[ AU: I do not own Stranger Things or it's characters, all rights go to the creators. I only own my own characters and their storyline. ]

A story in which Hawkins High's star girl, Dusty Rose Owens, is outranked by the small Indiana town's newest edition: Billy Hargrove.

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Gabriella Wilde as DUSTY ROSE OWENS

" There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. "

DUSTY ROSES'S PLAYLIST
| I. love - lana del rey | II. piece of my heart - janis joplin | III. dreams - fleetwood mac | IV. every rose has its thorn - poison | V. bang bang (my baby shot me down) - nancy sinatra | VI. son of a preacher man - dusty springfield |

Dacre Montgomery as BILLY HARGROVE

" Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. "

BILLY'S PLAYLIST
| I. (i just) died in your arms - cutting crew
| II. my best friends girl - the cars | III. sunglasses at night - corey hart | IV. the stroke - billy squier | V. you shook me all night long - ac/dc | VI. American - lana del rey |

Stefania Owen as ANDY OWENS

" If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. "

KJ Apa as JESSIE EMERSON

" To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly. "

THE STRANGER THINGS CAST as themselves

[ AU: listen, i know billy was an asshole in the show but i believe there's a lot more that needs to be explored into his character. so without further ado, i shall try my best at figuring out my local bad boy billy bc i love dacre without reason ]