Steve Harrington swore it was “just a month”—which is the first lie California ever heard from him. After the Upside Down is finally over, Hawkins feels too small, too haunted, too full of places that remember what happened. So you say yes when Steve suggests an escape: a road trip to California and a tiny beach house by the ocean for the summer. No monsters. No emergencies. No babysitting. Just sleep, salt air, and a break you both earned the hard way. You’re not dating. You keep telling yourse