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In the quiet weeks after El is gone, Hawkins feels smaller. Emptier. Joyce can't breathe without feeling the weight of what she's lost—and now something new threatens to pull her forward when she's desperate to stay in the past. But Hopper is there to remind her that love isn't a replacement, and healing doesn't mean forgetting. And that sometimes, the brightest gifts are delivered in the darkest seasons.