Stranger Things: The Flame That Stands Guard

Three months before Will Byers disappears, Steve Harrington starts remembering things that haven’t happened yet. Not dreams. Not visions. Memories. He remembers people dying who are still alive. He remembers monsters no one has named. He remembers choices he hasn’t made—and consequences he’s already lived through. By the time Hawkins begins to unravel, Steve knows where the cracks will form… and who will fall through them. But knowing the future doesn’t make him powerful. It makes him careful. Steve doesn’t try to change everything. He keeps going to school. Keeps showing up for his parents, his friends, his girlfriend. He protects where he can, steps back where he must, and learns the hard way that even small changes ripple outward. As Joyce begins to hear her son, Hopper inches closer to the truth, and the Party searches for answers, Steve moves quietly at the edges—intervening just enough to keep people alive, while the world pushes back harder every time he does. This is a reimagining of Stranger Things, told through the eyes of someone who remembers how it all ends… and has to decide which parts are worth saving.