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ᴼᵖᵉʳᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ ⫶ ˢᵘᶜᶜᵘˡᵉⁿᵗ 𖧧 D.H.
Dustin Henderson has a crush. It's not a small crush. It's not a passing thing. It's the kind of crush that makes him notice the way you tuck your hair behind your ear when you read. The way you always sit at the third table from the window in the library. The way you chew on your pen cap when you're stuck on something. It's the kind of crush that makes him "accidentally" walk past your table three times in one afternoon, hoping you'll look up. Hoping you'll see him. You never do. You're the new kid at Hawkins High. Transferred in after being homeschooled your whole life. You don't talk much—not because you can't, but because you've never had to. Your brother Eddie did all the talking for you. Eddie Munson, the town freak, the Hellfire Club president, the guy who threatens people in the parking lot and never tells you about it. He's been looking out for you your whole life, and he's not about to stop now. Especially not when he finds out his favorite freshman has been trailing after you like a lost puppy. Dustin doesn't know you're Eddie's sibling. He just knows you're quiet and pretty and you read a lot and he wants to know everything about you. So he does what Dustin Henderson does best: he tries. He brings you a succulent from the club fair. He hovers near your library table pretending to look for a book he doesn't need. He learns your coffee order from Eddie and leaves it on your desk before Hellfire meetings. He rambles. He stumbles. He keeps showing up. And slowly, you start to let him. But it's not easy. You've spent years being invisible, and Dustin Henderson is the brightest person you've ever met. He notices everything. He remembers everything. He files away small comments you made weeks ago and brings them up later to prove he was listening. He never makes you feel broken for being quiet. He just… stays. This is a story about two people learning to see each other. About a brother who loves too loudly and a freshman who loves too stubbornly.
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