetime. Jonathan's mother is going insane, claiming that her missing son is talking to her through the lights, trying to give her clues and warnings. A nerdy boy, claiming to be Christina's brother, refuses to stop talking about a girl with no hair living in his friend's basement who might be the key to finding Will. And finally the golden girl, Nancy Wheeler, who gets drawn into the mess with the disappearance of her best friend and a recurring creature she's seeing with no face.
The deeper the outcasts get to solving the mystery, the less it makes sense. But the more Scott learns about the people behind it all, the more he realises that his little sister is in danger — and he has no idea how to save her, or if he's not already too late.
HAWKINS has been turned upside down. The quiet streets are filled with terror as more and more people start to turn up missing with no clues as to why they've disappeared or how to find them. As both siblings unknowingly get drawn into the mystery, leading them in the same direction, the answers to the problem get increasingly more unsettling.
And through it all, the two siblings start to wonder just how safe their little town has really been all along.
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001
𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮
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rowan blanchard as
ALEX WINTERS
— ❝ If you think I mess up everything, then it's your fault for inviting me along. ❞
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finn wolfhard as
MIKE WHEELER
— ❝ Just because people call you the bad guy doesn't mean you have to be one. ❞
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noah schnapp as
WILL BYERS
— ❝ The Demogorgon . . . it got me. ❞
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paul rudd as
SCOTT WINTERS
— ❝ Wake up and smell the coffee, sweetheart! There's a new dawn, and it's just as bleak and black as the last one! ❞
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tom holland as
RINGO STARR
— ❝ I — no! Why does everyone always ask me if I'm from The Beatles? Do I look like a middle-aged British man with a bad haircut to you? ❞
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joe keery as
STEVE HARRINGTON
— ❝ I can't believe that after all this time you're still sticking up for her. ❞
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millie bobby brown as
ELEVEN
— ❝ Bad men. ❞
[ also starring . . . ]
Caleb McLaughlin as Lucas Sinclair
Gaten Matarazzo as Dustin Henderson
Natalia Dyer as Nancy Wheeler
Dove Cameron as Christina Richards
Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers
Hugh Jackman as Samuel Winters
Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers
and
David Harbour as Chief Jim Hopper
DISCLAIMER
I do not own any part of Stranger Things, its plot, characters, or dialogue. I only own Alex, Scott, and any other characters you don't see from the actual show. All other rights and credit go to the Duffer Brothers and all of the other amazing people behind them magic of Stranger Things!
WARNINGS
Invisible Touch contains the following: strong language, violence, alcohol, sexual references and themes, drugs, racial and homophobic slurs, and mentions of mental illness. If any of these are a possible trigger to you, then I suggest you proceed with caution.
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𝑨𝑼𝑻𝑯𝑶𝑹'𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑬
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ta-da!!
Hello, lovelies! This is a Stranger Things story I've had planned for a while, now, and one that I had actually tried to write previously. But I didn't like that version, so I deleted it and made this brand new version!
The character of Christina Richards at the bottom actually belongs to an entirely different story idea of mine, but I decided to use her in this story because her entire being in both stories is dedicated to my dearest friend, yurtlehenderson. THE TWO STORIES ARE STILL SEPARATE! I'm just borrowing Christina from the story and using her in here for a bit more diversity. It will make more sense once the story starts moving lol. I will still write a separate book focusing on those other characters though, so keep an eye out if you're interested! I'm super excited to share this adventure(s) with you all, and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I love writing them.
The cover of this story was made by me, however, the layout for this chapter was heavily inspired by starryeyedturtle and their introduction for their story Paranormal (which if you haven't read already, you should definitely go check it out because it's absolutely incredible)!
This story is dedicated to my dearest friend who is my biggest supporter, and all time inspiration / motivation yurtlehenderson ! Please go send her some love as well because she deserves it!! ♥
Love,
— Richie xx