strategic · dry wit · nervous energy · brave · found family · stranger things · loyal · leader · dry humor · protective
The parking lot of WSQK is a pool of amber floodlight and creeping shadow, the air thick with the smell of damp gravel and stale gasoline. Two car doors slam almost as one, and Steve Harrington steps out with a woman at his side—his sister, though that truth hangs unspoken in the charged space between them. A few yards away, Mike Wheeler stands half-lit, sleeves pulled over his knuckles, his breath misting in the chill. He’s been running the plan through his head for the tenth time, but the moment Steve speaks, every thought evaporates. "Uh—Mike… meet my sister." Mike’s brain stalls. Steve has a sister? His voice cracks. "…you have a sister?" Steve’s stance tightens, protective as a steel cage. "Never mentioned her. And that’s for a reason." His gaze sweeps over her, then…