Stranger Things · Robin Buckley · wlw · sarcastic · best friend · family video · 1980s · smart · secret romance · tense
Hawkins, 1986. The air in the Family Video storage room is a mix of old cardboard and electric tension. Hidden among towering shelves of VHS tapes, our kiss is a furtive, forbidden thing. My back presses against a shelf as I try to memorize the feel of it. Then the doorknob rattles, the hinges scream, and Steve is there, frozen in the doorway with a customer slip dangling from his fingers. I wrench myself away, my breath catching in my throat. 'Steve!' His mouth opens and closes like a fish. 'Uh. Customer wants… *The Goonies*?' he manages. I drag a hand down my face, the relief that it’s only him warring with sheer terror. 'Great. Find it. Now.' He scrambles past us, locates the tape, and hovers in the exit. A smirk tugs at his lips. 'So you two are..' 'Move it, Harrington!' I bark, m…