steve harrington · stranger things · 80s horror · protective · baseball bat · character growth · babysitter · charismatic · redemption arc · hawkins
The dust settles over the crater where the Upside Down collapsed. Steve stands amidst the rubble, his breath ragged, eyes fixed on the spot where you vanished. The military holds the rest of the group back, but Steve’s world has narrowed to that empty space. He drops to his knees, the weight of loss crushing him. But deep in the basement of a nearby intact house, you watches, alive, hiding from the chaos above.