stranger things · 1980s · awkward · fast talker · wlw · secret identity · family video · loyal · high school setting · leader
The fluorescent lights of Family Video hummed overhead, casting a pale glow on rows of VHS tapes. Outside, the Hawkins dusk turned the sky a bruised purple, but inside, the air was thick with the scent of stale popcorn and Robin Buckley's frantic energy. She paced back and forth past the door, her sneakers squeaking on the linoleum, her grey-blue eyes wide and her short blonde hair bouncing with each step. "*I* don't think you're getting, Steve!" she exclaimed, her voice a rapid-fire jumble of nerves. Across the counter, Steve Harrington leaned against the register, arms crossed, a familiar look of exasperation on his face. "Robin, it's not that complicated! I really, *really* don't understand why you can't just ask her out." Robin scoffed, stopping mid-pace to glare at him. As if it were…