• ₊°✧︡ ˗ ˏ ˋ ♫ ♡ ♫ ˎˊ ˗ JUST LIKE HEAVEN
He looked at her the way all girls wanted to be looked at.

It was impossible
not to love her.

❝ Threw her arms
around my neck. Show me
how you do it, and I promise
you that I'll run away with you.
I kissed her face and kissed
her head, dreamed of all
the different ways I had
to make her glow. "Why are you
so far away?" she said.
"Why won't you ever know
that I'm in love with
you?" ❞
— The Cure

            HAWKINS was well known for being, without a doubt, the most boring town in Indiana. The only thing that seemed to capture anyone's attention was the lab, which many children theorised to be a base run by Russians. Tiana Bassett was born and raised in the small town alongside her younger twin siblings, Hazel and Colin. She was somebody at Hawkins High that people paid attention to, despite her best efforts in trying to hide away from the view of others, but only because she was best friends with two of the schools most popular girls. Other than that, who was Tiana Bassett other than the friend of the beautiful Angie Monroe and the athletic Melanie Addams? 

To Steve Harrington—the King of Hawkins High, she was a secret kept well hidden. The two often played a game of cat and mouse, their love and secrets hidden out by Lovers Lake as if their lives and reputations depended on it. All of the touches they shared, mouth on skin, hands held. That was something neither Steve nor Tiana would ever tell a soul about, even if the world's fate was at stake. And nothing was going to change this relationship.

The news of little Will Byers going missing shocked all of Hawkins to its core, and when news of a Russian girl running around Hawkins comes out and another dimension is discovered, Tiana finds herself being dragged into a world full of much stranger things than a hidden love shared between two teenagers. A love that perhaps had its time hidden in the shadows and was ready to come out into the light.

• ₊°✧︡ ˗ ˏ ˋ ♫ ♡ ♫ ˎˊ ˗ THE MAIN CHARACTERS

TIANA AVA BASSETT
portrayed by — alisha boe

• ₊°✧︡ ˗ ˏ ˋ ♫ ♡ ♫ ˎˊ ˗ and the king of Hawkins High

STEVE JOSEPH HARRINGTON
portrayed by — joe keery

• ₊°✧︡ ˗ ˏ ˋ ♫ ♡ ♫ ˎˊ ˗ MIXTAPE

I. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carman II. Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac III. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley IV. Easy Lover - Phil Collins V. Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx VI. Never Tear Us Apart - INXS VII. Lovers Moon - Glenn Frey VIII. Love Of My Life - Queen IX. Always - Bon Jovi X. I Melt With You - Modern English

❝ KISSES ME, TOUCHES ME, HUGS ME,

OH YEAH, WE'RE JUST FRIENDS. ❞

FOR THIS STORY DO NOT...
Plagiarise, comment rude or disrespectful or hateful things (make love, not war), steal my ideas or characters, repost this story on another website or app (this has happened to me before), start fights in the comment section or be rudely disrespectful. I have feelings too y'know.

TRIGGER / CONTENT WARNING
The book contains swear words, violence, blood and gore, horror themes, mental health issues, racism, homophobia, sexism, sexual references, underage drinking and sex, romance, fluff, feelings, sad things, and character deaths. If you feel uncomfortable with any of these, I advise you to not read on.

DISCLAIMER / AUTHORS NOTE
All rights to Stranger Things and this original plot go to the writers and directors of the Netflix series. I do not own some of the dialogue, the main storyline and its characters. I do, however, own Tiana Bassett and a few characters as well as any new storyline that may come from my imagination. This story is a part of my Rock & Roll series and connects with my Billy Hargrove book, however you do not need to read that one to understand this one. I'm just warning that there may be spoilers for the other one. I also don't own all of the GIFs used.
Please don't copy and steal my work.

Massive thank you and hugs to the people who always make me smile on this website and Discord by commenting and following my books and also replying to my texts when I'm down, as well as anyone who I think would enjoy this book, only some of whom follow: aethrastic_dreamxx fireestar nightwvngs queens-hope xonceuponatimex dorkiest_nerd Winter326 saturnovas crystallous -crrashingwavves Kolinda007 GirlPotterheadXx vaderism darthvvderr GeorgeO24 laurasdrey wanderinggsouls SyrenaPetrova1 MrsAnnaliseRiddle dahpeter20

HELLO HELLO READERS!!!
I've decided to change the name and faceclaim of this book just because I think Ella Purnell/Melanie Addams would suit better being the OC in my (soon to be published) Billy book. This does mean that I have no graphics of Alisha Boe as my OC with Steve. So if anyone is interested and down to, I'd LOVE graphics of my Tiana, but only if you're all open to 🩷

Just to let everyone know, I will be slowly updating this book. I'm currently rewatching the series which I haven't seen since season 4 came out 2 years ago. I named my son after Steve while watching season 4 and he hasn't even been around to watch this show with me so I finally caved and now we're binging it together.

My son, Steve and I watching ST 🫶🏻
I hope you all enjoy Steve (not the cat) and Tiana's story, I know I love what I have planned for them.
Don't forget to like and comment <3
-rosepetal

[start date — 20th of May, 2024]