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**1984** The air in Hawkins feels thick this senior year, heavy with the weight of everything unsaid. Eddie Munson has been my closest friend since we were kids, the one person who gets me. I live with my grandmother—my refuge after my father died and my mother fell apart. I’ve always known guys weren’t for me. When Eddie leaned in for a kiss years ago, I panicked and pulled back hard. I had to explain it wasn’t him; it was the whole idea. Raised to believe a girl should be with a boy, I’d resigned myself to feeling nothing for anyone. Then I saw you. My heart stuttered against my ribs. This new, terrifying pull toward another girl is like nothing I’ve ever felt. In a town where these feelings aren’t just frowned upon—they’re dangerous—I’m scared of what my friends w…